The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio Tools for Office skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio Tools for Office over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
Rank 789 886 865
Rank change year-on-year
+97 -21
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Tools for Office 73 13 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.068% 0.011% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.458% 0.076% 0.101%
Number of salaries quoted 56 12 15
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +132.55%
UK excluding London average salary £62,500 £39,000 -
% change year-on-year
+60.25% -
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15947 17092 15900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.75% 14.16% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13623 14969 13983
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio Tools for Office within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Visual Studio Tools for Office Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio Tools for Office within the UK.

Visual Studio Tools for Office Salary Trend

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio Tools for Office over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Visual Studio Tools for Office Salary Histogram

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Tools for Office within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +71 57 £55,000 +10.00%
London +92 48 £55,000 +10.00%
City of London +25 24 £55,000 +4.76%
Scotland - 16 £32,500 -
Glasgow - 16 £32,500 -
South East - 9 £62,500 -
Surrey - 7 £62,500 -
Reigate - 6 £62,500 -
Berkshire - 2 £40,000 -
Reading - 2 £40,000 -

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio Tools for Office also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio Tools for Office.

1 91 (97.85%) C#
2 71 (76.34%) .NET
3 53 (56.99%) VBA
4 49 (52.69%) SQL
5 48 (51.61%) Finance
6 46 (49.46%) SQL Server
7 43 (46.24%) MS Excel
8 42 (45.16%) Microsoft
9 38 (40.86%) Banking
10 37 (39.78%) XML
11 36 (38.71%) SharePoint
12 27 (29.03%) Law
13 26 (27.96%) SQL Server 2008
14 25 (26.88%) VB.NET
15 24 (25.81%) JavaScript
15 24 (25.81%) Ajax
15 24 (25.81%) Unit Testing
15 24 (25.81%) Degree
16 23 (24.73%) jQuery
16 23 (24.73%) Legal
16 23 (24.73%) VB
17 22 (23.66%) HTML
17 22 (23.66%) MS Office
18 21 (22.58%) CSS
18 21 (22.58%) SQL Server 2000
18 21 (22.58%) SQL Server 2005
18 21 (22.58%) Web Development
19 20 (21.51%) Java
20 19 (20.43%) Web Services
20 19 (20.43%) SQL Server Integration Services

Visual Studio Tools for Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio Tools for Office also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Visual Studio Tools for Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 71 (76.34%) .NET
2 37 (39.78%) XML
3 24 (25.81%) Ajax
4 23 (24.73%) jQuery
5 22 (23.66%) HTML
6 21 (22.58%) CSS
7 19 (20.43%) Web Services
8 18 (19.35%) WPF
9 13 (13.98%) OOXML
10 12 (12.90%) MDX
11 10 (10.75%) ASP.NET
12 9 (9.677%) .NET Framework
13 8 (8.602%) SOAP
14 6 (6.452%) COM
15 5 (5.376%) Silverlight
15 5 (5.376%) JSON
15 5 (5.376%) REST
16 4 (4.301%) HTML5
17 3 (3.226%) J2EE
17 3 (3.226%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 36 (38.71%) SharePoint
2 14 (15.05%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (5.376%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.151%) Documentum
4 2 (2.151%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.075%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (46.24%) MS Excel
2 22 (23.66%) MS Office
3 13 (13.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.151%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.376%) HTTP
2 3 (3.226%) Intranet
2 3 (3.226%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.226%) DNS
3 1 (1.075%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (49.46%) SQL Server
2 26 (27.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (22.58%) SQL Server 2000
3 21 (22.58%) SQL Server 2005
4 19 (20.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (18.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (17.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (12.90%) RDBMS
8 9 (9.677%) QlikView
9 5 (5.376%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (2.151%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (2.151%) MySQL
11 1 (1.075%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (1.075%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 9 (9.677%) Visual Studio
2 8 (8.602%) Subversion
3 7 (7.527%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (6.452%) NUnit
4 6 (6.452%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 3 (3.226%) InstallShield
5 3 (3.226%) MSI
6 2 (2.151%) Hudson
6 2 (2.151%) Maven
6 2 (2.151%) Ant
7 1 (1.075%) Moq
7 1 (1.075%) StyleCop
7 1 (1.075%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.075%) ReSharper
General
1 48 (51.61%) Finance
2 38 (40.86%) Banking
3 27 (29.03%) Law
4 23 (24.73%) Legal
5 8 (8.602%) Financial Institution
6 5 (5.376%) Retail
6 5 (5.376%) Front Office
7 4 (4.301%) Publishing
7 4 (4.301%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.151%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (91.40%) Developer
2 21 (22.58%) Systems Developer
3 14 (15.05%) Team Leader
4 13 (13.98%) SharePoint Developer
4 13 (13.98%) Excel Developer
5 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Developer
5 12 (12.90%) C# Developer
5 12 (12.90%) Software Developer
6 9 (9.677%) .NET Team Leader
7 8 (8.602%) Applications Developer
7 8 (8.602%) Senior Developer
8 7 (7.527%) Senior Software Developer
9 6 (6.452%) C# Software Developer
9 6 (6.452%) Senior C# Developer
10 5 (5.376%) Analyst
11 3 (3.226%) Analyst Developer
11 3 (3.226%) .NET Developer
11 3 (3.226%) Software Engineer
12 2 (2.151%) Support Analyst
12 2 (2.151%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.13%) Computer Science
2 9 (9.677%) Equities
3 8 (8.602%) Economics
3 8 (8.602%) Fixed Income
4 6 (6.452%) Mathematics
5 3 (3.226%) Derivative
5 3 (3.226%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.151%) FMCG
6 2 (2.151%) SaaS
6 2 (2.151%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.151%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.075%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.075%) Open Source
7 1 (1.075%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.90%) Windows
2 3 (3.226%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.81%) Unit Testing
2 21 (22.58%) Web Development
3 17 (18.28%) Analytics
4 16 (17.20%) Scrum
5 14 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (15.05%) Document Management
6 13 (13.98%) Metadata Management
7 12 (12.90%) OO
8 11 (11.83%) Software Testing
8 11 (11.83%) Service Delivery
8 11 (11.83%) System Testing
8 11 (11.83%) Data Analytics
8 11 (11.83%) MVVM
9 9 (9.677%) Software Engineering
9 9 (9.677%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (8.602%) Workflow
11 7 (7.527%) Software Architecture
12 6 (6.452%) Parallel Computing
12 6 (6.452%) Financial Modelling
12 6 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 91 (97.85%) C#
2 53 (56.99%) VBA
3 49 (52.69%) SQL
4 25 (26.88%) VB.NET
5 24 (25.81%) JavaScript
6 23 (24.73%) VB
7 20 (21.51%) Java
8 13 (13.98%) PowerShell
9 10 (10.75%) C++
10 6 (6.452%) T-SQL
10 6 (6.452%) MATLAB
11 5 (5.376%) C
11 5 (5.376%) XAML
12 4 (4.301%) Perl
12 4 (4.301%) Python
13 1 (1.075%) PL/SQL
13 1 (1.075%) VBScript
13 1 (1.075%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (25.81%) Degree
2 6 (6.452%) Postgraduate
2 6 (6.452%) PhD
3 4 (4.301%) MCSD
3 4 (4.301%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.677%) QA
2 3 (3.226%) SLA
Vendors
1 42 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.20%) Oracle
3 11 (11.83%) Reuters
3 11 (11.83%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.226%) DevExpress
5 2 (2.151%) SAP
5 2 (2.151%) Sybase
6 1 (1.075%) Quark
6 1 (1.075%) Infragistics
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