Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio 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 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10697101
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads165819003893
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.930 %2.240 %1.907 %
As % of the Development Applications category21.53 %28.17 %25.06 %
Salaries quoted145816783444
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
+6.060 %-2.940 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7700674415533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.962 %7.952 %7.611 %
Salaries quoted6515566013099
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Visual Studio Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

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

Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-171541£35,000-
LondonDown-13477£43,500+2.35 %
South EastUp+24443£35,000-2.77 %
BerkshireUp+34151£32,500-10.95 %
City of LondonDown-21145£43,500-5.94 %
East of EnglandDown-17144£35,000-
North WestDown-29133£30,000+7.14 %
West MidlandsUp+33122£32,500-
SurreyUp+6103£42,500+13.33 %
South WestDown-5086£34,250-4.86 %
ManchesterDown-1574£30,000-
East MidlandsDown-671£35,000+4.47 %
ScotlandUp+2365£31,500-3.07 %
YorkshireDown-3361£32,500+1.56 %
HampshireUp+3360£35,000+2.94 %
BuckinghamshireDown-857£35,000-
WokinghamUp+1147£27,500-21.42 %
SuffolkUp+1445£33,500+11.66 %
BirminghamUp+3542£32,250-3.73 %
WiltshireDown-1440£35,000-6.66 %
WalesDown-1438£30,000+9.09 %
West YorkshireDown-2438£33,750+4.65 %
South WalesDown-1237£30,000+9.09 %
CheshireDown-3637£27,500-
CambridgeshireDown-1835£37,500+2.04 %
CambridgeDown-2029£37,500+4.16 %
EssexDown-2328£35,000+7.69 %
LeedsUp+227£32,500+8.33 %
West SussexUp+1724£35,000+7.69 %
CoventryDown-324£35,000-

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio 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.

12935 (87.01 %).NET
22552 (75.66 %)C#
32172 (64.39 %)SQL Server
42055 (60.92 %)ASP.NET
51396 (41.39 %)SQL
61027 (30.45 %)JavaScript
7998 (29.59 %)Microsoft
8914 (27.10 %)XML
9901 (26.71 %)SQL Server 2005
10853 (25.29 %)CSS
11829 (24.58 %)HTML
12763 (22.62 %)Web Services
13696 (20.63 %)VB.NET
14604 (17.91 %)AJAX
15592 (17.55 %).NET Framework
16564 (16.72 %)OO
17554 (16.42 %)Windows
18545 (16.16 %)T-SQL
19522 (15.48 %)Degree
20407 (12.07 %)MS Excel
21394 (11.68 %)Finance
22380 (11.27 %)XHTML
23368 (10.91 %)Agile Software Development
24367 (10.88 %)IIS
25365 (10.82 %)SharePoint
26347 (10.29 %)WCF
27339 (10.05 %)SQL Server 2008
28323 (9.576 %)SQL Server 2000
29321 (9.517 %)Web Development
30320 (9.487 %)VB

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Visual Studio 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12935 (87.01 %).NET
22055 (60.92 %)ASP.NET
3914 (27.10 %)XML
4853 (25.29 %)CSS
5829 (24.58 %)HTML
6763 (22.62 %)Web Services
7604 (17.91 %)AJAX
8592 (17.55 %).NET Framework
9380 (11.27 %)XHTML
10347 (10.29 %)WCF
11300 (8.894 %)ASP
12289 (8.568 %)XSLT
13233 (6.908 %)jQuery
14219 (6.493 %)WinForms
15199 (5.900 %)WPF
16187 (5.544 %)LINQ
17134 (3.973 %)MFC
18132 (3.913 %)Flash
18132 (3.913 %)Silverlight
19122 (3.617 %)ADO.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1367 (10.88 %)IIS
2365 (10.82 %)SharePoint
3162 (4.803 %)SharePoint Server 2007
493 (2.757 %)CMS
572 (2.135 %)BizTalk Server
638 (1.127 %)EPiServer
723 (0.682 %)WebSphere MQ
821 (0.623 %)LiveLink
919 (0.563 %)Rendezvous
1016 (0.474 %)Lotus Notes
1016 (0.474 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1112 (0.356 %)Apache
1112 (0.356 %)Documentum
1112 (0.356 %)Immediacy CMS
1211 (0.326 %)MS Exchange
1310 (0.296 %)Umbraco
149 (0.267 %)Rhythmyx
149 (0.267 %)MQSeries
158 (0.237 %)ColdFusion
167 (0.208 %)CMS400.NET
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1407 (12.07 %)MS Excel
2123 (3.647 %)Photoshop
3106 (3.143 %)MS Office
488 (2.609 %)MS Visio
547 (1.393 %)Adobe Illustrator
645 (1.334 %)InfoPath
730 (0.889 %)Fireworks
89 (0.267 %)MS Project
96 (0.178 %)MATLAB
105 (0.148 %)Acrobat
114 (0.119 %)Simulink
114 (0.119 %)InDesign
123 (0.089 %)PrintSoft PReS
132 (0.059 %)CA Clarity
132 (0.059 %)Spreadsheet
132 (0.059 %)SketchUp
141 (0.030 %)MS PowerPoint
141 (0.030 %)Adobe Director
141 (0.030 %)Quicktime
141 (0.030 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
148 (1.423 %)Dynamics CRM
229 (0.860 %)Microsoft CRM
324 (0.712 %)Dynamics AX
417 (0.504 %)Axapta
512 (0.356 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
67 (0.208 %)Navision
75 (0.148 %)Pivotal CRM
75 (0.148 %)Google Analytics
75 (0.148 %)Epicor Vantage
83 (0.089 %)Dynamics NAV
83 (0.089 %)WebTrends
92 (0.059 %)Summit
101 (0.030 %)SunGard Martini
101 (0.030 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.030 %)Dynamics GP
101 (0.030 %)Retail-J
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1155 (4.595 %)Internet
2128 (3.795 %)Intranet
353 (1.571 %)TCP/IP
432 (0.949 %)HTTP
525 (0.741 %)Extranet
610 (0.296 %)FTP
610 (0.296 %)DNS
79 (0.267 %)LAN
87 (0.208 %)RTP
96 (0.178 %)SSL
96 (0.178 %)DHCP
96 (0.178 %)SNMP
105 (0.148 %)SMTP
114 (0.119 %)VPN
114 (0.119 %)WAN
114 (0.119 %)CTI
114 (0.119 %)Network Security
123 (0.089 %)RTSP
123 (0.089 %)Wireshark
123 (0.089 %)Firewall
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12172 (64.39 %)SQL Server
2901 (26.71 %)SQL Server 2005
3339 (10.05 %)SQL Server 2008
4323 (9.576 %)SQL Server 2000
5168 (4.981 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6139 (4.121 %)SQL Server Integration Services
792 (2.728 %)Datawarehouse
880 (2.372 %)Oracle 11g
976 (2.253 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1065 (1.927 %)Crystal Reports
1153 (1.571 %)DTS
1251 (1.512 %)MySQL
1350 (1.482 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1448 (1.423 %)Oracle 8/8i
1542 (1.245 %)OLAP
1637 (1.097 %)ETL
1637 (1.097 %)RDBMS
1734 (1.008 %)Oracle 10g
1829 (0.860 %)MS Access
1926 (0.771 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1221 (6.552 %)Subversion
2208 (6.167 %)NUnit
3203 (6.018 %)Team Foundation Server
4138 (4.091 %)VSS/SourceSafe
576 (2.253 %)Dreamweaver
656 (1.660 %)ClearCase
754 (1.601 %)ReSharper
754 (1.601 %)Visual Studio Team System
842 (1.245 %)MSTest
933 (0.978 %)Ant
1031 (0.919 %)ClearQuest
1125 (0.741 %)FitNesse
1221 (0.623 %)CruiseControl
1320 (0.593 %)TeamCity
1417 (0.504 %)Eclipse
1514 (0.415 %)Expression Blend
1613 (0.385 %)JUnit
1613 (0.385 %)InstallShield
1711 (0.326 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
189 (0.267 %)Selenium
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1394 (11.68 %)Finance
2167 (4.951 %)Insurance
3142 (4.210 %)Pensions
499 (2.935 %)Banking
595 (2.816 %)Education
691 (2.698 %)Health
789 (2.639 %)Marketing
865 (1.927 %)Retail
951 (1.512 %)Advertising
1049 (1.453 %)Government
1144 (1.304 %)Investment Banking
1239 (1.156 %)Telecoms
1337 (1.097 %)Front Office
1434 (1.008 %)Legal
1434 (1.008 %)Manufacturing
1533 (0.978 %)Back Office
1632 (0.949 %)Publishing
1730 (0.889 %)Law
1823 (0.682 %)Multimedia
1918 (0.534 %)3D Graphics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12655 (78.71 %)Developer
21208 (35.81 %).NET Developer
3899 (26.65 %)C# Developer
4476 (14.11 %)Web Developer
4476 (14.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
5327 (9.695 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
6266 (7.886 %)Software Developer
7263 (7.797 %)Senior Developer
8188 (5.574 %).NET Web Developer
9181 (5.366 %)Software Engineer
10174 (5.159 %)Analyst
11157 (4.655 %)Applications Developer
12137 (4.062 %)Programmer
13136 (4.032 %)VB.NET Developer
14119 (3.528 %)C# Web Developer
15111 (3.291 %)Senior .NET Developer
1697 (2.876 %)SQL Developer
1794 (2.787 %)Consultant
1891 (2.698 %)SharePoint Developer
1990 (2.668 %)Senior C# Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1179 (5.307 %)Computer Science
2125 (3.706 %)N-Tier
396 (2.846 %)W3C
494 (2.787 %)Client/Server
550 (1.482 %)Derivative
642 (1.245 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
642 (1.245 %)Mathematics
737 (1.097 %)Dependency Injection
830 (0.889 %)Credit Risk
830 (0.889 %)Credit Derivative
929 (0.860 %)Web 2.0
1026 (0.771 %)Multithreading
1125 (0.741 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1222 (0.652 %)Equities
1321 (0.623 %)Fixed Income
1420 (0.593 %)Physics
1420 (0.593 %)Open Source
1519 (0.563 %)Clustering
1614 (0.415 %)Management Information System
1614 (0.415 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1554 (16.42 %)Windows
297 (2.876 %)Windows Server 2003
356 (1.660 %)Linux
455 (1.631 %)Windows XP
545 (1.334 %)Windows Server 2008
639 (1.156 %)UNIX
729 (0.860 %)Windows Mobile
729 (0.860 %)Windows 2000
822 (0.652 %)Windows Vista
916 (0.474 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (0.178 %)OS/400
115 (0.148 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.148 %)VxWorks
124 (0.119 %)Windows 7
124 (0.119 %)MVS
133 (0.089 %)Windows CE
142 (0.059 %)VMS
142 (0.059 %)OpenVMS
142 (0.059 %)Windows NT
151 (0.030 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1564 (16.72 %)OO
2368 (10.91 %)Agile Software Development
3321 (9.517 %)Web Development
4187 (5.544 %)TDD
5174 (5.159 %)E-Commerce
6165 (4.892 %)UML
6165 (4.892 %)MVC
7156 (4.625 %)Unit Testing
8144 (4.269 %)OOP
9137 (4.062 %)CRM
10131 (3.884 %)Business Intelligence
11123 (3.647 %)OOD
12115 (3.409 %)Scrum
13104 (3.083 %)SOA
1494 (2.787 %)Content Management
1584 (2.490 %)Workflow
1681 (2.401 %)Configuration Management
1681 (2.401 %)Project Management
1779 (2.342 %)Continuous Integration
1873 (2.164 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12552 (75.66 %)C#
21396 (41.39 %)SQL
31027 (30.45 %)JavaScript
4696 (20.63 %)VB.NET
5545 (16.16 %)T-SQL
6320 (9.487 %)VB
7267 (7.916 %)C++
8170 (5.040 %)Java
9167 (4.951 %)C
10123 (3.647 %)VB6
1195 (2.816 %)VBScript
1268 (2.016 %)PHP
1365 (1.927 %)VBA
1446 (1.364 %)VC++
1544 (1.304 %)PL/SQL
1639 (1.156 %)Delphi
1736 (1.067 %)XPath
1820 (0.593 %)XAML
1919 (0.563 %)ActionScript
2017 (0.504 %)X++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1522 (15.48 %)Degree
2110 (3.261 %)Microsoft Certification
372 (2.135 %)Security Cleared
444 (1.304 %)MCSD
531 (0.919 %)SC Cleared
629 (0.860 %)MCP
727 (0.800 %)ISEB
823 (0.682 %)MCPD
910 (0.296 %)SCJA
910 (0.296 %)Sun Certification
910 (0.296 %)SCJP
910 (0.296 %)SCJD
108 (0.237 %)MCTS
108 (0.237 %)OCP
108 (0.237 %)Oracle Certification
108 (0.237 %)HND
116 (0.178 %)Postgraduate
125 (0.148 %)MCSE
134 (0.119 %)CCNP
134 (0.119 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (1.720 %)QA
213 (0.385 %)WAI
39 (0.267 %)SLA
45 (0.148 %)ISO9001
52 (0.059 %)ISO9000
61 (0.030 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
147 (1.393 %)Active Directory
225 (0.741 %)MSMQ
310 (0.296 %)Terminal Services
49 (0.267 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.089 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
62 (0.059 %)Hyper-V
71 (0.030 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (0.267 %)MSI
22 (0.059 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.059 %)MOM
22 (0.059 %)AutoSys
31 (0.030 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
31 (0.030 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1998 (29.59 %)Microsoft
2285 (8.449 %)Oracle
370 (2.075 %)Adobe
439 (1.156 %)Cognos
530 (0.889 %)Google
626 (0.771 %)Business Objects
720 (0.593 %)Ektron
720 (0.593 %)Perforce
818 (0.534 %)Infragistics
818 (0.534 %)Interwoven
917 (0.504 %)IBM
917 (0.504 %)Hummingbird
1016 (0.474 %)DevExpress
1016 (0.474 %)Lotus
1114 (0.415 %)Macromedia
1211 (0.326 %)Sun
1211 (0.326 %)Progress
1310 (0.296 %)TIBCO
149 (0.267 %)Percussion
149 (0.267 %)Open Text