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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank101117
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads39383746
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.926 %1.609 %
As % of the category below21.41 %18.17 %
Salaries quoted34473171
Average minimum salary£32,654£33,544
Average salary£36,027£36,641
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Average maximum salary£39,401£39,739
UK excluding London average salary£34,164£34,451
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Development Applications UKDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1839620613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.999 %8.852 %
Salaries quoted1570516395
Average minimum salary£36,401£37,306
Average salary£39,800£40,669
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Average maximum salary£43,198£44,032
UK excluding London average salary£35,116£35,896
% change on same period last year-2.17 %

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Visual Studio across 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 ads citing Visual Studio across the UK.

Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the UK over the past 3 months.

Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+183718£36,014-2.30 %
2LondonDown-31006£41,920+1.85 %
3South EastUp+9929£37,065-2.56 %
4East of EnglandUp+29414£34,830-2.73 %
5South WestUp+40393£32,586-3.78 %
6HampshireUp+17341£35,540+0.81 %
7North WestUp+71306£30,062-2.69 %
8YorkshireUp+12268£31,795+7.04 %
9West MidlandsDown-9234£32,389+5.20 %
10West YorkshireUp+23216£31,857+5.44 %
11SurreyUp+8212£36,411-9.79 %
12BerkshireDown-20178£40,099+1.42 %
13East MidlandsDown-16164£32,735+8.25 %
14City of LondonDown-57161£41,729+0.70 %
15CambridgeshireUp+28155£36,107+6.98 %
16ScotlandDown-9151£35,811+0.35 %
17ManchesterUp+69150£30,674-0.55 %
18LeedsUp+18140£31,237-0.37 %
19BristolUp+30110£32,085+4.66 %
20BasingstokeUp+7109£38,917-4.03 %
21EssexUp+22105£33,594-4.51 %
22WiltshireUp+3098£36,135+5.74 %
23CambridgeUp+3991£38,436+4.98 %
24HertfordshireUp+1781£35,458-8.62 %
25BirminghamDown-2278£31,507+6.36 %
26ReadingUp+2175£43,822+15.39 %
27BuckinghamshireUp+1573£34,403+2.78 %
28CheshireUp+272£30,767+2.20 %
29LancashireUp+3466£28,944-13.60 %
30GloucestershireUp+2764£32,993-15.40 %

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Visual Studio.

16265 (81.85 %).NET
24858 (63.47 %)SQL Server
34799 (62.70 %)C#
44019 (52.51 %)ASP.NET
52919 (38.14 %)Microsoft
62898 (37.86 %)SQL
72651 (34.64 %)XML
82321 (30.32 %)SQL Server 2005
92020 (26.39 %)Windows
101880 (24.56 %)VB.NET
111852 (24.20 %)HTML
121810 (23.65 %)JavaScript
131579 (20.63 %)C++
141406 (18.37 %)WebServices
151317 (17.21 %)CSS
161297 (16.95 %)OO
171266 (16.54 %)SQL Server 2000
181244 (16.25 %)VB
191232 (16.10 %)MS Excel
201117 (14.59 %)Finance
211116 (14.58 %).NET Framework
221047 (13.68 %)ASP
23937 (12.24 %)Degree
24823 (10.75 %)Transact-SQL
25811 (10.60 %)IIS
26763 (9.969 %)AJAX
27738 (9.642 %)SharePoint
28735 (9.603 %)Oracle
29652 (8.518 %)UML
30623 (8.140 %)XSLT

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Visual Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16265 (81.85 %).NET
24019 (52.51 %)ASP.NET
32651 (34.64 %)XML
41852 (24.20 %)HTML
51406 (18.37 %)WebServices
61317 (17.21 %)CSS
71116 (14.58 %).NET Framework
81047 (13.68 %)ASP
9763 (9.969 %)AJAX
10623 (8.140 %)XSLT
11622 (8.126 %)XHTML
12542 (7.081 %)WinForms
13321 (4.194 %)MFC
14320 (4.181 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15308 (4.024 %)ADO.NET
16229 (2.992 %)XSL
17207 (2.704 %)SOAP
18179 (2.339 %)COM
19158 (2.064 %)COM+
19158 (2.064 %)ADO
Application Platforms
1811 (10.60 %)IIS
2738 (9.642 %)SharePoint
3446 (5.827 %)BizTalk Server
4358 (4.677 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5198 (2.587 %)CMS
681 (1.058 %)ColdFusion
775 (0.980 %)Apache
871 (0.928 %)Commerce Server
969 (0.901 %)MS Exchange
1037 (0.483 %)Tomcat
1128 (0.366 %)Exchange Server 2003
1226 (0.340 %)MTS
1324 (0.314 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1423 (0.300 %)Commerce Server 2007
1516 (0.209 %)JBoss
1615 (0.196 %)WebLogic
1714 (0.183 %)Content Management Server
1714 (0.183 %)WebSphere MQ
1812 (0.157 %)MapXtreme
1812 (0.157 %)Lotus Domino
Applications
11232 (16.10 %)MS Excel
2437 (5.709 %)MS Office
3230 (3.005 %)Photoshop
474 (0.967 %)MS Visio
562 (0.810 %)Fireworks
650 (0.653 %)MS Project
737 (0.483 %)InfoPath
834 (0.444 %)MATLAB
925 (0.327 %)Acrobat
925 (0.327 %)Adobe Illustrator
1017 (0.222 %)Simulink
1116 (0.209 %)MS PowerPoint
1215 (0.196 %)Adobe Director
139 (0.118 %)Windchill
147 (0.091 %)CA Clarity
156 (0.078 %)Paint Shop Pro
156 (0.078 %)FreeHand
165 (0.065 %)AutoCAD
165 (0.065 %)Quicktime
174 (0.052 %)Authorware
Business Applications
1126 (1.646 %)Microsoft CRM
254 (0.706 %)Summit
336 (0.470 %)Dynamics CRM
413 (0.170 %)Dynamics AX
512 (0.157 %)Axapta
611 (0.144 %)Navision
710 (0.131 %)Teamcenter
89 (0.118 %)Dynamics NAV
96 (0.078 %)Pivotal CRM
104 (0.052 %)Beauchamp
113 (0.039 %)Line 500
113 (0.039 %)LabWindows
122 (0.026 %)Oracle Applications
131 (0.013 %)SalesLogix
131 (0.013 %)JDE OneWorld
131 (0.013 %)SAP Business One
131 (0.013 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1616 (8.048 %)Internet
2311 (4.063 %)Intranet
394 (1.228 %)TCP/IP
493 (1.215 %)Extranet
544 (0.575 %)SNMP
640 (0.523 %)HTTP
738 (0.496 %)SSL
835 (0.457 %)FTP
929 (0.379 %)SSH
1028 (0.366 %)LAN
1121 (0.274 %)WAN
1219 (0.248 %)WINS
1219 (0.248 %)Firewall
1317 (0.222 %)Wireless
1416 (0.209 %)Ethernet
1514 (0.183 %)GPRS
1613 (0.170 %)LDAP
1613 (0.170 %)VoIP
1613 (0.170 %)DNS
1711 (0.144 %)HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
14858 (63.47 %)SQL Server
22321 (30.32 %)SQL Server 2005
31266 (16.54 %)SQL Server 2000
4460 (6.010 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5423 (5.527 %)SQL Server 7
6304 (3.972 %)Crystal Reports
7213 (2.783 %)MySQL
8184 (2.404 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9167 (2.182 %)MS Access
10155 (2.025 %)DTS
11140 (1.829 %)Datawarehouse
12119 (1.555 %)RDBMS
13106 (1.385 %)Oracle 9i
1492 (1.202 %)GIS
1586 (1.124 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1684 (1.097 %)Oracle 10g
1777 (1.006 %)OLAP
1869 (0.901 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1960 (0.784 %)Oracle Reports
2039 (0.510 %)ETL
Development Applications
1457 (5.971 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2255 (3.332 %)NUnit
3249 (3.253 %)Flash
4201 (2.626 %)Subversion
5144 (1.881 %)Dreamweaver
688 (1.150 %)Eclipse
751 (0.666 %)PVCS
849 (0.640 %)CruiseControl
943 (0.562 %)Rational Rose
1037 (0.483 %)InstallShield
1134 (0.444 %)MSI
1134 (0.444 %)QuickTest Pro
1233 (0.431 %)TestDirector
1328 (0.366 %)Ant
1421 (0.274 %)ClearCase
1421 (0.274 %)LabVIEW
1515 (0.196 %)WinRunner
1515 (0.196 %)JIRA
1613 (0.170 %)FrontPage
1711 (0.144 %)Oracle Forms
General
11117 (14.59 %)Finance
2549 (7.173 %)Pensions
3316 (4.129 %)Health
4282 (3.684 %)Insurance
5269 (3.515 %)Retail
6206 (2.691 %)Marketing
7201 (2.626 %)Banking
8169 (2.208 %)Education
9149 (1.947 %)Games
10129 (1.685 %)Government
1193 (1.215 %)Front Office
1280 (1.045 %)Investment Banking
1375 (0.980 %)Publishing
1474 (0.967 %)Back Office
1561 (0.797 %)Telecoms
1654 (0.706 %)Legal
1654 (0.706 %)Graphic Design
1752 (0.679 %)Law
1851 (0.666 %)3D Graphics
1950 (0.653 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
15407 (70.64 %)Developer
22382 (31.12 %).NET Developer
31498 (19.57 %)C# Developer
4980 (12.80 %)Web Developer
5805 (10.52 %)ASP.NET Developer
6672 (8.780 %)Software Engineer
7668 (8.727 %)Software Developer
8653 (8.531 %)Analyst
9652 (8.518 %)Senior Developer
10479 (6.258 %)Programmer
11477 (6.232 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
12404 (5.278 %)VB.NET Developer
13382 (4.991 %)C++ Developer
14337 (4.403 %).NET Web Developer
15289 (3.776 %)Junior
16280 (3.658 %)Applications Developer
17279 (3.645 %)Senior .NET Developer
18273 (3.567 %)Consultant
19271 (3.541 %)Analyst Programmer
20254 (3.319 %)Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1200 (2.613 %)N-Tier
2176 (2.299 %)Computer Science
3147 (1.921 %)Client/Server
4118 (1.542 %)W3C
575 (0.980 %)Derivative
665 (0.849 %)Mathematics
764 (0.836 %)Device Driver
862 (0.810 %)Asset Management
953 (0.692 %)Multithreading
1049 (0.640 %)Management Information System
1136 (0.470 %)Web 2.0
1231 (0.405 %)Fixed Income
1231 (0.405 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1330 (0.392 %)Equities
1330 (0.392 %)Physics
1428 (0.366 %)NHS
1525 (0.327 %)Equity Derivative
1624 (0.314 %)Handset
1723 (0.300 %)E-Learning
1821 (0.274 %)RIA
Operating Systems
12020 (26.39 %)Windows
2261 (3.410 %)Linux
3233 (3.044 %)Windows Server 2003
4221 (2.887 %)Unix
5135 (1.764 %)Windows XP
6115 (1.502 %)Windows 2000
773 (0.954 %)Solaris
870 (0.915 %)Windows NT
946 (0.601 %)Windows Mobile
1032 (0.418 %)Windows CE
1128 (0.366 %)VxWorks
1224 (0.314 %)Windows XP Embedded
1316 (0.209 %)Windows Vista
1414 (0.183 %)Mac OS X
157 (0.091 %)AIX
157 (0.091 %)pSOS
165 (0.065 %)ThreadX
172 (0.026 %)Symbian OS
172 (0.026 %)Nucleus RTOS
181 (0.013 %)Palm OS
Processes & Methodologies
11297 (16.95 %)OO
2652 (8.518 %)UML
3525 (6.859 %)Web Development
4333 (4.351 %)E-Commerce
5299 (3.906 %)OOD
6292 (3.815 %)Project Management
7257 (3.358 %)Unit Testing
8251 (3.279 %)Agile Software Development
9237 (3.096 %)OOP
10224 (2.927 %)CRM
11203 (2.652 %)Web Design
12194 (2.535 %)Software Engineering
13152 (1.986 %)Configuration Management
14141 (1.842 %)Content Management
15130 (1.698 %)Migration
16122 (1.594 %)Business Intelligence
17120 (1.568 %)SOA
18111 (1.450 %)Scrum
19107 (1.398 %)PRINCE2
2092 (1.202 %)Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
14799 (62.70 %)C#
22898 (37.86 %)SQL
31880 (24.56 %)VB.NET
41810 (23.65 %)JavaScript
51579 (20.63 %)C++
61244 (16.25 %)VB
7823 (10.75 %)Transact-SQL
8547 (7.147 %)VB6
9532 (6.951 %)Java
10501 (6.546 %)C
11385 (5.030 %)VC++
12350 (4.573 %)VBScript
13275 (3.593 %)VBA
14220 (2.874 %)PL/SQL
15218 (2.848 %)PHP
16216 (2.822 %)DHTML
17119 (1.555 %)Perl
1893 (1.215 %)Delphi
1987 (1.137 %)ActionScript
2041 (0.536 %)PHP5
Qualifications
1937 (12.24 %)Degree
2482 (6.297 %)Microsoft Certification
3184 (2.404 %)MCSD
487 (1.137 %)MCAD
578 (1.019 %)MCP
659 (0.771 %)ISEB
744 (0.575 %)MCDBA
841 (0.536 %)MCITP
932 (0.418 %)MCPD
1030 (0.392 %)MCTS
1118 (0.235 %)HNC
1217 (0.222 %)PRINCE2 Certification
139 (0.118 %)PMP
139 (0.118 %)PMI Certification
139 (0.118 %)MCSE
147 (0.091 %)MCSA
156 (0.078 %)HND
163 (0.039 %)ITIL Certification
163 (0.039 %)SAP Certification
163 (0.039 %)MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1129 (1.685 %)QA
244 (0.575 %)ISO9001
332 (0.418 %)WAI
423 (0.300 %)SLA
59 (0.118 %)ISO9000
66 (0.078 %)TickIT
72 (0.026 %)Basel II
81 (0.013 %)HL7
81 (0.013 %)DICOM
System Software
194 (1.228 %)MSMQ
269 (0.901 %)Active Directory
39 (0.118 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
43 (0.039 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.013 %)Xen
Systems Management
117 (0.222 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
212 (0.157 %)MOM
38 (0.105 %)SCOM
46 (0.078 %)OVSD
46 (0.078 %)OpenView
55 (0.065 %)MIIS
61 (0.013 %)Tivoli
Vendors
12919 (38.14 %)Microsoft
2735 (9.603 %)Oracle
3105 (1.372 %)Adobe
497 (1.267 %)Macromedia
583 (1.084 %)Sybase
651 (0.666 %)Borland
738 (0.496 %)ESRI
738 (0.496 %)Business Objects
738 (0.496 %)SAP
836 (0.470 %)Perforce
933 (0.431 %)Cognos
1026 (0.340 %)Siebel
1121 (0.274 %)Reuters
1121 (0.274 %)Google
1220 (0.261 %)Bloomberg
1319 (0.248 %)Citrix
1418 (0.235 %)BEA
1418 (0.235 %)VMware
1516 (0.209 %)Meridio
1614 (0.183 %)TIBCO
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