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 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank818397
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+14
Matching permanent IT job ads372335452066
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.087 %2.891 %2.164 %
As % of the Development Applications category21.73 %22.55 %20.09 %
Number of salaries quoted335432711791
Average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£27,500£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+33566£37,500-
LondonNo change0985£45,000-5.26 %
South EastDown-34759£40,000+6.66 %
East of EnglandUp+5441£37,500-
North WestUp+7337£34,000-2.85 %
South WestUp+7306£31,625-2.69 %
YorkshireUp+2266£30,500-3.17 %
West MidlandsUp+41253£35,000+16.66 %
East MidlandsUp+5215£35,000+7.69 %
SurreyDown-30211£47,500+18.75 %
ManchesterUp+24183£34,000-2.85 %
City of LondonDown-5180£47,500-5.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+6154£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireDown-51154£40,000+15.94 %
West YorkshireUp+2146£31,500-
HertfordshireUp+14117£37,500-
LeedsUp+15112£30,250-3.96 %
NottinghamshireUp+20110£35,000+2.94 %
CambridgeUp+4110£37,500-
ScotlandUp+49107£36,000+20.00 %
HampshireDown-47104£35,000-4.10 %
NottinghamUp+1399£36,500+5.79 %
BuckinghamshireUp+898£35,000-6.66 %
BristolUp+1197£30,000-7.69 %
North YorkshireUp+983£32,500-2.98 %
EssexDown-469£35,000-
ReadingDown-1767£37,000+13.84 %
BedfordshireUp+3365£45,000-7.69 %
WiltshireUp+3265£32,500-
GloucestershireUp+365£37,500-6.25 %

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

15879 (81.22 %).NET
25455 (75.37 %)C#
34495 (62.10 %)SQL Server
44048 (55.93 %)ASP.NET
53316 (45.81 %)SQL
62865 (39.58 %)Microsoft
72691 (37.18 %)JavaScript
82325 (32.12 %)HTML
92231 (30.82 %)CSS
102053 (28.36 %)XML
111730 (23.90 %)Windows
121696 (23.43 %)SQL Server 2008
131563 (21.59 %)Web Services
141455 (20.10 %)jQuery
151365 (18.86 %)VB.NET
161338 (18.49 %)Degree
171335 (18.44 %)SQL Server 2005
181331 (18.39 %)Ajax
191315 (18.17 %).NET Framework
201291 (17.84 %)WCF
211226 (16.94 %)SharePoint
221190 (16.44 %)MS Excel
231161 (16.04 %)MVC
241126 (15.56 %)Finance
251041 (14.38 %)OO
251041 (14.38 %)C++
261039 (14.35 %)T-SQL
271017 (14.05 %)Agile Software Development
28991 (13.69 %)Team Foundation Server
29851 (11.76 %)Web Development

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
15879 (81.22 %).NET
24048 (55.93 %)ASP.NET
32325 (32.12 %)HTML
42231 (30.82 %)CSS
52053 (28.36 %)XML
61563 (21.59 %)Web Services
71455 (20.10 %)jQuery
81331 (18.39 %)Ajax
91315 (18.17 %).NET Framework
101291 (17.84 %)WCF
11803 (11.09 %)WPF
12733 (10.13 %)XSLT
13732 (10.11 %)WinForms
14628 (8.676 %)XHTML
15619 (8.552 %)ASP.NET MVC
16498 (6.880 %)LINQ
17485 (6.701 %)Silverlight
18432 (5.968 %)ASP
19333 (4.601 %)HTML5
20259 (3.578 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11226 (16.94 %)SharePoint
2761 (10.51 %)IIS
3441 (6.093 %)CMS
4415 (5.734 %)SharePoint 2010
5360 (4.974 %)SharePoint Server
6227 (3.136 %)Umbraco
7214 (2.957 %)BizTalk Server
896 (1.326 %)Sitecore CMS
971 (0.981 %)Apache
1051 (0.705 %)DotNetNuke
1149 (0.677 %)MediaWiki
1244 (0.608 %)MSMQ
1244 (0.608 %)ESB
1338 (0.525 %)Documentum
1436 (0.497 %)Jetty
1534 (0.470 %)TIBCO EMS
1534 (0.470 %)Tomcat
1534 (0.470 %)MS Exchange
1628 (0.387 %)Kentico
1725 (0.345 %)Exchange Server 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11190 (16.44 %)MS Excel
2397 (5.485 %)MS Office
3229 (3.164 %)Photoshop
4125 (1.727 %)MS Visio
576 (1.050 %)InfoPath
656 (0.774 %)Adobe Illustrator
754 (0.746 %)Fireworks
848 (0.663 %)Google Apps
939 (0.539 %)MS Project
1033 (0.456 %)MS PowerPoint
1132 (0.442 %)MATLAB
1211 (0.152 %)Simulink
1310 (0.138 %)Windchill
149 (0.124 %)Spreadsheet
157 (0.097 %)Office 365
166 (0.083 %)Acrobat
175 (0.069 %)InDesign
175 (0.069 %)Paint Shop Pro
184 (0.055 %)MicroStation
192 (0.028 %)PowerPivot
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1187 (2.584 %)Dynamics CRM
243 (0.594 %)Dynamics AX
329 (0.401 %)Google Analytics
413 (0.180 %)WebTrends
512 (0.166 %)Line 500
68 (0.111 %)SAP Business One
76 (0.083 %)SAP HR
85 (0.069 %)Visualfiles
85 (0.069 %)Dynamics NAV
85 (0.069 %)SiteCatalyst
93 (0.041 %)Pivotal CRM
93 (0.041 %)SAP R/3
93 (0.041 %)Oracle Applications
93 (0.041 %)Oracle Payroll
102 (0.028 %)SAP CRM
102 (0.028 %)Dynamics GP
102 (0.028 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
111 (0.014 %)Solarsoft Tropos
111 (0.014 %)Prophet
111 (0.014 %)GoldMine
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1497 (6.867 %)Internet
2236 (3.261 %)Intranet
3105 (1.451 %)HTTP
484 (1.161 %)TCP/IP
564 (0.884 %)Extranet
659 (0.815 %)DNS
733 (0.456 %)SSL
832 (0.442 %)GPRS
832 (0.442 %)Wireless
922 (0.304 %)FTP
922 (0.304 %)CTI
1019 (0.263 %)3G
1118 (0.249 %)Ethernet
1215 (0.207 %)GSM
1314 (0.193 %)DAB
1314 (0.193 %)LTE
1413 (0.180 %)VoIP
1413 (0.180 %)SS7
1413 (0.180 %)VPN
1512 (0.166 %)Intrusion Detection
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14495 (62.10 %)SQL Server
21696 (23.43 %)SQL Server 2008
31335 (18.44 %)SQL Server 2005
4641 (8.856 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5503 (6.949 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6202 (2.791 %)MySQL
7195 (2.694 %)Data Warehouse
8190 (2.625 %)SQL Server 2000
9183 (2.528 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10158 (2.183 %)Crystal Reports
11127 (1.755 %)Oracle 8/8i
12125 (1.727 %)RDBMS
13111 (1.534 %)ETL
14108 (1.492 %)Oracle 10g
15100 (1.382 %)DTS
1683 (1.147 %)OLAP
1768 (0.939 %)Text Mining
1866 (0.912 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1965 (0.898 %)Oracle 11g
2058 (0.801 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1991 (13.69 %)Team Foundation Server
2502 (6.936 %)Subversion
3444 (6.134 %)NUnit
4274 (3.786 %)Eclipse
5268 (3.703 %)VSS/SourceSafe
6158 (2.183 %)Selenium
7149 (2.059 %)CruiseControl
8108 (1.492 %)FitNesse
9103 (1.423 %)TeamCity
1099 (1.368 %)Visual Studio Team System
1197 (1.340 %)MSBuild
1288 (1.216 %)QuickTest Pro
1380 (1.105 %)LoadRunner
1475 (1.036 %)Rhino Mocks
1573 (1.009 %)JUnit
1667 (0.926 %)Ant
1764 (0.884 %)GCC
1860 (0.829 %)Bugzilla
1860 (0.829 %)Mercurial
1958 (0.801 %)TortoiseSVN
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11126 (15.56 %)Finance
2236 (3.261 %)Marketing
3197 (2.722 %)Banking
4150 (2.072 %)Retail
5138 (1.907 %)Front Office
6125 (1.727 %)Legal
7123 (1.699 %)Telecoms
8105 (1.451 %)Games
989 (1.230 %)Investment Banking
1083 (1.147 %)Electronics
1179 (1.091 %)Manufacturing
1179 (1.091 %)Advertising
1267 (0.926 %)Back Office
1361 (0.843 %)Publishing
1456 (0.774 %)Law
1541 (0.566 %)Pharmaceutical
1630 (0.414 %)Aerospace
1729 (0.401 %)Financial Institution
1729 (0.401 %)Multimedia
1817 (0.235 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15417 (74.84 %)Developer
22428 (33.55 %).NET Developer
31501 (20.74 %)C# Developer
41137 (15.71 %)C# .NET Developer
5854 (11.80 %)ASP.NET Developer
6837 (11.56 %)Senior Developer
7834 (11.52 %)Web Developer
8802 (11.08 %)Software Developer
9605 (8.359 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10496 (6.853 %)Analyst
11473 (6.535 %)Software Engineer
12377 (5.209 %)Senior .NET Developer
13290 (4.007 %)Applications Developer
14276 (3.813 %).NET Web Developer
15249 (3.440 %)VB.NET Developer
16219 (3.026 %)Senior C# Developer
16219 (3.026 %)SharePoint Developer
17213 (2.943 %)Junior
18204 (2.818 %)Test Analyst
18204 (2.818 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1601 (8.303 %)Computer Science
2280 (3.868 %)N-Tier
3189 (2.611 %)Mathematics
4136 (1.879 %)Client/Server
5123 (1.699 %)Hedge funds
696 (1.326 %)W3C
791 (1.257 %)Management Information System
887 (1.202 %)Derivative
986 (1.188 %)iPad
1083 (1.147 %)iPhone
1170 (0.967 %)SaaS
1265 (0.898 %)Digital Media
1362 (0.857 %)Visualisation
1459 (0.815 %)Open Source
1459 (0.815 %)RIA
1544 (0.608 %)Equity Derivative
1643 (0.594 %)Embedded Systems
1740 (0.553 %)Social Media
1839 (0.539 %)Inversion of Control
1839 (0.539 %)Physics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11730 (23.90 %)Windows
2243 (3.357 %)Windows Server 2003
3211 (2.915 %)Windows Server 2008
4201 (2.777 %)Linux
5126 (1.741 %)UNIX
6114 (1.575 %)Windows 7
798 (1.354 %)Android
875 (1.036 %)Apple iOS
964 (0.884 %)Windows XP
1051 (0.705 %)Windows Vista
1134 (0.470 %)Windows Mobile
1216 (0.221 %)Solaris
1315 (0.207 %)Windows CE
1410 (0.138 %)VMS
157 (0.097 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
157 (0.097 %)Mac OS
166 (0.083 %)CentOS
175 (0.069 %)Windows 2000
175 (0.069 %)Embedded Linux
184 (0.055 %)pSOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11161 (16.04 %)MVC
21041 (14.38 %)OO
31017 (14.05 %)Agile Software Development
4851 (11.76 %)Web Development
5791 (10.93 %)TDD
6616 (8.511 %)Scrum
7447 (6.176 %)Unit Testing
8443 (6.120 %)E-Commerce
9352 (4.863 %)OOP
10337 (4.656 %)Software Engineering
11296 (4.090 %)CRM
12291 (4.020 %)Project Management
13279 (3.855 %)UML
14276 (3.813 %)Business Intelligence
15273 (3.772 %)Multithreading
16264 (3.647 %)Automated Testing
17263 (3.634 %)Content Management
18238 (3.288 %)Workflow
19233 (3.219 %)OOD
20223 (3.081 %)Continuous Integration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15455 (75.37 %)C#
23316 (45.81 %)SQL
32691 (37.18 %)JavaScript
41365 (18.86 %)VB.NET
51041 (14.38 %)C++
61039 (14.35 %)T-SQL
7670 (9.257 %)Java
8649 (8.967 %)VB
9380 (5.250 %)C
10230 (3.178 %)PHP
11215 (2.970 %)PL/SQL
12181 (2.501 %)VB6
13172 (2.376 %)VBA
14149 (2.059 %)Python
15147 (2.031 %)VC++
16146 (2.017 %)VBScript
1786 (1.188 %)Perl
1861 (0.843 %)XPath
1957 (0.788 %)Objective-C
2056 (0.774 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11338 (18.49 %)Degree
2314 (4.338 %)Microsoft Certification
3219 (3.026 %)ISEB
4122 (1.686 %)Security Cleared
598 (1.354 %)MCTS
684 (1.161 %)ISTQB
776 (1.050 %)SC Cleared
875 (1.036 %)MCP
965 (0.898 %)MCSD
1046 (0.636 %)Postgraduate
1141 (0.566 %)MCPD
1234 (0.470 %)PhD
1329 (0.401 %)MCAD
1422 (0.304 %)ISEB Practitioner
1514 (0.193 %)MCITP
1612 (0.166 %)MCDBA
1711 (0.152 %)MCSE
1810 (0.138 %)HNC
199 (0.124 %)HND
199 (0.124 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1380 (5.250 %)QA
255 (0.760 %)ISO 9001
345 (0.622 %)SLA
443 (0.594 %)WAI
526 (0.359 %)WCAG
617 (0.235 %)HL7
714 (0.193 %)TickIT
87 (0.097 %)PCI DSS
96 (0.083 %)ISO/IEC 27001
105 (0.069 %)ISO 9000
114 (0.055 %)COBIT
114 (0.055 %)COSO
123 (0.041 %)Dublin Core
132 (0.028 %)JTAG
141 (0.014 %)ISO 14001
141 (0.014 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
190 (1.243 %)Active Directory
241 (0.566 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (0.111 %)VMware Workstation
47 (0.097 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.055 %)XenServer
62 (0.028 %)VMware ESXi
71 (0.014 %)Hyper-V
71 (0.014 %)NDS
71 (0.014 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
71 (0.014 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.014 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.014 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.014 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
165 (0.898 %)HP Quality Center
216 (0.221 %)OpenView
314 (0.193 %)Plesk
47 (0.097 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
55 (0.069 %)WMI
55 (0.069 %)SCOM
55 (0.069 %)Cisco CUCM
64 (0.055 %)Splunk
64 (0.055 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.055 %)MOM
73 (0.041 %)Nagios
81 (0.014 %)SCCM
81 (0.014 %)Control-M
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12865 (39.58 %)Microsoft
2618 (8.538 %)Oracle
3140 (1.934 %)Sitecore
4117 (1.616 %)Google
5108 (1.492 %)Adobe
660 (0.829 %)Ektron
758 (0.801 %)SAP
856 (0.774 %)DevExpress
946 (0.636 %)Business Objects
1045 (0.622 %)Salesforce.com
1045 (0.622 %)EPiServer
1144 (0.608 %)JBoss
1241 (0.566 %)VMware
1340 (0.553 %)IBM
1340 (0.553 %)Telerik
1437 (0.511 %)TIBCO
1534 (0.470 %)Sybase
1627 (0.373 %)Infragistics
1725 (0.345 %)Cognos
1823 (0.318 %)Cisco