The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio 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 for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 27 27 24
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 2 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 1.481% 3.922% 1.042%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.33% 25.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
Average salary £38,750 £36,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.63% +30.90%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15 16 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 11.11% 15.69% 1.042%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 1
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
West Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Wakefield Visual Studio Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wakefield Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

1 22 (91.67%) C#
1 22 (91.67%) .NET
2 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
2 19 (79.17%) VB.NET
3 18 (75.00%) CSS
3 18 (75.00%) HTML
4 13 (54.17%) XML
5 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
6 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
7 6 (25.00%) SQL
8 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
9 4 (16.67%) T-SQL
9 4 (16.67%) Ajax
9 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (12.50%) Web Development
10 3 (12.50%) jQuery
10 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
10 3 (12.50%) DTS
10 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (8.333%) MVC
11 2 (8.333%) Billing
11 2 (8.333%) CRM
11 2 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
12 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (4.167%) Windows

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Development
1 22 (91.67%) .NET
2 18 (75.00%) CSS
2 18 (75.00%) HTML
3 13 (54.17%) XML
4 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET
5 4 (16.67%) Ajax
6 3 (12.50%) jQuery
7 1 (4.167%) SOAP
7 1 (4.167%) Web Services
7 1 (4.167%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.167%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (12.50%) DTS
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.167%) MySQL
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
2 15 (62.50%) Software Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (8.333%) CRM Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 1 (4.167%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Systems Developer
5 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) Web Development
1 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.333%) MVC
2 2 (8.333%) CRM
2 2 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.167%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (91.67%) C#
2 19 (79.17%) VB.NET
3 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 6 (25.00%) SQL
5 4 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (4.167%) Java
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft