The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Walsall region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 18 10 12
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 10.81% 6.061% 2.500%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.10% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
Average salary £31,000 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
21 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 28.38% 12.12% 2.500%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 1
Average salary £27,500 £41,250 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +65.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
West Midlands

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Walsall region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Walsall Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 20 (100.00%) C#
1 20 (100.00%) .NET
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 14 (70.00%) XML
2 14 (70.00%) Telerik
3 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 13 (65.00%) CRM
4 12 (60.00%) Intranet
4 12 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 11 (55.00%) Ajax
5 11 (55.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
6 10 (50.00%) HTML
6 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
7 9 (45.00%) CSS
7 9 (45.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (40.00%) Degree
8 8 (40.00%) Windows
8 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (25.00%) Internet
11 4 (20.00%) DTS
11 4 (20.00%) WinForms
11 4 (20.00%) Web Development
12 3 (15.00%) MVC
12 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (15.00%) RDBMS

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 20 (100.00%) .NET
1 20 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 14 (70.00%) XML
3 11 (55.00%) Ajax
4 10 (50.00%) HTML
5 9 (45.00%) CSS
6 4 (20.00%) WinForms
7 2 (10.00%) Web Services
7 2 (10.00%) ASP
8 1 (5.000%) WCF
8 1 (5.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (5.000%) IIS
1 1 (5.000%) CMS
1 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (60.00%) Intranet
2 5 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (55.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (35.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (20.00%) DTS
8 3 (15.00%) RDBMS
9 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (10.00%) NuGet
2 2 (10.00%) CruiseControl
General
1 2 (10.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Developer
2 11 (55.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (35.00%) SQL Developer
4 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Developer
5 5 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
5 5 (25.00%) C# Developer
5 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (25.00%) Graduate
6 4 (20.00%) Junior
6 4 (20.00%) Junior .NET Developer
6 4 (20.00%) Junior Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Junior C# Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Applications Developer
7 3 (15.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
8 2 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (10.00%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (5.000%) .NET Programmer
9 1 (5.000%) Junior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) CRM
2 4 (20.00%) Web Development
3 3 (15.00%) MVC
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Analytics
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) OO
4 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (5.000%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 10 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.00%) Java
4 2 (10.00%) C++
4 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Telerik
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft