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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Watford region 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5338
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads1011
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below14.71 %39.29 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£29,286-
Average salary£32,286-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,286-
UK excluding London average salary£34,152£34,530
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Development Applications WatfordDevelopment Applications
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads6828
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted5413
Average minimum salary£36,570£33,188
Average salary£38,724£34,469
% change on same period last year+12.34 %
Average maximum salary£40,877£35,750
UK excluding London average salary£35,047£35,897
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Visual Studio HertfordshireVisual Studio
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Visual Studio
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Visual Studio across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Watford region 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.

129 (100.00 %).NET
226 (89.66 %)SQL Server
324 (82.76 %)VB
423 (79.31 %)VB.NET
423 (79.31 %)Microsoft
521 (72.41 %)XML
619 (65.52 %)VB6
717 (58.62 %)COM
717 (58.62 %)Windows
717 (58.62 %)SQL
816 (55.17 %)MS Access
915 (51.72 %)ADO
915 (51.72 %)SQL Server 2005
1014 (48.28 %)ADO.NET
1014 (48.28 %)SQL Server 2000
1014 (48.28 %)WinForms
1113 (44.83 %)Construction
1113 (44.83 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1212 (41.38 %)ASP.NET
1311 (37.93 %)Degree
1410 (34.48 %)C#
159 (31.03 %)MS Excel
167 (24.14 %)HTML
167 (24.14 %)ASP
176 (20.69 %)Pensions
185 (17.24 %)Education
194 (13.79 %)JavaScript
194 (13.79 %)Web Development
203 (10.34 %)WebSphere
203 (10.34 %)Information Management

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Watford region 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
129 (100.00 %).NET
221 (72.41 %)XML
317 (58.62 %)COM
415 (51.72 %)ADO
514 (48.28 %)ADO.NET
514 (48.28 %)WinForms
612 (41.38 %)ASP.NET
77 (24.14 %)HTML
77 (24.14 %)ASP
83 (10.34 %)J2EE
83 (10.34 %)JSP
83 (10.34 %)XSLT
83 (10.34 %)WebSphere
92 (6.897 %).NET Framework
101 (3.448 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
13 (10.34 %)IIS
13 (10.34 %)Apache
13 (10.34 %)SharePoint
13 (10.34 %)BizTalk Server
22 (6.897 %)CMS
22 (6.897 %)Plone
Applications
19 (31.03 %)MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
126 (89.66 %)SQL Server
216 (55.17 %)MS Access
315 (51.72 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (48.28 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (10.34 %)DB2
61 (3.448 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
113 (44.83 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (10.34 %)Eclipse
31 (3.448 %)Dreamweaver
General
113 (44.83 %)Construction
26 (20.69 %)Pensions
35 (17.24 %)Education
42 (6.897 %)Aerospace
Job Titles
129 (100.00 %)Developer
214 (48.28 %)Analyst
214 (48.28 %)Analyst Programmer
214 (48.28 %)Programmer
214 (48.28 %)Developer Analyst
37 (24.14 %).NET Developer
45 (17.24 %)Web Developer
54 (13.79 %)Junior
54 (13.79 %)VB.NET Developer
54 (13.79 %)Junior Developer
63 (10.34 %)Senior Web Developer
63 (10.34 %)Graduate Developer
63 (10.34 %)Senior Developer
63 (10.34 %)Graduate
72 (6.897 %)VB Developer
81 (3.448 %)C# Developer
81 (3.448 %)Support Consultant
81 (3.448 %)Junior Consultant
81 (3.448 %)Software Developer
81 (3.448 %)Consultant
Miscellaneous
12 (6.897 %)Computer Science
21 (3.448 %)Mathematics
Operating Systems
117 (58.62 %)Windows
23 (10.34 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
14 (13.79 %)Web Development
23 (10.34 %)Information Management
23 (10.34 %)E-Commerce
32 (6.897 %)Web Design
32 (6.897 %)Content Management
41 (3.448 %)Migration
41 (3.448 %)Data Migration
Programming Languages
124 (82.76 %)VB
223 (79.31 %)VB.NET
319 (65.52 %)VB6
417 (58.62 %)SQL
510 (34.48 %)C#
64 (13.79 %)JavaScript
73 (10.34 %)VBScript
81 (3.448 %)C
81 (3.448 %)C++
Qualifications
111 (37.93 %)Degree
22 (6.897 %)MCAD
22 (6.897 %)MCSD
22 (6.897 %)Microsoft Certification
Vendors
123 (79.31 %)Microsoft
23 (10.34 %)Macromedia
23 (10.34 %)Oracle
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