The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 6 - 8
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 9 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 25.71% - 9.091%
As % of the Development Applications category 81.82% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 31.43% - 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £34,000
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 West Bromwich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

West Bromwich Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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
2 15 (75.00%) Retail
2 15 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (70.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 14 (70.00%) OO
3 14 (70.00%) C++
4 12 (60.00%) VB6
4 12 (60.00%) VB
5 11 (55.00%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (30.00%) Silverlight
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
8 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
8 3 (15.00%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (15.00%) Oracle
8 3 (15.00%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (15.00%) TOAD
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (15.00%) WinForms
9 2 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (10.00%) CAD
9 2 (10.00%) VC++
9 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
9 2 (10.00%) QA
9 2 (10.00%) WCF
9 2 (10.00%) WPF
9 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
9 2 (10.00%) Automotive
9 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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
2 6 (30.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (15.00%) WinForms
4 2 (10.00%) WCF
4 2 (10.00%) WPF
5 1 (5.000%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (15.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 14 (70.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (75.00%) Retail
2 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (10.00%) Automotive
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Developer
2 15 (75.00%) .NET Developer
3 13 (65.00%) C# Developer
3 13 (65.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL Developer
6 1 (5.000%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (5.000%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) OO
2 2 (10.00%) CAD
2 2 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (70.00%) C++
3 12 (60.00%) VB6
3 12 (60.00%) VB
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
6 2 (10.00%) VC++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft