Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the West Yorkshire 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3176
Rank change on same period last yearUp+45
Matching permanent IT job ads275146
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.065 %
As % of the category below48.33 %29.20 %
Salaries quoted252139
Average minimum salary£33,410£30,348
Average salary£35,094£32,078
% change on same period last year+9.40 %
Average maximum salary£36,778£33,808
UK excluding London average salary£33,902£34,589
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads569500
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.381 %0.223 %
Salaries quoted503469
Average minimum salary£31,038£28,137
Average salary£32,921£30,298
% change on same period last year+8.65 %
Average maximum salary£34,804£32,459
UK excluding London average salary£35,050£35,907
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Visual Studio YorkshireVisual Studio
Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire Visual Studio Salary Histogram

Visual Studio
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+47178£35,122+6.21 %
HalifaxUp+1949£36,521+34.68 %
BradfordUp+116£29,444-16.55 %
WakefieldUp+1615£31,200-12.25 %
WetherbyNew entry-13£33,708-
OtleyNew entry-1£24,500-
Visual Studio YorkshireVisual Studio
Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1430 (88.11 %).NET
2383 (78.48 %)C#
3313 (64.14 %)SQL Server
4282 (57.79 %)ASP.NET
5275 (56.35 %)SQL
6267 (54.71 %)Microsoft
7202 (41.39 %)XML
8178 (36.48 %)HTML
9158 (32.38 %)SQL Server 2005
10147 (30.12 %)CSS
11138 (28.28 %)VB
12128 (26.23 %).NET Framework
13124 (25.41 %)Windows
14120 (24.59 %)VB6
15119 (24.39 %)SQL Server 2000
16109 (22.34 %)MS Excel
17100 (20.49 %)JavaScript
1896 (19.67 %)N-Tier
1995 (19.47 %)VB.NET
2090 (18.44 %)Oracle
2185 (17.42 %)OO
2281 (16.60 %)Finance
2379 (16.19 %)SharePoint
2477 (15.78 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2576 (15.57 %)Windows SharePoint Services
2673 (14.96 %)IIS
2673 (14.96 %)PL/SQL
2766 (13.52 %)Degree
2863 (12.91 %)Windows XP
2863 (12.91 %)XHTML

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1430 (88.11 %).NET
2282 (57.79 %)ASP.NET
3202 (41.39 %)XML
4178 (36.48 %)HTML
5147 (30.12 %)CSS
6128 (26.23 %).NET Framework
776 (15.57 %)Windows SharePoint Services
863 (12.91 %)XHTML
957 (11.68 %)AJAX
1036 (7.377 %)ASP
1036 (7.377 %)XSLT
1134 (6.967 %)WebServices
1223 (4.713 %)Middleware
1317 (3.484 %)ADO.NET
1411 (2.254 %)XSL
1411 (2.254 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
158 (1.639 %)WCF
158 (1.639 %)ASP.NET 2.0
158 (1.639 %).NET Remoting
167 (1.434 %)WebSphere
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
179 (16.19 %)SharePoint
277 (15.78 %)SharePoint Server 2007
373 (14.96 %)IIS
434 (6.967 %)CMS
57 (1.434 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (1.434 %)MS Exchange
57 (1.434 %)WebSphere MQ
66 (1.230 %)Exchange Server 2007
75 (1.025 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.410 %)Tuxedo
91 (0.205 %)SharePoint Portal Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1109 (22.34 %)MS Excel
238 (7.787 %)InfoPath
331 (6.352 %)Photoshop
428 (5.738 %)MS Office
514 (2.869 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.410 %)Fireworks
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
143 (8.811 %)Microsoft CRM
27 (1.434 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.410 %)Staffware
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (3.893 %)Internet
26 (1.230 %)VPN
35 (1.025 %)Intranet
44 (0.820 %)LAN
44 (0.820 %)WAN
44 (0.820 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.410 %)HTTP
61 (0.205 %)DHCP
61 (0.205 %)DNS
61 (0.205 %)SSL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1313 (64.14 %)SQL Server
2158 (32.38 %)SQL Server 2005
3119 (24.39 %)SQL Server 2000
459 (12.09 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
557 (11.68 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
656 (11.48 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
746 (9.426 %)Oracle 9i
826 (5.328 %)Oracle 10g
924 (4.918 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1013 (2.664 %)MySQL
118 (1.639 %)DTS
126 (1.230 %)Crystal Reports
134 (0.820 %)SQL Server 2008
143 (0.615 %)RDBMS
151 (0.205 %)Oracle 8/8i
151 (0.205 %)MS Access
151 (0.205 %)Datawarehouse
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
148 (9.836 %)Visual Studio Team System
229 (5.943 %)Flash
229 (5.943 %)Dreamweaver
38 (1.639 %)VSS/SourceSafe
46 (1.230 %)Subversion
55 (1.025 %)NUnit
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
181 (16.60 %)Finance
246 (9.426 %)Insurance
327 (5.533 %)Marketing
425 (5.123 %)Publishing
514 (2.869 %)Graphic Design
69 (1.844 %)Pensions
73 (0.615 %)Health
73 (0.615 %)Automotive
82 (0.410 %)Education
82 (0.410 %)Law
82 (0.410 %)Billing
91 (0.205 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.205 %)Banking
91 (0.205 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.205 %)Telecoms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1396 (81.15 %)Developer
2152 (31.15 %).NET Developer
377 (15.78 %)C# Developer
475 (15.37 %)Web Developer
565 (13.32 %)Senior Developer
653 (10.86 %)Analyst
653 (10.86 %)Team Leader
744 (9.016 %)Software Developer
842 (8.607 %)SharePoint Developer
941 (8.402 %)ASP.NET Developer
1033 (6.762 %)Junior
1132 (6.557 %)Junior Developer
1231 (6.352 %).NET Web Developer
1329 (5.943 %)Analyst Developer
1329 (5.943 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1421 (4.303 %)Programmer
1519 (3.893 %)Senior Web Developer
1519 (3.893 %)Senior .NET Developer
1618 (3.689 %)Development Team Leader
1717 (3.484 %)C# Web Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
196 (19.67 %)N-Tier
28 (1.639 %)Replication
28 (1.639 %)Computer Science
36 (1.230 %)Management Information System
45 (1.025 %)Mainframe
54 (0.820 %)Client/Server
61 (0.205 %)IPTV
61 (0.205 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.205 %)Mathematics
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1124 (25.41 %)Windows
263 (12.91 %)Windows XP
359 (12.09 %)Windows 2000
454 (11.07 %)Windows NT
524 (4.918 %)Windows Server 2003
614 (2.869 %)Windows 2000 Server
79 (1.844 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.410 %)UNIX
82 (0.410 %)AIX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (17.42 %)OO
255 (11.27 %)SOA
354 (11.07 %)Test Scripting
450 (10.25 %)Workflow
547 (9.631 %)CRM
640 (8.197 %)Web Development
735 (7.172 %)Time Management
831 (6.352 %)UML
928 (5.738 %)Agile Software Development
1018 (3.689 %)Unit Testing
1110 (2.049 %)Migration
129 (1.844 %)E-Commerce
137 (1.434 %)Web Design
146 (1.230 %)Process Management
155 (1.025 %)TDD
155 (1.025 %)Load Balancing
164 (0.820 %)Information Management
164 (0.820 %)Software Engineering
164 (0.820 %)OOD
164 (0.820 %)RUP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1383 (78.48 %)C#
2275 (56.35 %)SQL
3138 (28.28 %)VB
4120 (24.59 %)VB6
5100 (20.49 %)JavaScript
695 (19.47 %)VB.NET
773 (14.96 %)PL/SQL
862 (12.70 %)Transact-SQL
928 (5.738 %)ActionScript
1013 (2.664 %)VBScript
1110 (2.049 %)C
124 (0.820 %)DHTML
133 (0.615 %)C++
133 (0.615 %)XPath
142 (0.410 %)Java
151 (0.205 %)Perl
151 (0.205 %)VC++
151 (0.205 %)FoxPro (VFP)
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (13.52 %)Degree
237 (7.582 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (1.230 %)MCP
43 (0.615 %)MCSD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.230 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.025 %)Active Directory
24 (0.820 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.410 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.205 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1267 (54.71 %)Microsoft
290 (18.44 %)Oracle
37 (1.434 %)IBM
44 (0.820 %)Symantec
52 (0.410 %)Kofax
52 (0.410 %)BEA
52 (0.410 %)TIBCO
52 (0.410 %)Vignette
52 (0.410 %)Amdocs
61 (0.205 %)Cognos
61 (0.205 %)Macromedia
61 (0.205 %)VMware