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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 36 51 46
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -5
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 202 149 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 5.669% 4.599% 4.344%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.38% 30.04% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 151 141 125
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
571 496 404
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 16.03% 15.31% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 430 416 339
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,200 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Visual Studio
Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

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

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 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leeds +14 132 £36,000 +18.03% 6
Bradford +8 20 £28,500 -18.57% 1
Huddersfield +12 12 £27,500 +27.90%
Halifax +14 11 £22,500 -25.00%
Keighley - 7 £30,000 -
Wetherby +2 2 £52,500 +50.00%
Ilkley - 2 £28,000 -
Castleford - 2 £50,000 -
Dewsbury - 1 £27,500 - 1
Batley - 1 £26,000 - 1
Visual Studio
Yorkshire

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 339 (88.51%) .NET
2 314 (81.98%) SQL Server
3 312 (81.46%) C#
4 267 (69.71%) ASP.NET
5 232 (60.57%) SQL
6 146 (38.12%) JavaScript
7 142 (37.08%) MVC
8 135 (35.25%) CSS
9 123 (32.11%) HTML
9 123 (32.11%) SQL Server 2005
10 122 (31.85%) SQL Server 2008
11 119 (31.07%) Microsoft
12 111 (28.98%) Agile Software Development
13 87 (22.72%) Finance
13 87 (22.72%) Degree
14 84 (21.93%) E-Commerce
15 83 (21.67%) Windows
16 79 (20.63%) MS Excel
16 79 (20.63%) .NET Framework
17 70 (18.28%) VB.NET
18 69 (18.02%) T-SQL
19 68 (17.75%) Web Services
20 66 (17.23%) jQuery
21 62 (16.19%) Ajax
22 60 (15.67%) WCF
22 60 (15.67%) OO
23 59 (15.40%) Team Foundation Server
24 53 (13.84%) QA
24 53 (13.84%) Web Development
25 52 (13.58%) WPF

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 339 (88.51%) .NET
2 267 (69.71%) ASP.NET
3 135 (35.25%) CSS
4 123 (32.11%) HTML
5 79 (20.63%) .NET Framework
6 68 (17.75%) Web Services
7 66 (17.23%) jQuery
8 62 (16.19%) Ajax
9 60 (15.67%) WCF
10 52 (13.58%) WPF
10 52 (13.58%) XML
11 41 (10.70%) ASP.NET MVC
12 31 (8.094%) NHibernate
13 29 (7.572%) ASP
14 28 (7.311%) Razor View Engine
15 26 (6.789%) XHTML
16 18 (4.700%) HTML5
17 17 (4.439%) ADO.NET
18 15 (3.916%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 13 (3.394%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 44 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.789%) IIS
3 21 (5.483%) SharePoint 2010
4 14 (3.655%) MS Exchange
5 12 (3.133%) CMS
6 9 (2.350%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (1.567%) WordPress
8 4 (1.044%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.783%) Apache
9 3 (0.783%) DotNetNuke
10 2 (0.522%) ESB
10 2 (0.522%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.522%) Lync
11 1 (0.261%) EPiServer CMS
11 1 (0.261%) Sitefinity
11 1 (0.261%) Tomcat
Applications
1 79 (20.63%) MS Excel
2 16 (4.178%) MS Office
3 4 (1.044%) Google Apps
4 3 (0.783%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.783%) MS Project
5 1 (0.261%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (5.222%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.089%) Bond Adapt
3 2 (0.522%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.483%) FTP
2 9 (2.350%) Intranet
3 5 (1.305%) VoIP
3 5 (1.305%) Internet
4 4 (1.044%) Firewall
4 4 (1.044%) MPLS
4 4 (1.044%) VPN
4 4 (1.044%) WAN
5 3 (0.783%) HTTP
6 1 (0.261%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.261%) Extranet
6 1 (0.261%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.261%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.261%) SSL
6 1 (0.261%) SMTP
6 1 (0.261%) DHCP
6 1 (0.261%) DNS
6 1 (0.261%) SAN
6 1 (0.261%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (81.98%) SQL Server
2 123 (32.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 122 (31.85%) SQL Server 2008
4 46 (12.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 38 (9.922%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (6.527%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 17 (4.439%) MySQL
8 16 (4.178%) SQL Server 2012
9 10 (2.611%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.089%) DTS
11 7 (1.828%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
12 5 (1.305%) OLAP
12 5 (1.305%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.305%) TOAD
13 4 (1.044%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.522%) SQL Server 2000
14 2 (0.522%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.522%) SQLite
15 1 (0.261%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (15.40%) Team Foundation Server
2 21 (5.483%) Selenium
3 17 (4.439%) Visual Studio Team System
4 13 (3.394%) Subversion
5 12 (3.133%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 11 (2.872%) QuickTest Pro
6 11 (2.872%) LoadRunner
7 5 (1.305%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.044%) JMeter
8 4 (1.044%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (1.044%) JDeveloper
8 4 (1.044%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.783%) OpenSTA
9 3 (0.783%) MSTest
9 3 (0.783%) Rational Application Developer
10 2 (0.522%) Git (software)
11 1 (0.261%) Talend Open Studio
11 1 (0.261%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.261%) Ant
11 1 (0.261%) MSI
General
1 87 (22.72%) Finance
2 12 (3.133%) Marketing
3 5 (1.305%) Back Office
4 4 (1.044%) Banking
4 4 (1.044%) Retail
5 3 (0.783%) Legal
6 2 (0.522%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.522%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.522%) Billing
7 1 (0.261%) Law
Job Titles
1 278 (72.58%) Developer
2 117 (30.55%) .NET Developer
3 63 (16.45%) C# Developer
4 60 (15.67%) C# .NET Developer
5 46 (12.01%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 41 (10.70%) Software Developer
7 40 (10.44%) Senior Developer
8 33 (8.616%) Senior .NET Developer
9 30 (7.833%) Applications Developer
10 28 (7.311%) Team Leader
11 26 (6.789%) ASP.NET Developer
12 24 (6.266%) Analyst
13 23 (6.005%) Web Developer
14 19 (4.961%) Test Analyst
15 14 (3.655%) Lead Developer
16 13 (3.394%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 12 (3.133%) .NET Team Leader
17 12 (3.133%) Architect
18 11 (2.872%) Tester
18 11 (2.872%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.138%) Computer Science
2 8 (2.089%) N-Tier
3 5 (1.305%) Social Media
3 5 (1.305%) W3C
4 4 (1.044%) E-Learning
4 4 (1.044%) Thin Client
4 4 (1.044%) NHS
4 4 (1.044%) Fat Client
5 3 (0.783%) DTV
5 3 (0.783%) Graphic Design
6 2 (0.522%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.522%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.522%) Inversion of Control
6 2 (0.522%) SaaS
7 1 (0.261%) Open Source
7 1 (0.261%) New Media
7 1 (0.261%) PKI
7 1 (0.261%) Equities
7 1 (0.261%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 83 (21.67%) Windows
2 32 (8.355%) UNIX
3 18 (4.700%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (4.700%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (3.394%) Linux
5 4 (1.044%) Windows XP
5 4 (1.044%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.261%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (37.08%) MVC
2 111 (28.98%) Agile Software Development
3 84 (21.93%) E-Commerce
4 60 (15.67%) OO
5 53 (13.84%) Web Development
6 46 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
7 39 (10.18%) Project Management
8 36 (9.399%) TDD
8 36 (9.399%) CRM
8 36 (9.399%) Unit Testing
9 32 (8.355%) Software Engineering
10 28 (7.311%) Service Management
11 24 (6.266%) Test Management
12 21 (5.483%) Continuous Integration
12 21 (5.483%) Web Application Development
13 19 (4.961%) Waterfall
14 18 (4.700%) Software Testing
15 14 (3.655%) MVVM
16 11 (2.872%) Test Scripting
17 10 (2.611%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (81.46%) C#
2 232 (60.57%) SQL
3 146 (38.12%) JavaScript
4 70 (18.28%) VB.NET
5 69 (18.02%) T-SQL
6 28 (7.311%) XAML
7 26 (6.789%) VB
8 16 (4.178%) Delphi
9 14 (3.655%) Java
10 13 (3.394%) C++
11 12 (3.133%) PHP
12 11 (2.872%) VB6
13 6 (1.567%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.305%) VBA
14 5 (1.305%) C
14 5 (1.305%) VBScript
15 4 (1.044%) COBOL
16 2 (0.522%) Python
17 1 (0.261%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.261%) X++
Qualifications
1 87 (22.72%) Degree
2 21 (5.483%) ISEB
3 18 (4.700%) ISTQB
4 7 (1.828%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.261%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.261%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.261%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.261%) MCSE
5 1 (0.261%) MCSA
5 1 (0.261%) MCP
5 1 (0.261%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.261%) CCA
5 1 (0.261%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.261%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.84%) QA
2 4 (1.044%) WAI
System Software
1 16 (4.178%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (3.133%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.305%) vSphere
4 4 (1.044%) Terminal Services
4 4 (1.044%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.261%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 16 (4.178%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.261%) OpenView
Vendors
1 119 (31.07%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.23%) Oracle
3 17 (4.439%) Borland
4 16 (4.178%) HP
4 16 (4.178%) VMware
5 10 (2.611%) Infragistics
6 6 (1.567%) Google
7 4 (1.044%) Micro Focus
7 4 (1.044%) ProCurve
7 4 (1.044%) NETGEAR
8 3 (0.783%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.522%) Omniture
9 2 (0.522%) Twitter
10 1 (0.261%) Talend
10 1 (0.261%) NetApp
10 1 (0.261%) Cisco
10 1 (0.261%) Juniper
10 1 (0.261%) Citrix
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Microsoft .net technologies / C#.net / VB.net / asp.net / Visual Studio / MS SQL / Ajax / HTML / Javascript / VBScript / IIS / WCF / Sharepoint / My client, a market leading organisation in their...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be using TFS 2012 , Visual Studio 2012 , SQL 2012 , .NET 4.5 in a primarily ASP.NET environment ... You should be proficient in writing C# , T-...
Jet2.com
Salary: Excellent
Posted: 5 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
A creative business services provider collaborating within a multi-skilled .Net C# / ASP.Net MVC environment."... Associated Technologies: C# ASP.Net SQL Server Web Forms MVC OO AJAX...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Skills - VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / HTML / CSS / Javascript With commercial experience as a Web Developer, you will have been involved in the full project lifecycle as...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Batley, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of SQL Server 2008+ ASP.Net... JavaScript / JQuery / CSS... Key Skills: .Net / C# / SQL / T-SQL / LINQ / ASP.Net / MVC / XAML / Visual Studio / Entity Framework / Web Services
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Jet2.com
Salary: Excellent
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: up to £45k + bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Axica Recruitment
Salary: £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Jet2.com
Salary: Excellent
Posted: 17 June 2013