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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Studio skills within the Wigan 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Studio
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1512
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %33.33 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£35,000
Average salary-£38,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,552£35,196
% change on same period last year-4.67 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads23
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£35,000
Average salary-£38,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,829£35,862
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Visual Studio ManchesterVisual Studio
Manchester

Visual Studio
Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

117 (100.00 %)SQL
215 (88.24 %).NET
215 (88.24 %)C#
314 (82.35 %)ASP.NET
412 (70.59 %)SQL Server
412 (70.59 %)Flash
511 (64.71 %)XAML
511 (64.71 %)XML
511 (64.71 %)WinForms
511 (64.71 %)WPF
610 (58.82 %)OOP
610 (58.82 %)ActiveX
610 (58.82 %)VB
610 (58.82 %)VB6
79 (52.94 %)HTML
88 (47.06 %)WebServices
88 (47.06 %)Pensions
96 (35.29 %)CSS
104 (23.53 %)JavaScript
104 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2005
113 (17.65 %)DirectX
113 (17.65 %)OLE
113 (17.65 %)ASP
113 (17.65 %)Time Management
122 (11.76 %)Windows
122 (11.76 %)PHP
122 (11.76 %)ActionScript
122 (11.76 %)IIS
122 (11.76 %)XHTML
122 (11.76 %)Dreamweaver

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (88.24 %).NET
214 (82.35 %)ASP.NET
311 (64.71 %)XML
311 (64.71 %)WinForms
311 (64.71 %)WPF
410 (58.82 %)ActiveX
59 (52.94 %)HTML
68 (47.06 %)WebServices
76 (35.29 %)CSS
83 (17.65 %)ASP
83 (17.65 %)DirectX
83 (17.65 %)OLE
92 (11.76 %)XHTML
Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)IIS
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (70.59 %)SQL Server
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2005
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (70.59 %)Flash
22 (11.76 %)Dreamweaver
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (47.06 %)Pensions
22 (11.76 %)Government
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (100.00 %)Developer
212 (70.59 %)C# Developer
310 (58.82 %)C# Application Developer
310 (58.82 %)Applications Developer
49 (52.94 %)Web Developer
54 (23.53 %)C# Web Developer
63 (17.65 %)Web Applications Developer
63 (17.65 %)Programmer
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)Windows
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (58.82 %)OOP
23 (17.65 %)Time Management
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)SQL
215 (88.24 %)C#
311 (64.71 %)XAML
410 (58.82 %)VB6
410 (58.82 %)VB
54 (23.53 %)JavaScript
62 (11.76 %)PHP
62 (11.76 %)ActionScript
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.76 %)Microsoft
12 (11.76 %)Adobe
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