The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 17 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 Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 21 15 30
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 1 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 1.515% 7.692% 5.143%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.667% 36.84% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 9
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +41.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15 19 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 22.73% 20.88% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 46
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
Berkshire

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio across the Windsor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 17 (77.27%) C#
2 15 (68.18%) .NET
3 12 (54.55%) SQL Server
4 11 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 11 (50.00%) Advertising
5 8 (36.36%) Validation
5 8 (36.36%) Service Delivery
6 6 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
6 6 (27.27%) Web Development
6 6 (27.27%) WCF
6 6 (27.27%) Wireless
6 6 (27.27%) ISO 9001
6 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 6 (27.27%) ISEB
7 5 (22.73%) 3G
7 5 (22.73%) Quality Management
7 5 (22.73%) Web Services
7 5 (22.73%) Windows
7 5 (22.73%) Bluetooth
7 5 (22.73%) GPRS
7 5 (22.73%) GSM
7 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
7 5 (22.73%) Test Management
7 5 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (22.73%) ZigBee
8 4 (18.18%) System Testing
8 4 (18.18%) SQL
9 3 (13.64%) T-SQL
9 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 15 (68.18%) .NET
2 6 (27.27%) WCF
3 5 (22.73%) Web Services
4 1 (4.545%) XML
4 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.545%) CSS
4 1 (4.545%) jQuery
4 1 (4.545%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Wireless
2 5 (22.73%) ZigBee
2 5 (22.73%) Bluetooth
2 5 (22.73%) GPRS
2 5 (22.73%) GSM
2 5 (22.73%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (54.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 11 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) Tools Developer
3 6 (27.27%) C# Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Test Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Principle Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Service Delivery
1 8 (36.36%) Validation
2 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Web Development
3 5 (22.73%) Unit Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Test Management
3 5 (22.73%) Quality Management
4 4 (18.18%) System Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.091%) QMS
7 1 (4.545%) Image Processing
7 1 (4.545%) 3D Programming
7 1 (4.545%) OO
7 1 (4.545%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) SQL
3 3 (13.64%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.545%) C++
4 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ISEB
2 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft