The first table below looks at the demand for Visual Studio skills in IT jobs advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Woking region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Studio
Rank 52 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 6 10 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 1.592% 2.252% 3.247%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.17% 25.64% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 14
Average salary £40,250 £40,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% +31.14%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Development Applications
Woking
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
59 39 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 15.65% 8.784% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 51 39 61
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £37,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Visual Studio
Surrey

Visual Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Visual Studio Salary Trend

Visual Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking 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 10 (83.33%) C#
2 9 (75.00%) .NET
3 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
3 7 (58.33%) XML
3 7 (58.33%) HTML
4 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 6 (50.00%) Windows
5 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
5 5 (41.67%) Web Services
5 5 (41.67%) Degree
5 5 (41.67%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (33.33%) CSS
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) MathWorks
7 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
7 3 (25.00%) Simulink
7 3 (25.00%) Stateflow
7 3 (25.00%) Linux
7 3 (25.00%) ActiveX
7 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 3 (25.00%) SOAP
7 3 (25.00%) C++
7 3 (25.00%) VB
7 3 (25.00%) VB.NET
7 3 (25.00%) Device Driver
7 3 (25.00%) VHDL
7 3 (25.00%) Electronics
7 3 (25.00%) Automotive

Visual Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking 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 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
2 7 (58.33%) XML
2 7 (58.33%) HTML
3 5 (41.67%) Web Services
3 5 (41.67%) jQuery
4 4 (33.33%) CSS
5 3 (25.00%) ActiveX
5 3 (25.00%) SOAP
6 2 (16.67%) DHTML
7 1 (8.333%) Ajax
7 1 (8.333%) NHibernate
7 1 (8.333%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Simulink
1 3 (25.00%) Stateflow
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Electronics
1 3 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior SharePoint Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) ScrumMaster
4 1 (8.333%) Real Time Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Real Time Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (25.00%) VHDL
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (8.333%) OOD
3 1 (8.333%) UML
3 1 (8.333%) OO
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy
3 1 (8.333%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) VB
4 3 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) MathWorks