Visual Studio Jobs in Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Visual Studio North West / Cheshire
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	62	55	74
Rank change year-on-year	-7	+19
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio	53	33	51
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire	3.65%	3.43%	3.00%
As % of the Development Applications category	18.15%	18.23%	16.83%
Number of salaries quoted	53	33	38
Median salary	£35,000	£37,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-6.66%	-6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£23,800	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£47,000	£42,500	£45,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000

Visual Studio is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for development application skills.

Development Application Skills Cheshire
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	292	181	303
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire	20.08%	18.81%	17.84%
Number of salaries quoted	221	165	261
Median salary	£40,000	£37,500	£38,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.66%	-2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,500	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£53,500	£47,500	£47,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	+1.19%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Cheshire citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Cheshire

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in Cheshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Visual Studio in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in Cheshire

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Visual Studio in Cheshire over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in Cheshire

Visual Studio
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Runcorn	-6	16	£32,000	+6.22%	1
Warrington	-3	15	£45,000	+5.88%	1
Wilmslow	-8	6	£43,750	-	1
Chester	+8	5	£35,000	+27.27%	4
Knutsford	-	5	£27,500	-
Crewe	-	3	£22,500	-	2
Ellesmere Port	-	1	£47,500	-
Winsford	-	1	£40,000	-
Visual Studio North West

Visual Studio
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Cheshire region with a requirement for Visual Studio.

1	82 (97.62%)	C#
2	79 (94.05%)	.NET
3	65 (77.38%)	HTML
3	65 (77.38%)	SQL
4	62 (73.81%)	SQL Server
5	61 (72.62%)	ASP.NET
6	51 (60.71%)	Microsoft
6	51 (60.71%)	MVC
7	50 (59.52%)	JavaScript
8	43 (51.19%)	jQuery
9	36 (42.86%)	CSS
10	32 (38.10%)	.NET Framework
11	30 (35.71%)	Agile Software Development
11	30 (35.71%)	Web Services
12	28 (33.33%)	Windows

12	28 (33.33%)	Mobile App
13	23 (27.38%)	SDLC
14	21 (25.00%)	XML
15	20 (23.81%)	T-SQL
15	20 (23.81%)	ASP.NET MVC
16	19 (22.62%)	Entity Framework
16	19 (22.62%)	Degree
17	17 (20.24%)	AngularJS
17	17 (20.24%)	SOLID
18	16 (19.05%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18	16 (19.05%)	Analytical Skills
19	15 (17.86%)	Web Development
19	15 (17.86%)	Team Foundation Server
19	15 (17.86%)	Project Management
19	15 (17.86%)	Scrum

Visual Studio
Co-occurring IT Skills in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (10.71%)	NServiceBus
2	3 (3.57%)	BizTalk Server
3	1 (1.19%)	CMS
3	1 (1.19%)	ColdFusion

Applications
1	1 (1.19%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (1.19%)	Microsoft Project
1	1 (1.19%)	MS Visio

Cloud Services
1	5 (5.95%)	Microsoft Azure
2	1 (1.19%)	Amazon AWS
2	1 (1.19%)	IaaS
2	1 (1.19%)	PaaS
2	1 (1.19%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	7 (8.33%)	Wireless
2	6 (7.14%)	Internet
3	1 (1.19%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	62 (73.81%)	SQL Server
2	9 (10.71%)	Relational Database
3	7 (8.33%)	SQL Server 2008
4	4 (4.76%)	NoSQL
4	4 (4.76%)	SQL Server 2016
5	3 (3.57%)	DB2
5	3 (3.57%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	1 (1.19%)	Amazon DynamoDB
6	1 (1.19%)	SQL Server 2005

Development Applications
1	16 (19.05%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2	15 (17.86%)	Team Foundation Server
3	14 (16.67%)	Subversion
4	9 (10.71%)	FxCop
4	9 (10.71%)	Selenium
4	9 (10.71%)	SpecFlow
4	9 (10.71%)	StyleCop
5	4 (4.76%)	ReSharper
6	2 (2.38%)	Git (software)
7	1 (1.19%)	Android Studio
7	1 (1.19%)	PowerBuilder
7	1 (1.19%)	Xcode

General
1	12 (14.29%)	Finance
1	12 (14.29%)	Marketing
2	4 (4.76%)	Retail
3	3 (3.57%)	Banking
3	3 (3.57%)	Games
4	2 (2.38%)	Telecoms
5	1 (1.19%)	Advertising
5	1 (1.19%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	73 (86.90%)	Developer
2	51 (60.71%)	.NET Developer
3	46 (54.76%)	C# Developer
4	41 (48.81%)	C# .NET Developer
5	26 (30.95%)	ASP.NET Developer
6	23 (27.38%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
7	18 (21.43%)	Senior Developer
8	17 (20.24%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
9	16 (19.05%)	Senior .NET Developer
9	16 (19.05%)	Software Developer
10	14 (16.67%)	Senior C# Developer
11	13 (15.48%)	Designer
11	13 (15.48%)	Senior ASP.NET Developer
11	13 (15.48%)	Senior C# .NET Developer
11	13 (15.48%)	Senior C# ASP.NET Developer
12	12 (14.29%)	Senior ASP.NET MVC Developer
13	10 (11.90%)	.NET Web Developer
13	10 (11.90%)	Web Developer
14	8 (9.52%)	.NET Designer
15	7 (8.33%)	Junior Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	79 (94.05%)	.NET
2	65 (77.38%)	HTML
3	61 (72.62%)	ASP.NET
4	43 (51.19%)	jQuery
5	36 (42.86%)	CSS
6	32 (38.10%)	.NET Framework
7	30 (35.71%)	Web Services
8	21 (25.00%)	XML
9	20 (23.81%)	ASP.NET MVC
10	19 (22.62%)	Entity Framework
11	17 (20.24%)	AngularJS
12	13 (15.48%)	HTML5
12	13 (15.48%)	Twitter Bootstrap
13	12 (14.29%)	WCF
14	11 (13.10%)	JSON
14	11 (13.10%)	NHibernate
14	11 (13.10%)	SOAP
15	10 (11.90%)	RESTful
16	9 (10.71%)	CSS3
16	9 (10.71%)	WebSockets

Miscellaneous
1	28 (33.33%)	Mobile App
2	16 (19.05%)	Analytical Skills
3	14 (16.67%)	iPad
4	11 (13.10%)	N-Tier
5	9 (10.71%)	User Experience
6	8 (9.52%)	PMI
7	7 (8.33%)	Mobile Computing
8	4 (4.76%)	FMCG
9	2 (2.38%)	Fintech
10	1 (1.19%)	Enterprise Software
10	1 (1.19%)	Greenfield Project
10	1 (1.19%)	Smartphone
10	1 (1.19%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	28 (33.33%)	Windows
2	2 (2.38%)	Android
3	1 (1.19%)	Apple iOS
3	1 (1.19%)	Windows 10
3	1 (1.19%)	Windows Phone
3	1 (1.19%)	Windows Phone 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	51 (60.71%)	MVC
2	30 (35.71%)	Agile Software Development
3	23 (27.38%)	SDLC
4	17 (20.24%)	SOLID
5	15 (17.86%)	Project Management
5	15 (17.86%)	Scrum
5	15 (17.86%)	Web Development
6	13 (15.48%)	Unit Testing
7	12 (14.29%)	Integration Testing
8	11 (13.10%)	Dependency Injection
8	11 (13.10%)	TDD
9	9 (10.71%)	Continuous Integration
10	8 (9.52%)	MVVM
11	7 (8.33%)	Responsive Web Design
11	7 (8.33%)	Web Design
12	4 (4.76%)	High Availability
12	4 (4.76%)	Test Automation
13	3 (3.57%)	OO
13	3 (3.57%)	Software Engineering
14	2 (2.38%)	Software Testing

Programming Languages
1	82 (97.62%)	C#
2	65 (77.38%)	SQL
3	50 (59.52%)	JavaScript
4	20 (23.81%)	T-SQL
5	10 (11.90%)	VB
6	7 (8.33%)	XAML
7	2 (2.38%)	C++
7	2 (2.38%)	VB.NET
8	1 (1.19%)	C
8	1 (1.19%)	ES6
8	1 (1.19%)	Java
8	1 (1.19%)	Objective-C
8	1 (1.19%)	PHP
8	1 (1.19%)	PowerShell
8	1 (1.19%)	TypeScript
8	1 (1.19%)	VB6
8	1 (1.19%)	VBScript