Visual Studio Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 79 106
Rank change year-on-year -16 +27 -17
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 15 35 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.80% 1.76% 1.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.74% 10.74% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 18 8
10th Percentile - £246 £356
25th Percentile - £259 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £369 £413
Median % change year-on-year +49.15% -10.61% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £499 £506
90th Percentile - £520 £551
England median daily rate £535 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £63.50 £39.50 -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.08
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.04% +35.72%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

Visual Studio is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 154 326 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.20% 16.38% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 175 241
10th Percentile £350 £307 £345
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 64 22
10th Percentile £51.63 - £42.50
25th Percentile £59.06 £53.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £75.25 £74.50 £57.25
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.69 £68.45
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +9.31%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +6 10 - - 2
Cambridgeshire +5 4 £550 -
Bedfordshire -12 1 - -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.67%) Serverless
3 1 (6.67%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Ethernet
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) MQTT
2 1 (6.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Eclipse
2 3 (20.00%) Git
3 1 (6.67%) GitLab
3 1 (6.67%) JIRA
3 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (6.67%) Subversion
3 1 (6.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Military
2 6 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Developer
5 2 (13.33%) C# Developer
6 1 (6.67%) .NET Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Software Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) C# WPF Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) SQL Data Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) SSIS Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) Web Services
2 6 (40.00%) Node.js
3 5 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) WPF
5 2 (13.33%) MFC
5 2 (13.33%) WinForms
6 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
6 1 (6.67%) Entity Framework
6 1 (6.67%) jQuery
6 1 (6.67%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 1 (6.67%) React
6 1 (6.67%) Silverlight
6 1 (6.67%) SPFx
6 1 (6.67%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (73.33%) Agile
3 8 (53.33%) Digital Twin
3 8 (53.33%) Synthetic Environment
4 7 (46.67%) Unit Testing
4 7 (46.67%) Validation
5 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 6 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (40.00%) TDD
5 6 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
6 3 (20.00%) UML
7 2 (13.33%) DevOps
8 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Development
8 1 (6.67%) Logical Data Model
8 1 (6.67%) Physical Data Model
8 1 (6.67%) SDLC
8 1 (6.67%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C#
2 12 (80.00%) C++
3 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) C++/CLI
4 2 (13.33%) Python
5 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (6.67%) SQL
5 1 (6.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft