Visual Studio Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 155 177
Rank change year-on-year +67 +22 -42
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 49 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.79% 0.29% 0.47%
As % of the Development Applications category 19.52% 2.13% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 10 19
10th Percentile £400 £413 -
25th Percentile £497 £414 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% +18.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £460
90th Percentile - £578 £515
England median daily rate £535 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.53%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 251 470 704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.15% 13.62% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 365 523
10th Percentile £260 £285 £360
25th Percentile £358 £370 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £540
90th Percentile £575 £625 £600
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile £10.50 £33.21 -
25th Percentile £43.88 £35.49 £37.00
Median hourly rate £56.25 £49.25 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.21% +26.28% -13.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.19 £41.00
90th Percentile - £66.13 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year +8.33% +17.07% +7.89%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
West Midlands +71 48 £535 +25.88% 26
East Midlands +21 1 - - 7
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) Azure
1 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.04%) Azure App Service
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.12%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 42 (85.71%) PVCS
2 3 (6.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (2.04%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) NUnit
3 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 16 (32.65%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.04%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (83.67%) Programmer
2 39 (79.59%) C Programmer
3 3 (6.12%) Analyst
3 3 (6.12%) Developer
3 3 (6.12%) QA Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (4.08%) Embedded C Programmer
4 2 (4.08%) Software Programmer
5 1 (2.04%) .NET Developer
5 1 (2.04%) Architect
5 1 (2.04%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (2.04%) C# Developer
5 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (2.04%) Lead
5 1 (2.04%) Lead Architect
5 1 (2.04%) PL/SQL Programmer
5 1 (2.04%) SharePoint Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.04%) CSS
2 1 (2.04%) HTML
2 1 (2.04%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) e-Health
1 1 (2.04%) LIMS
1 1 (2.04%) NHS
1 1 (2.04%) PACS
1 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.20%) DevOps
2 3 (6.12%) Software Engineering
2 3 (6.12%) Software Testing
2 3 (6.12%) Test Automation
3 2 (4.08%) Agile
4 1 (2.04%) Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.04%) Coaching
4 1 (2.04%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.04%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.04%) Data Migration
4 1 (2.04%) Document Management
4 1 (2.04%) Health Informatics
4 1 (2.04%) Informatics
4 1 (2.04%) Mentoring
4 1 (2.04%) Migration
4 1 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.04%) Scrum
4 1 (2.04%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (2.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 42 (85.71%) C
1 42 (85.71%) PL/SQL
2 12 (24.49%) C++
3 3 (6.12%) C#
3 3 (6.12%) SQL
4 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 42 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) ISEB
2 3 (6.12%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft