Visual Studio Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 151 142
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 -26
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 2 7 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.072% 0.22% 0.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.66% 1.66% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 22
10th Percentile £499 - £363
25th Percentile £501 £363 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% -16.67% +4.65%
75th Percentile £536 £413 £488
90th Percentile £537 £428 £533
England median daily rate £535 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - £45.60 -
25th Percentile - £49.80 £41.25
Median hourly rate - £52.13 £44.68
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -9.74%
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.08
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.33% +35.72%

All Development Application Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 301 422 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 10.81% 13.10% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 325 448
10th Percentile £375 £325 £350
25th Percentile £431 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £670 £656 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 19
10th Percentile £40.52 £37.80 £37.25
25th Percentile £45.88 £40.40 £38.68
Median hourly rate £52.94 £47.99 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.31% +12.92% +25.00%
75th Percentile £74.63 £53.11 £49.09
90th Percentile £81.45 £56.38 £61.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.34 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.97% +21.46% +6.38%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Cumbria - 2 £520 -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Swagger
1 2 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft