Visual Studio Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 316 276
Rank change year-on-year +61 -40 -16
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 131 141 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.60% 0.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.90% 4.25% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 91 127
10th Percentile £363 £306 £345
25th Percentile £472 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £500
90th Percentile £619 £588 £627
UK median daily rate £535 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +4.29% -2.29% +10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 12
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.40 £41.59
25th Percentile £51.88 £51.25 £46.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.75 £61.08
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -11.99% +35.72%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £63.60
90th Percentile - - £64.86
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +33.33%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,222 3,314 4,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.83% 14.10% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 2,344 3,209
10th Percentile £350 £350 £362
25th Percentile £413 £420 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.42%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 177 104
10th Percentile £40.94 £45.75 £37.55
25th Percentile £55.75 £52.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £54.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +12.33% +21.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £81.75 £78.00 £68.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +12.22%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands +70 49 £535 +15.68% 33
West Midlands +67 48 £535 +23.70% 27
South East +2 37 £550 +5.77% 32
South West +23 17 £590 +18.00% 19
East of England -15 15 £550 +49.15% 4
Scotland +30 5 £475 +5.56% 8
North of England +16 5 £408 -5.23% 15
Yorkshire +20 3 £350 -23.08% 2
North West +18 2 £520 +30.00% 13
Northern Ireland +8 2 - -
East Midlands +18 1 - - 6
Wales +18 1 £210 -35.38%
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.29%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.76%) Apache
2 1 (0.76%) CMS
2 1 (0.76%) Jadu
2 1 (0.76%) Kentico
2 1 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (29.01%) Azure
2 29 (22.14%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (8.40%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.87%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (6.11%) Azure API Management
6 7 (5.34%) AWS
6 7 (5.34%) Azure Functions
6 7 (5.34%) Serverless
7 5 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.82%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.05%) PaaS
8 4 (3.05%) SaaS
9 3 (2.29%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.29%) IaaS
9 3 (2.29%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.29%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.40%) Ethernet
1 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.82%) RS-232
3 3 (2.29%) Network Security
3 3 (2.29%) VPN
4 1 (0.76%) 2G
4 1 (0.76%) 5G
4 1 (0.76%) MQTT
4 1 (0.76%) NFC
4 1 (0.76%) PPP
4 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.87%) Power BI
2 9 (6.87%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.29%) MySQL
4 3 (2.29%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.53%) Big Data
5 2 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.53%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.53%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.76%) QlikView
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (32.06%) PVCS
2 33 (25.19%) Git
3 18 (13.74%) Jenkins
4 14 (10.69%) Eclipse
5 10 (7.63%) Postman
6 9 (6.87%) NUnit
7 6 (4.58%) JIRA
8 5 (3.82%) Selenium
8 5 (3.82%) Subversion
9 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (2.29%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.53%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.53%) GitLab
11 2 (1.53%) Maven
12 1 (0.76%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.76%) TestRail
12 1 (0.76%) VersionOne
12 1 (0.76%) webpack
12 1 (0.76%) Xcode
General
1 21 (16.03%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.27%) Public Sector
3 11 (8.40%) Military
3 11 (8.40%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.05%) Finance
6 2 (1.53%) Marketing
7 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.76%) Automotive
7 1 (0.76%) Banking
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.76%) Law
7 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 41 (31.30%) Programmer
2 39 (29.77%) C Programmer
3 38 (29.01%) Developer
4 18 (13.74%) Software Engineer
5 14 (10.69%) C# Software Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (7.63%) Analyst
7 10 (7.63%) Test Automation Engineer
7 10 (7.63%) Test Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Senior
9 7 (5.34%) .NET Developer
9 7 (5.34%) C# Developer
10 6 (4.58%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Senior Test Engineer
10 6 (4.58%) Software Developer
11 4 (3.05%) Integration Developer
11 4 (3.05%) Lead
12 3 (2.29%) Automation Tester
12 3 (2.29%) Azure Developer
12 3 (2.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (35.88%) .NET
2 19 (14.50%) Web Services
3 13 (9.92%) ASP.NET
4 11 (8.40%) Node.js
4 11 (8.40%) REST
5 9 (6.87%) Playwright
5 9 (6.87%) XML
6 8 (6.11%) AngularJS
6 8 (6.11%) JSON
6 8 (6.11%) SOAP
7 7 (5.34%) WPF
8 6 (4.58%) .NET Framework
8 6 (4.58%) GraphQL
8 6 (4.58%) WinForms
9 5 (3.82%) ARM Templates
9 5 (3.82%) HTML
10 4 (3.05%) CSS
10 4 (3.05%) OAuth
10 4 (3.05%) OpenID
10 4 (3.05%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.05%) NHS
3 3 (2.29%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.29%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.76%) e-Health
5 1 (0.76%) LIMS
5 1 (0.76%) PACS
5 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.76%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.76%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.37%) Windows
2 19 (14.50%) Linux
3 6 (4.58%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.53%) Agile
2 37 (28.24%) DevOps
3 29 (22.14%) CI/CD
4 22 (16.79%) Software Engineering
5 21 (16.03%) Continuous Integration
6 20 (15.27%) TDD
6 20 (15.27%) Test Automation
7 17 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (11.45%) Unit Testing
9 14 (10.69%) Visualisation
10 13 (9.92%) Continuous Delivery
10 13 (9.92%) Deployment Automation
10 13 (9.92%) Digital Twin
10 13 (9.92%) Synthetic Environment
10 13 (9.92%) Validation
11 11 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (8.40%) Security Testing
11 11 (8.40%) Verification and Validation
12 10 (7.63%) Scrum
13 8 (6.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 63 (48.09%) C#
2 47 (35.88%) C
3 43 (32.82%) PL/SQL
4 31 (23.66%) C++
5 28 (21.37%) SQL
6 21 (16.03%) JavaScript
7 19 (14.50%) PowerShell
8 12 (9.16%) Python
9 8 (6.11%) Java
10 6 (4.58%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.05%) PHP
11 4 (3.05%) VB
11 4 (3.05%) VB6
12 3 (2.29%) Ruby
13 2 (1.53%) C++/CLI
14 1 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.76%) VBA
14 1 (0.76%) XAML
Qualifications
1 64 (48.85%) SC Cleared
1 64 (48.85%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.82%) Degree
3 4 (3.05%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.29%) ISEB
5 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.16%) QA
2 6 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.05%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.76%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (6.87%) Docker
2 7 (5.34%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (10.69%) Ansible
2 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (30.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.11%) Oracle
3 4 (3.05%) Infragistics
4 3 (2.29%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.29%) VMware
5 2 (1.53%) Databricks
5 2 (1.53%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.76%) Adobe
6 1 (0.76%) Brio
6 1 (0.76%) Google
6 1 (0.76%) Intel
6 1 (0.76%) Pardot
6 1 (0.76%) SAP