Visual Studio Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 59 55
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 1 2 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 0.32% 2.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.85% 2.63% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile - £313 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £325 £600
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% -45.83% +71.43%
75th Percentile - £338 £638
90th Percentile - - £688
UK median daily rate £535 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +4.19% -2.19% +10.76%

All Development Application Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 54 76 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 13.47% 11.99% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 50 114
10th Percentile £356 £398 £366
25th Percentile £431 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -5.21% +17.22%
75th Percentile £548 £625 £625
90th Percentile £611 £651 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £20.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year +1.63% +22.14% +11.27%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Wales

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Wales

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Wales

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales +17 1 £210 -35.38%
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Health Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft