Microsoft Visual Studio
England > West Midlands
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 62 | 132 | 169 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +37 | -53 |
| Contract jobs citing Visual Studio | 47 | 7 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 2.44% | 0.29% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 23.15% | 2.06% | 1.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 39 | 7 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | - | £374 |
| 25th Percentile | £497 | £413 | £391 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £425 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.88% | -2.86% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £518 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £585 | £553 |
| England median daily rate | £535 | £520 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.88% | -0.95% | +10.53% |
All Development Application Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for development application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 203 | 340 | 546 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 10.55% | 14.29% | 15.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 144 | 251 | 387 |
| 10th Percentile | £260 | £363 | £380 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £437 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £538 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.36% | +9.80% | +22.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £589 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £572 | £700 | £625 |
| England median daily rate | £535 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.73% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.50 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £43.88 | £31.69 | £37.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £33.39 | £39.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +68.49% | -14.40% | +95.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £35.08 | £41.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.18 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +21.14% | +6.38% |
Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the West Midlands.
Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the West Midlands.
Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire | +50 | 41 | £535 | +23.70% | 3 |
| Birmingham | +8 | 2 | £502 | +18.12% | 4 |
| Visual Studio England |
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Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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: