The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Visual Studio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
55
58
74
Rank change year-on-year
+3
+16
-
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio
1
2
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Visual Studio falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
69
58
69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
12.66%
8.49%
7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted
52
43
47
10th Percentile
£316
£375
£340
25th Percentile
£424
£405
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-4.76%
+7.69%
75th Percentile
£500
£675
£655
90th Percentile
£598
£761
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£511
£536
% change year-on-year
-2.20%
-4.62%
+8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
3
1
10th Percentile
-
£55.25
-
25th Percentile
-
£55.63
£31.69
Median hourly rate
-
£56.25
£33.39
Median % change year-on-year
-
+68.49%
-
75th Percentile
-
-
£35.08
90th Percentile
-
-
-
West Midlands median hourly rate
£56.50
£56.88
£33.39
% change year-on-year
-0.66%
+70.36%
-
Visual Studio Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Visual Studio Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Birmingham.
Visual Studio Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Birmingham.
Visual Studio Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 7 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
