Visual Studio Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft Visual Studio
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 45 44
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 1 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.45% 0.29% 2.37%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.22% 2.22% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile - £313 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £325 £625
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% -48.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile - £338 £688
90th Percentile - - £690
South Wales median daily rate £210 £325 £625
% change year-on-year -35.38% -48.00% +78.57%

All Development Application Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 45 45 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.45% 13.08% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 25 62
10th Percentile £355 £405 £363
25th Percentile £385 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £539 £500 £638
90th Percentile £599 £620 £713
South Wales median daily rate £509 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +1.70% -5.21% +21.97%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Cardiff

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Cardiff

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Cardiff

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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