Visual Studio Code Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 129 155
Rank change year-on-year 0 +26 +47
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Code 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.051% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.35% 1.29% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £415 £491
25th Percentile £625 £419 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £620
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -27.42% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £694
90th Percentile - £755 £732
London median daily rate £450 £750 £648
% change year-on-year -40.00% +15.74% +23.43%

All Development Application Skills
Central London

Visual Studio Code 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 287 309 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 14.71% 13.40% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 206 303
10th Percentile £354 £400 £400
25th Percentile £416 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £595
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.04% -0.83%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £701
90th Percentile £700 £785 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £82.50 - -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
London median hourly rate £45.00 £46.25 £67.50
% change year-on-year -2.70% -31.48% +55.87%

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Visual Studio Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio Code in Central London

Visual Studio Code
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Visual Studio Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Code within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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
City of London -3 1 £650 +44.44% 2
Visual Studio Code
London

Visual Studio Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce