Visual Studio Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Visual Studio
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 132 114
Rank change year-on-year -3 -18 +37
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 9 1 18
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.35% 0.050% 0.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.24% 0.34% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 16
10th Percentile £412 - £347
25th Percentile £416 £613 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +31.58% -9.09%
75th Percentile £492 £638 £573
90th Percentile £557 - £596
London median daily rate £525 £658 £485
% change year-on-year -20.15% +35.57% -11.82%

All Development Application Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 278 290 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.96% 14.36% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 193 201
10th Percentile £413 £359 £400
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £657 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £710 £775
London median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £18.56 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +127.27% -
75th Percentile £52.88 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £77.95 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year +8.89% +36.07% -52.76%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Visual Studio relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Central London

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in Central London over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in Central London

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

Visual Studio
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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 -1 9 £438 -30.00%
Visual Studio
London

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
3 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (44.44%) Power Automate
3 4 (44.44%) PowerApps
4 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Azure API Management
5 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (22.22%) Azure Functions
5 2 (22.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 2 (22.22%) SaaS
5 2 (22.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Git
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (22.22%) Fiddler
3 2 (22.22%) MSI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) .NET Framework
3 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (33.33%) REST
4 2 (22.22%) Middleware
5 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 1 (11.11%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
3 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (33.33%) API Integration
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
4 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 3 (33.33%) System Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Workflow
5 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
5 1 (11.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) F5