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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 123 144
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 +12
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 1 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.053% 0.51% 0.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.35% 3.80% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 9
10th Percentile - £331 £500
25th Percentile £263 £369 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -30.77% +23.81%
75th Percentile £288 £488 -
90th Percentile - £619 £700
London median daily rate £550 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +2.13%

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 285 316 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 15.14% 13.48% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 201 250
10th Percentile £354 £363 £375
25th Percentile £418 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £725 £788 £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 £57.50
% change year-on-year -2.70% -19.57% +35.29%

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
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
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft