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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 125 129
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +42
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.044% 0.10% 0.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.36% 0.72% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £618 £490
25th Percentile - £626 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £655 £613
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% +6.94% +20.10%
75th Percentile - £686 £638
90th Percentile - £696 -
London median daily rate £415 £675 £554
% change year-on-year -38.52% +21.90% +0.68%

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 279 279 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 12.28% 14.03% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 164 175
10th Percentile £363 £405 £409
25th Percentile £453 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £565
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -4.20% -5.83%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £688
90th Percentile £755 £734 £756
London median daily rate £519 £530 £565
% change year-on-year -2.16% -6.19% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35.75
25th Percentile £18.75 - £39.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 - £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.65%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £62.00
90th Percentile £48.50 - £69.05
London median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -35.00% -29.41% -26.09%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore