Visual Studio Contract Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft Visual Studio
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.97% - 0.40%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.00% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £206 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - £225
75th Percentile £219 - £238
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £294 £356 £585
% change year-on-year -17.54% -39.10% +17.00%

All Development Application Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 25 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 8.09% 3.67% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £316 £439 £330
25th Percentile £470 £478 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% +17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £619 £544 £519
90th Percentile £634 £623 £600
South West median daily rate £518 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -7.59% +4.19% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% +9.76%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Devon

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Exeter - 3 £213 - 1
Visual Studio
South West

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure API Management
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) API Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft