Visual Studio Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 82 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +28 -23
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 12 35 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.63% 1.71% 1.52%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.79% 10.77% 9.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 18 9
10th Percentile - £246 £323
25th Percentile - £259 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £369 £400
Median % change year-on-year +49.15% -7.81% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £499 £500
90th Percentile - £520 £542
England median daily rate £535 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £62.00 £43.75 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.08
% change year-on-year +18.18% -9.95% +35.72%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

Visual Studio is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 154 325 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.04% 15.87% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 171 242
10th Percentile £350 £310 £338
25th Percentile £398 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.25% - +7.99%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £582
90th Percentile £638 £700 £631
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 64 22
10th Percentile £51.25 - £42.50
25th Percentile £58.75 £53.75 £51.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £88.75 £73.75 £56.38
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £64.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.59 £50.50
% change year-on-year +7.28% +19.98% +6.45%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the East of England

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Hertfordshire -1 8 - - 5
Cambridgeshire +3 3 £550 - 1
Bedfordshire -10 1 - -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) InfoPath
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) Serverless
3 1 (8.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Ethernet
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.33%) MQTT
2 1 (8.33%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Eclipse
2 2 (16.67%) Git
3 1 (8.33%) GitLab
3 1 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (8.33%) Subversion
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Military
2 5 (41.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Developer
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Power BI Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SSIS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) Web Services
2 5 (41.67%) Node.js
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) MFC
4 2 (16.67%) WinForms
4 2 (16.67%) WPF
5 1 (8.33%) jQuery
5 1 (8.33%) React
5 1 (8.33%) SPFx
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile
1 9 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (50.00%) Digital Twin
2 6 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 6 (50.00%) Validation
3 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (41.67%) TDD
3 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (41.67%) Visualisation
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) UML
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (8.33%) Logical Data Model
5 1 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) C#
2 10 (83.33%) C++
3 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) C++/CLI
4 2 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft