Visual Studio Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Visual Studio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 80 95
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +13
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 21 29 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.72% 1.60% 1.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.21% 20.28% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - £373
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile - - £520
90th Percentile - - £622
England median daily rate £500 £528 £520
% change year-on-year -5.21% +1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 0
10th Percentile £63.38 £57.50 -
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £66.63 - -
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year - +26.83% -19.42%

All Development Application Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 122 143 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 9.97% 7.91% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 46 162
10th Percentile £225 £305 £306
25th Percentile £354 £396 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £583
90th Percentile £600 £641 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 55 63
10th Percentile £47.84 £46.20 £53.75
25th Percentile £65.00 £55.95 £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.25 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67.00 - £86.15
90th Percentile £78.50 £69.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%

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 17 July 2025. 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 +10 20 - - 13
Suffolk - 1 £500 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) npm
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) Ethernet
1 10 (47.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Eclipse
2 9 (42.86%) Artifactory
2 9 (42.86%) GitLab
2 9 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 18 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (52.38%) Presentation Skills
3 10 (47.62%) Military
4 2 (9.52%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Software Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) C# Software Engineer
3 8 (38.10%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Developer
4 5 (23.81%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (23.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Development Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Development Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (90.48%) Node.js
2 10 (47.62%) .NET
2 10 (47.62%) .NET Framework
2 10 (47.62%) AngularJS
2 10 (47.62%) CSS
2 10 (47.62%) HTML
2 10 (47.62%) Web Services
3 9 (42.86%) React
3 9 (42.86%) Svelte
3 9 (42.86%) Vue
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (4.76%) CSS3
4 1 (4.76%) Entity Framework
4 1 (4.76%) Express.js
4 1 (4.76%) HTML5
4 1 (4.76%) jQuery
4 1 (4.76%) NgRx
4 1 (4.76%) RxJS
4 1 (4.76%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Algorithms
1 9 (42.86%) Data Structures
1 9 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Linux
2 11 (52.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Agile
1 20 (95.24%) CI/CD
2 19 (90.48%) TDD
3 14 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 11 (52.38%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (52.38%) Digital Twin
4 11 (52.38%) Synthetic Environment
4 11 (52.38%) Validation
5 10 (47.62%) Continuous Delivery
5 10 (47.62%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (47.62%) SDLC
5 10 (47.62%) Unit Testing
5 10 (47.62%) Verification and Validation
5 10 (47.62%) Visualisation
6 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
6 9 (42.86%) Containerisation
6 9 (42.86%) Design Patterns
6 9 (42.86%) Microservices
6 9 (42.86%) OOP
6 9 (42.86%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (90.48%) JavaScript
3 18 (85.71%) C++
4 9 (42.86%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft