Visual Studio Contracts in England

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 446 349
Rank change year-on-year +101 -97 -23
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 210 191 543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.40% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.77% 2.85% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 137 340
10th Percentile £375 £363 £363
25th Percentile £453 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £700
90th Percentile £691 £750 £803
UK median daily rate £535 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 16
10th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 -
25th Percentile £46.81 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -17.45% +29.80%
75th Percentile - £61.25 £75.00
90th Percentile - £65.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £63.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -13.52% +38.26%

All Development Application Skills
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 England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,399 6,694 12,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.79% 14.17% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,962 4,780 9,007
10th Percentile £350 £369 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 196 179
10th Percentile £31.97 £46.22 £38.20
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +23.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.05 £83.90 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +6.63%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
London +83 82 £565 +7.62% 22
Midlands +62 50 £535 -1.61% 16
West Midlands +59 50 £535 -6.96% 12
South East +5 33 £600 +23.08% 23
South West +22 18 £585 +17.00% 19
East of England +5 18 £550 +29.41% 13
North of England +6 6 £408 -10.44% 21
North West +17 3 £516 +37.67% 14
Yorkshire +8 3 £350 -26.32% 4
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Apache
2 3 (1.43%) CMS
2 3 (1.43%) IIS
2 3 (1.43%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.95%) Jadu
3 2 (0.95%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.48%) Kentico
4 1 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Mingle
3 1 (0.48%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (5.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.90%) LabWindows
3 2 (0.95%) Endur
3 2 (0.95%) Relativity
3 2 (0.95%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 86 (40.95%) Azure
2 66 (31.43%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (10.48%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 14 (6.67%) AWS
5 14 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (6.19%) Azure Functions
6 13 (6.19%) Serverless
7 11 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (5.24%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (5.24%) PowerApps
7 11 (5.24%) SaaS
8 10 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.81%) PaaS
10 7 (3.33%) Azure API Management
11 6 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.86%) GitHub
11 6 (2.86%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.90%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.24%) Ethernet
1 11 (5.24%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.38%) RS-232
3 3 (1.43%) Network Security
3 3 (1.43%) VPN
4 2 (0.95%) Firewall
5 1 (0.48%) 4G
5 1 (0.48%) 5G
5 1 (0.48%) Broadband
5 1 (0.48%) FTP
5 1 (0.48%) Intranet
5 1 (0.48%) Link 16
5 1 (0.48%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.62%) Power BI
3 6 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.86%) MySQL
4 5 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (2.38%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.43%) Big Data
6 3 (1.43%) Tableau
7 2 (0.95%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.95%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.48%) MS Access
8 1 (0.48%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 43 (20.48%) PVCS
2 42 (20.00%) Git
3 21 (10.00%) SpecFlow
4 20 (9.52%) Selenium
5 18 (8.57%) Jenkins
5 18 (8.57%) WebDriver
6 14 (6.67%) Postman
7 13 (6.19%) Eclipse
8 9 (4.29%) NUnit
8 9 (4.29%) Visual Studio Team System
9 8 (3.81%) JIRA
10 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (2.38%) MSI
11 5 (2.38%) Subversion
11 5 (2.38%) WiX
12 4 (1.90%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.90%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.90%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 47 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 24 (11.43%) Finance
4 16 (7.62%) Banking
5 14 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.71%) Military
7 10 (4.76%) Back Office
8 9 (4.29%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.33%) Front Office
10 5 (2.38%) Legal
10 5 (2.38%) Marketing
11 3 (1.43%) Electronics
11 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (34.76%) Developer
2 42 (20.00%) Programmer
3 40 (19.05%) C Programmer
4 35 (16.67%) Senior
5 34 (16.19%) Analyst
6 29 (13.81%) Software Engineer
7 19 (9.05%) Test Analyst
8 16 (7.62%) C# Developer
8 16 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (7.62%) Senior Test Analyst
9 15 (7.14%) C# Software Engineer
10 14 (6.67%) .NET Developer
11 11 (5.24%) C++ Software Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) Senior Developer
13 8 (3.81%) Lead
13 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Developer
13 8 (3.81%) Test Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.81%) Test Engineer
14 7 (3.33%) Azure Developer
14 7 (3.33%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (46.19%) .NET
2 40 (19.05%) .NET Framework
3 30 (14.29%) XML
4 28 (13.33%) AngularJS
4 28 (13.33%) ASP.NET
5 21 (10.00%) Web Services
6 19 (9.05%) HTML
7 18 (8.57%) Entity Framework
7 18 (8.57%) REST
8 15 (7.14%) JSON
9 12 (5.71%) Node.js
10 11 (5.24%) .NET Core
11 9 (4.29%) Playwright
11 9 (4.29%) React
11 9 (4.29%) XSLT
12 8 (3.81%) ARM Templates
12 8 (3.81%) GraphQL
12 8 (3.81%) RESTful
13 7 (3.33%) LINQ
13 7 (3.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.76%) Derivative
2 7 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
2 7 (3.33%) Equities
3 6 (2.86%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.86%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.38%) Web 2.0
5 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.43%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (1.43%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.95%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.95%) NHS
7 2 (0.95%) Replication
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.10%) Windows
2 26 (12.38%) Linux
3 6 (2.86%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.38%) Unix
5 3 (1.43%) Android
6 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.00%) Agile
2 77 (36.67%) DevOps
3 50 (23.81%) CI/CD
4 40 (19.05%) Test Automation
5 38 (18.10%) Software Engineering
6 36 (17.14%) TDD
7 35 (16.67%) Scrum
8 34 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (14.76%) Unit Testing
10 29 (13.81%) Performance Testing
11 23 (10.95%) Continuous Integration
12 20 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (9.05%) BDD
13 19 (9.05%) Manual Testing
14 18 (8.57%) MVC
15 17 (8.10%) B2C
15 17 (8.10%) Migration
15 17 (8.10%) Test Strategy
16 15 (7.14%) Software Testing
17 14 (6.67%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 113 (53.81%) C#
2 65 (30.95%) SQL
3 48 (22.86%) C
4 44 (20.95%) PL/SQL
5 40 (19.05%) C++
6 38 (18.10%) JavaScript
6 38 (18.10%) PowerShell
7 22 (10.48%) Python
8 18 (8.57%) T-SQL
9 11 (5.24%) Java
10 10 (4.76%) VB.NET
11 9 (4.29%) TypeScript
12 5 (2.38%) PHP
12 5 (2.38%) VBA
13 4 (1.90%) Perl
13 4 (1.90%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.43%) Bicep
14 3 (1.43%) Ruby
15 2 (0.95%) C++/CLI
15 2 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (31.90%) Security Cleared
2 65 (30.95%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.48%) Degree
4 7 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.43%) ISEB
6 3 (1.43%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.67%) QA
2 9 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) WCAG
4 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.48%) GxP
4 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.14%) Docker
3 7 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.48%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (6.67%) Ansible
2 5 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.43%) PingFederate
3 3 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.95%) Terraform
5 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 83 (39.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.81%) Oracle
3 4 (1.90%) HP
3 4 (1.90%) IBM
4 3 (1.43%) Proofpoint
4 3 (1.43%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.43%) SAP
4 3 (1.43%) Symantec
4 3 (1.43%) VMware
5 2 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (0.95%) Databricks
5 2 (0.95%) Optimizely
5 2 (0.95%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.48%) Brio
6 1 (0.48%) Facebook
6 1 (0.48%) Intel
6 1 (0.48%) Pardot
6 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.48%) Snow
6 1 (0.48%) Twitter