Microsoft Visual Studio
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +33 |
| Contract jobs citing Visual Studio | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | - | 4.86% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | - | 25.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £244 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £250 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £268 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -46.40% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £277 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £476 |
| East of England median daily rate | - | £550 | £369 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +49.15% | -10.61% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £22.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £25.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £27.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +30.00% |
All Development Application Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 12 | 13 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 13.48% | 6.16% | 19.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £323 | £485 | £258 |
| 25th Percentile | £344 | £493 | £453 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.14% | +10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £459 | - | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | £555 | £570 | £583 |
| East of England median daily rate | £476 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.50 | - | £26.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £53.75 | - | £33.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £45.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -36.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | £56.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | - | £61.93 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £65.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.77% | - | +18.18% |
Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Essex.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Essex.