Visual Studio Code Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio Code 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.29% - 0.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.14% - 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £550
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £425 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Development Application Skills
Gloucestershire

Visual Studio Code 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 88 40 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 25.96% 14.81% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 24 44
10th Percentile £380 £425 £425
25th Percentile £413 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £696 £678
90th Percentile £611 £734 £705
South West median daily rate £518 £556 £538
% change year-on-year -6.92% +3.44% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £62.58 £63.63 -
25th Percentile £68.80 £65.31 -
Median hourly rate £81.75 £67.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% +68.75% -36.00%
75th Percentile £90.81 £70.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £94.08 £74.88 £64.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +1.63%

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Visual Studio Code job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Visual Studio Code
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Code within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Gloucester - 1 £425 - 1
Visual Studio Code
South West

Visual Studio Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp