Visual Studio Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Visual Studio
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 65 65
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 -21
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.87% 0.96% 1.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.08% 10.81% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £65
Median % change year-on-year - - -83.75%
East of England median daily rate - £550 £369
% change year-on-year - +49.15% -7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £62.75 £62.00 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.75 - -
90th Percentile £67.55 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Development Application Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 26 74 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.10% 8.87% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 45
10th Percentile £350 £350 £310
25th Percentile £399 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £520
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -27.88% +4.00%
75th Percentile £481 £463 £638
90th Percentile £575 £508 £676
East of England median daily rate £494 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +9.72% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 44 59
10th Percentile £64.63 £54.00 -
25th Percentile £65.06 £61.88 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +17.12%
75th Percentile £84.06 £89.06 £74.13
90th Percentile £87.75 £90.00 £78.56
East of England median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% - +18.18%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Hertfordshire

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Hertfordshire

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Hertfordshire

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage +28 6 - - 2
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Node.js
1 4 (66.67%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Digital Twin
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
1 5 (83.33%) Synthetic Environment
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) TDD
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Wind River