Visual Studio Contracts in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Visual Studio
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 65 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 -19 +2
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 6 9 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.73% 1.09% 3.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.00% 6.43% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £65 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -83.75% +23.08%
75th Percentile - - £463
90th Percentile - - £485
East of England median daily rate £550 £369 £400
% change year-on-year +49.15% -7.81% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £60.50 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Development Application Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 75 140 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.14% 17.03% 17.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 46 64
10th Percentile £350 £313 £375
25th Percentile £363 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.23% +4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £441 £638 £625
90th Percentile £496 £676 £646
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 58 9
10th Percentile £53.50 - -
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £90.00 £74.31 -
90th Percentile - £77.09 £56.50
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +15.79%

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 25 April 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
Stevenage -7 6 - - 4
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (66.67%) Military
1 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) C# Software Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
2 4 (66.67%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Digital Twin
2 5 (83.33%) Synthetic Environment
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (66.67%) TDD
3 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft