Visual Studio Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Visual Studio
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.05% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 10.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £365 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -23.16% -13.64% +10.00%

All Development Application Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 19 8 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.00% 7.41% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 16
10th Percentile £293 £359 -
25th Percentile £413 £466 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +14.71% -27.66%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £489
90th Percentile - £544 £521
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £60.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.97% -3.20% -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Visual Studio.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Thame - 2 £438 -
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Xamarin