The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 20 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
102
131
148
Rank change year-on-year
+29
+17
-11
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio
4
17
12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West
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 the South West.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills
177
354
440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West
10.44%
11.21%
12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted
128
216
312
10th Percentile
£380
£425
£356
25th Percentile
£450
£475
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£538
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+2.33%
+7.50%
-2.44%
75th Percentile
£606
£638
£619
90th Percentile
£686
£700
£712
England median daily rate
£500
£529
£550
% change year-on-year
-5.48%
-3.82%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
10
57
49
10th Percentile
£58.75
£56.29
£50.95
25th Percentile
£65.31
£65.00
£55.00
Median hourly rate
£71.25
£67.50
£61.50
Median % change year-on-year
+5.56%
+9.76%
+11.82%
75th Percentile
£76.88
£71.25
£71.17
90th Percentile
£83.04
£77.50
£83.33
England median hourly rate
£60.50
£65.00
£61.50
% change year-on-year
-6.92%
+5.69%
+21.78%
Visual Studio Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Visual Studio Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the South West.
Visual Studio Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the South West.
Visual Studio Contract Job Locations in the South West
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 South West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Visual Studio Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Visual Studio also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region with a requirement for Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:
