Visual Studio Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft Visual Studio
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 22 50 40
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 -24
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 4.80% 1.75% 3.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 46.15% 15.09% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £65
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - £65
% change year-on-year - - -83.75%
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 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Development Application Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 13 53 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 10.40% 11.57% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £320
25th Percentile - - £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £250 £550
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -54.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile - - £673
90th Percentile - - £676
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £375 £520
% change year-on-year +13.33% -27.88% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 41 58
10th Percentile £64.63 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £65.06 £60.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £84.06 £90.00 £74.31
90th Percentile £87.75 - £79.34
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +17.12%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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