Visual Studio Contract Job Trends in Telford

Microsoft Visual Studio
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 2 0 39
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.34% - 30.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.05% - 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 33
10th Percentile £410 - £489
25th Percentile £413 - £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 - £535
75th Percentile £426 - £538
90th Percentile £426 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £421 - £535

All Development Application Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 191 47 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 31.99% 39.83% 52.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 31 55
10th Percentile £352 £313 £353
25th Percentile £408 £430 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -9.09% -3.24%
75th Percentile £500 £526 £537
90th Percentile £530 £540 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £459 £485 £523
% change year-on-year -5.36% -7.18% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £59.50 - -
25th Percentile £59.88 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.88 - -
90th Percentile £64.70 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £61.50 - -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Telford

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) VB Developer
1 2 (100.00%) VB6 Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VB VBA Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ActiveX
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft