Visual Studio Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 315 293
Rank change year-on-year +31 -22 -24
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 114 141 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.58% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.11% 4.02% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 86 134
10th Percentile £381 £303 £345
25th Percentile £475 £400 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £524 £525
90th Percentile £619 £575 £638
UK median daily rate £535 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -2.86% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 23 12
10th Percentile - £50.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £52.13 £43.82
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.08
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.43% +35.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £63.60
90th Percentile - - £64.86
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +33.33%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,233 3,509 4,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.75% 14.48% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,460 2,466 3,261
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 196 114
10th Percentile £40.00 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £51.13 £52.50 £42.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.38 £77.00 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +12.22%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Midlands +74 47 £535 +21.59% 25
West Midlands +76 46 £535 +25.88% 19
South East +17 39 £531 +2.16% 33
South West +14 10 £590 +24.21% 23
East of England -12 9 £550 +49.15% 7
North of England +20 5 £408 -5.23% 22
Yorkshire +15 3 £350 -26.32% 5
North West +12 2 £520 +38.67% 16
Northern Ireland +8 2 - -
East Midlands +18 1 - - 6
Scotland +18 1 - - 8
Wales +13 1 £210 -35.38% 1
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.75%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) CMS
3 1 (0.88%) Jadu
3 1 (0.88%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (23.68%) Azure
2 20 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (7.02%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (6.14%) Azure API Management
4 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.26%) Azure Functions
5 6 (5.26%) Serverless
6 5 (4.39%) AWS
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.63%) PaaS
7 3 (2.63%) SaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.75%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.75%) IaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.88%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.26%) Ethernet
1 6 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.39%) RS-232
3 2 (1.75%) Network Security
3 2 (1.75%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) 2G
4 1 (0.88%) 5G
4 1 (0.88%) MQTT
4 1 (0.88%) NFC
4 1 (0.88%) PPP
4 1 (0.88%) VoIP
4 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (4.39%) Power BI
2 5 (4.39%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Big Data
4 1 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.88%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.88%) MySQL
4 1 (0.88%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.88%) QlikView
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (35.09%) PVCS
2 27 (23.68%) Git
3 18 (15.79%) Jenkins
4 8 (7.02%) Eclipse
5 7 (6.14%) NUnit
5 7 (6.14%) Postman
6 6 (5.26%) JIRA
7 5 (4.39%) Subversion
8 4 (3.51%) Selenium
8 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (1.75%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.75%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.75%) Maven
9 2 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.88%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.88%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.88%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.88%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.88%) Xcode
General
1 20 (17.54%) Public Sector
2 12 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.26%) Finance
3 6 (5.26%) Military
3 6 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (1.75%) Marketing
5 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.88%) Automotive
5 1 (0.88%) Banking
5 1 (0.88%) Electronics
5 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
5 1 (0.88%) Law
5 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.88%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 39 (34.21%) Programmer
2 37 (32.46%) C Programmer
3 35 (30.70%) Developer
4 13 (11.40%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.89%) Analyst
6 8 (7.02%) C# Software Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) .NET Developer
7 7 (6.14%) C# Developer
7 7 (6.14%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Senior
8 6 (5.26%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.51%) Integration Developer
9 4 (3.51%) Lead
9 4 (3.51%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Test Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.51%) Test Engineer
10 3 (2.63%) Automation Tester
10 3 (2.63%) Azure Developer
10 3 (2.63%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (31.58%) .NET
2 13 (11.40%) ASP.NET
3 10 (8.77%) Web Services
4 8 (7.02%) JSON
5 7 (6.14%) AngularJS
5 7 (6.14%) REST
5 7 (6.14%) XML
6 6 (5.26%) Node.js
7 5 (4.39%) .NET Framework
7 5 (4.39%) ARM Templates
7 5 (4.39%) HTML
8 4 (3.51%) CSS
8 4 (3.51%) GraphQL
8 4 (3.51%) OAuth
8 4 (3.51%) OpenID
8 4 (3.51%) React
8 4 (3.51%) SOAP
9 3 (2.63%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.63%) Playwright
10 2 (1.75%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.51%) NHS
2 3 (2.63%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.88%) e-Health
4 1 (0.88%) LIMS
4 1 (0.88%) PACS
4 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.88%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.79%) Windows
2 15 (13.16%) Linux
3 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.68%) DevOps
2 26 (22.81%) Agile
3 22 (19.30%) CI/CD
4 17 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.04%) Software Engineering
6 14 (12.28%) TDD
6 14 (12.28%) Test Automation
7 13 (11.40%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (11.40%) Deployment Automation
8 10 (8.77%) Unit Testing
9 9 (7.89%) Scrum
9 9 (7.89%) Security Testing
10 8 (7.02%) Continuous Delivery
10 8 (7.02%) Validation
10 8 (7.02%) Visualisation
11 7 (6.14%) Digital Twin
11 7 (6.14%) Migration
11 7 (6.14%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.14%) SOLID
11 7 (6.14%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 50 (43.86%) C#
2 48 (42.11%) C
3 41 (35.96%) PL/SQL
4 23 (20.18%) C++
5 20 (17.54%) SQL
6 19 (16.67%) PowerShell
7 15 (13.16%) JavaScript
8 10 (8.77%) Python
9 7 (6.14%) Java
10 4 (3.51%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.63%) PHP
12 2 (1.75%) C++/CLI
12 2 (1.75%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.75%) Ruby
13 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (52.63%) SC Cleared
1 60 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.39%) Degree
3 4 (3.51%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.63%) ISEB
5 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) QA
2 4 (3.51%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.88%) HL7
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Docker
1 6 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (12.28%) Ansible
2 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.63%) Oracle
3 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.75%) VMware
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe
4 1 (0.88%) Brio
4 1 (0.88%) Databricks
4 1 (0.88%) Google
4 1 (0.88%) Intel
4 1 (0.88%) Pardot
4 1 (0.88%) SAP
4 1 (0.88%) Xamarin