Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 42 | 62 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +20 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Visual Studio | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | - | 0.27% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 2.13% | 2.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £210 | £325 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -35.38% | -46.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £338 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £460 | £535 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.11% | +2.88% | -0.95% |
All Development Application Skills
Wales
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 21 | 47 | 72 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 7.09% | 12.84% | 11.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 39 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £307 | £379 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £339 | £438 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £409 | £503 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.66% | -8.64% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £443 | £545 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £517 | £599 | £653 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | - |
Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Wales.
Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in Wales.