Visual Studio Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Microsoft Visual Studio
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.10% - 1.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.98% - 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £481 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £598
South East median daily rate £525 £425 £531
% change year-on-year +23.53% -20.00% +2.16%

All Development Application Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 43 15 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.75% 10.20% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 11 30
10th Percentile £277 £361 £298
25th Percentile £280 £374 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% +2.70% -21.08%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £584
90th Percentile £575 £575 £589
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.54
25th Percentile - - £19.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £25.94
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.04%
75th Percentile - - £33.58
90th Percentile - - £37.58
South East median hourly rate £83.00 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +44.35% -8.00% +13.64%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Visual Studio.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Crawley - 3 £500 - 1
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) WinForms
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared