Visual Studio Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Visual Studio
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 78 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 14 1 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.74% 0.096% 2.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.84% 0.86% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 -
75th Percentile £564 £538 -
90th Percentile £580 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -5.11%

All Development Application Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 109 116 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 13.52% 11.18% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 68 127
10th Percentile £350 £379 £375
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £625
90th Percentile £598 £677 £675
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 24 65
10th Percentile £62.00 - £52.79
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +32.65%
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +30.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Bristol

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Bristol

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Bristol

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Ethernet
2 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (14.29%) RS-232
3 2 (14.29%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Eclipse
2 5 (35.71%) Git
3 3 (21.43%) NUnit
3 3 (21.43%) Postman
4 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
4 2 (14.29%) GitLab
4 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Military
1 9 (64.29%) Presentation Skills
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) C# Software Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) C++ Software Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Test Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (64.29%) Node.js
1 9 (64.29%) Web Services
2 5 (35.71%) .NET
3 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
3 3 (21.43%) Playwright
4 2 (14.29%) WPF
4 2 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (7.14%) GraphQL
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Agile
1 12 (85.71%) CI/CD
1 12 (85.71%) TDD
2 11 (78.57%) Software Engineering
3 9 (64.29%) Continuous Delivery
3 9 (64.29%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (64.29%) Digital Twin
3 9 (64.29%) Synthetic Environment
3 9 (64.29%) Unit Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Validation
3 9 (64.29%) Verification and Validation
3 9 (64.29%) Visualisation
4 5 (35.71%) DevOps
4 5 (35.71%) Kanban
5 3 (21.43%) BDD
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (21.43%) Manual Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C#
1 11 (78.57%) C++
2 9 (64.29%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Accessibility
2 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP