Visual Studio Contracts in England

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 430 354
Rank change year-on-year +87 -76 -28
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 202 234 528
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.49% 0.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.75% 3.32% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 166 337
10th Percentile £375 £363 £356
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -0.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £688
90th Percentile £691 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £535 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.08 £46.37
25th Percentile £59.38 £51.25 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -17.45% +41.33%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.88
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.52% +39.72%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,252 7,052 12,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.69% 14.64% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,907 5,015 9,022
10th Percentile £352 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 203 186
10th Percentile £31.84 £43.17 £38.68
25th Percentile £54.38 £53.13 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.71
90th Percentile £78.68 £84.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.55
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.04% +15.48%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
London +74 75 £550 - 26
Midlands +68 50 £535 -0.47% 27
West Midlands +69 49 £535 -2.73% 20
South East +5 36 £575 +10.58% 28
South West +15 17 £590 +18.00% 15
East of England -8 16 £550 +49.15% 6
North of England +14 5 £408 -14.21% 18
Yorkshire +7 3 £350 -26.32% 2
North West +14 2 £520 +38.67% 13
East Midlands +12 1 - - 7
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) Apache
2 3 (1.49%) CMS
2 3 (1.49%) IIS
2 3 (1.49%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.99%) Jadu
3 2 (0.99%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.50%) Kentico
4 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.99%) Mingle
3 1 (0.50%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (1.98%) LabWindows
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.99%) Endur
2 2 (0.99%) Relativity
2 2 (0.99%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 81 (40.10%) Azure
2 60 (29.70%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (10.40%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.43%) Azure Functions
4 15 (7.43%) Serverless
5 14 (6.93%) Entra ID
6 13 (6.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (5.94%) AWS
7 12 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (5.94%) SaaS
8 10 (4.95%) PowerApps
9 9 (4.46%) Azure API Management
9 9 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.46%) PaaS
10 8 (3.96%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.48%) GitHub
12 5 (2.48%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.49%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.45%) Ethernet
1 11 (5.45%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.48%) RS-232
3 3 (1.49%) Network Security
3 3 (1.49%) VPN
4 2 (0.99%) Firewall
5 1 (0.50%) FTP
5 1 (0.50%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (27.23%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.43%) Power BI
3 9 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.97%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.48%) MySQL
6 5 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.98%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.49%) Big Data
8 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.49%) Tableau
9 2 (0.99%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.99%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.50%) QlikView
10 1 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (21.29%) PVCS
2 41 (20.30%) Git
3 21 (10.40%) SpecFlow
4 20 (9.90%) Selenium
5 18 (8.91%) Jenkins
5 18 (8.91%) WebDriver
6 14 (6.93%) Postman
7 13 (6.44%) Eclipse
8 9 (4.46%) NUnit
9 8 (3.96%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (3.47%) JIRA
11 6 (2.97%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (2.48%) MSI
12 5 (2.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (2.48%) Subversion
12 5 (2.48%) WiX
13 4 (1.98%) Cypress.io
13 4 (1.98%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.98%) Moq
13 4 (1.98%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 47 (23.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.37%) Public Sector
3 23 (11.39%) Finance
4 15 (7.43%) Banking
5 13 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.45%) Military
7 9 (4.46%) Back Office
8 8 (3.96%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.47%) Front Office
10 5 (2.48%) Legal
10 5 (2.48%) Marketing
11 3 (1.49%) Electronics
11 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.50%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (32.67%) Developer
2 42 (20.79%) Programmer
3 40 (19.80%) C Programmer
4 32 (15.84%) Analyst
5 27 (13.37%) Senior
6 26 (12.87%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.91%) C# Developer
7 18 (8.91%) Test Analyst
8 16 (7.92%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (7.92%) Senior Test Analyst
9 15 (7.43%) .NET Developer
10 14 (6.93%) C# Software Engineer
11 11 (5.45%) C++ Software Engineer
12 8 (3.96%) Test Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.96%) Test Engineer
13 7 (3.47%) Azure Developer
13 7 (3.47%) C# .NET Developer
13 7 (3.47%) Integration Developer
13 7 (3.47%) Lead
13 7 (3.47%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (44.55%) .NET
2 31 (15.35%) XML
3 29 (14.36%) .NET Framework
4 28 (13.86%) AngularJS
5 20 (9.90%) REST
5 20 (9.90%) Web Services
6 18 (8.91%) ASP.NET
6 18 (8.91%) Entity Framework
6 18 (8.91%) JSON
7 11 (5.45%) Node.js
8 10 (4.95%) ARM Templates
8 10 (4.95%) React
9 9 (4.46%) .NET Core
9 9 (4.46%) HTML
9 9 (4.46%) SOAP
10 8 (3.96%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.96%) OAuth
10 8 (3.96%) Playwright
10 8 (3.96%) RESTful
10 8 (3.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.95%) Derivative
2 6 (2.97%) Client/Server
2 6 (2.97%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (2.97%) Equities
2 6 (2.97%) Fixed Income
2 6 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (2.48%) NHS
3 5 (2.48%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.48%) Web 2.0
4 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.98%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 4 (1.98%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.98%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.49%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.99%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (0.99%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.81%) Windows
2 24 (11.88%) Linux
3 6 (2.97%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.98%) Unix
5 2 (0.99%) Android
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (40.59%) Agile
2 71 (35.15%) DevOps
3 52 (25.74%) CI/CD
4 38 (18.81%) Test Automation
5 35 (17.33%) Scrum
5 35 (17.33%) Software Engineering
5 35 (17.33%) TDD
6 34 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (13.86%) Performance Testing
8 25 (12.38%) Continuous Integration
9 21 (10.40%) Unit Testing
10 20 (9.90%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (9.90%) Manual Testing
10 20 (9.90%) Migration
11 19 (9.41%) B2C
12 18 (8.91%) BDD
13 15 (7.43%) Software Testing
13 15 (7.43%) Test Strategy
14 14 (6.93%) Non-Functional Testing
14 14 (6.93%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 106 (52.48%) C#
2 60 (29.70%) SQL
3 48 (23.76%) C
4 44 (21.78%) PL/SQL
5 40 (19.80%) PowerShell
6 38 (18.81%) C++
7 28 (13.86%) JavaScript
8 21 (10.40%) Python
9 10 (4.95%) T-SQL
10 9 (4.46%) Java
10 9 (4.46%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.47%) VBA
12 5 (2.48%) PHP
13 4 (1.98%) Perl
13 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.49%) Bicep
14 3 (1.49%) Ruby
15 2 (0.99%) C++/CLI
15 2 (0.99%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.50%) XAML
Qualifications
1 67 (33.17%) Security Cleared
2 66 (32.67%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.41%) Degree
4 6 (2.97%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.49%) ISEB
6 3 (1.49%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.44%) QA
2 9 (4.46%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.50%) GxP
3 1 (0.50%) HL7
3 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.50%) SLA
3 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.93%) Docker
3 7 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.50%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (6.93%) Ansible
2 5 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.49%) PingFederate
3 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.99%) Terraform
5 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 73 (36.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.47%) Oracle
3 4 (1.98%) HP
3 4 (1.98%) IBM
4 3 (1.49%) Proofpoint
4 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.49%) SAP
4 3 (1.49%) Symantec
4 3 (1.49%) VMware
5 2 (0.99%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (0.99%) Databricks
5 2 (0.99%) Optimizely
5 2 (0.99%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe
6 1 (0.50%) Brio
6 1 (0.50%) Facebook
6 1 (0.50%) Pardot
6 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.50%) Snow
6 1 (0.50%) Twitter