Visual Studio Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Visual Studio
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South 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 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 41 44 63
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -13
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 4 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.08% 1.52% 0.32%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.51% 11.32% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile - £141 £528
25th Percentile £162 £154 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £176 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% -69.35% +30.68%
75th Percentile £307 £206 £603
90th Percentile £453 £372 £613
Wales median daily rate £190 £207 £575
% change year-on-year -8.22% -64.00% +30.68%

All Development Application Skills
South 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 47 53 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 12.63% 13.38% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 48 103
10th Percentile £162 £188 £417
25th Percentile £344 £320 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -7.89% +20.25%
75th Percentile £545 £623 £631
90th Percentile £550 £657 £684
Wales median daily rate £495 £508 £570
% change year-on-year -2.46% -10.96% +20.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £15.20 - -
25th Percentile £16.43 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.17% - -
75th Percentile £20.35 - -
90th Percentile £23.43 - -
Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year -22.17% - -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in South Wales

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in South Wales

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in South Wales

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in South Wales

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Cardiff +2 4 £190 +7.79%
Visual Studio
Wales

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 2 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (50.00%) Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Analyst Programmer
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) SPFx
1 1 (25.00%) WF
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (75.00%) Test Management
1 3 (75.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 3 (75.00%) White-Box Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Postgraduate
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft