Visual Studio Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 325 273
Rank change year-on-year +53 -52 +9
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 132 105 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.46% 0.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.65% 3.51% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 73 125
10th Percentile £334 £326 £345
25th Percentile £463 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £558 £540 £505
90th Percentile £619 £600 £601
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 15
10th Percentile - £51.00 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £63.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -17.45% +38.26%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - £76.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £63.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -13.52% +39.02%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,335 2,995 4,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.95% 13.20% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 2,096 3,190
10th Percentile £350 £338 £360
25th Percentile £413 £414 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £588
90th Percentile £657 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 161 114
10th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £42.00
25th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £47.86
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £51.10
% change year-on-year +4.00% +22.31% +6.74%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
West Midlands +64 50 £535 -6.96% 9
Midlands +59 50 £535 -1.61% 13
South East +12 32 £606 +27.63% 28
South West +10 18 £585 +17.00% 18
East of England -1 18 £550 +37.50% 16
North of England +4 6 £408 -10.44% 21
Scotland +48 5 £475 +11.76% 9
North West +13 3 £516 +37.67% 14
Yorkshire +7 3 £350 -26.32% 5
Northern Ireland -2 2 - -
Wales +20 1 £210 -35.38% 1
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.27%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
3 1 (0.76%) Jadu
3 1 (0.76%) Kentico
3 1 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.76%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) InfoPath
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Relativity
2 1 (0.76%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.27%) Azure
2 27 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.82%) AWS
5 6 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (4.55%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.79%) Azure API Management
6 5 (3.79%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.03%) Azure Functions
7 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.03%) SaaS
7 4 (3.03%) Serverless
8 3 (2.27%) Azure Event Grid
8 3 (2.27%) IaaS
8 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.27%) PaaS
9 2 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 11 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.79%) RS-232
3 3 (2.27%) Network Security
3 3 (2.27%) VPN
4 1 (0.76%) 2G
4 1 (0.76%) 5G
4 1 (0.76%) Link 16
4 1 (0.76%) MQTT
4 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.09%) Power BI
3 9 (6.82%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.79%) MySQL
5 4 (3.03%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.52%) Big Data
6 2 (1.52%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.52%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.76%) MS Access
7 1 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.76%) QlikView
7 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (31.82%) PVCS
2 34 (25.76%) Git
3 17 (12.88%) Jenkins
4 13 (9.85%) Eclipse
5 10 (7.58%) Postman
6 9 (6.82%) NUnit
7 5 (3.79%) JIRA
7 5 (3.79%) Selenium
7 5 (3.79%) Subversion
8 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (2.27%) GitLab
9 3 (2.27%) ReSharper
9 3 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.52%) Maven
11 1 (0.76%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.76%) Appium
11 1 (0.76%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.76%) VersionOne
11 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 24 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.91%) Public Sector
3 12 (9.09%) Military
3 12 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.03%) Finance
6 2 (1.52%) Marketing
7 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.76%) Automotive
7 1 (0.76%) Avionics
7 1 (0.76%) Banking
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.76%) Law
7 1 (0.76%) Legal
7 1 (0.76%) Local Government
7 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 41 (31.06%) Programmer
2 39 (29.55%) C Programmer
3 36 (27.27%) Developer
4 21 (15.91%) Software Engineer
5 14 (10.61%) C# Software Engineer
6 12 (9.09%) Analyst
7 11 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
8 10 (7.58%) Test Automation Engineer
8 10 (7.58%) Test Engineer
9 8 (6.06%) Senior
10 6 (4.55%) .NET Developer
10 6 (4.55%) C# Developer
10 6 (4.55%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Senior Test Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Software Developer
11 4 (3.03%) Lead
11 4 (3.03%) Power Platform Developer
12 3 (2.27%) Automation Tester
12 3 (2.27%) Data Analyst
12 3 (2.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (37.12%) .NET
2 20 (15.15%) Web Services
3 13 (9.85%) ASP.NET
4 12 (9.09%) Node.js
5 11 (8.33%) .NET Framework
6 9 (6.82%) Playwright
7 7 (5.30%) AngularJS
7 7 (5.30%) WPF
7 7 (5.30%) XML
8 6 (4.55%) GraphQL
8 6 (4.55%) REST
8 6 (4.55%) WinForms
9 5 (3.79%) Entity Framework
9 5 (3.79%) HTML
9 5 (3.79%) SOAP
10 4 (3.03%) XSLT
11 3 (2.27%) JSON
12 2 (1.52%) CSS
12 2 (1.52%) jQuery
12 2 (1.52%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.27%) NHS
3 3 (2.27%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.52%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.21%) Windows
2 20 (15.15%) Linux
3 6 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.33%) Agile
2 35 (26.52%) DevOps
3 25 (18.94%) CI/CD
3 25 (18.94%) Software Engineering
4 20 (15.15%) TDD
4 20 (15.15%) Test Automation
5 19 (14.39%) Continuous Integration
6 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.12%) Unit Testing
8 14 (10.61%) Visualisation
9 13 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.85%) Continuous Delivery
9 13 (9.85%) Deployment Automation
9 13 (9.85%) Digital Twin
9 13 (9.85%) Synthetic Environment
10 12 (9.09%) Validation
11 11 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
12 8 (6.06%) Manual Testing
12 8 (6.06%) Scrum
12 8 (6.06%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 62 (46.97%) C#
2 47 (35.61%) C
3 43 (32.58%) PL/SQL
4 31 (23.48%) C++
5 26 (19.70%) SQL
6 20 (15.15%) JavaScript
7 16 (12.12%) PowerShell
8 11 (8.33%) Python
9 8 (6.06%) Java
10 6 (4.55%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.03%) PHP
11 4 (3.03%) VB
11 4 (3.03%) VB6
12 3 (2.27%) Ruby
13 2 (1.52%) C++/CLI
14 1 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.76%) R
14 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.76%) VBA
14 1 (0.76%) XAML
Qualifications
1 63 (47.73%) Security Cleared
2 62 (46.97%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.03%) Degree
3 4 (3.03%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.27%) ISEB
5 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) QA
2 5 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.76%) GxP
4 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (7.58%) Docker
2 7 (5.30%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.03%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.76%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (10.61%) Ansible
2 3 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (31.06%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.58%) Oracle
3 4 (3.03%) Infragistics
4 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.27%) VMware
5 2 (1.52%) Databricks
5 2 (1.52%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.76%) Brio
6 1 (0.76%) Intel
6 1 (0.76%) Pardot
6 1 (0.76%) SAP