Visual Studio Contracts in Stevenage

Microsoft Visual Studio
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 25 0 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.12% - 11.70%
As % of the Development Applications category 73.53% - 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £480 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - -
75th Percentile £481 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £481 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 22
10th Percentile £62.50 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £66.88 - £65.56
90th Percentile £68.38 - £65.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +32.65%

All Development Application Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 34 62 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.21% 25.00% 36.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 22
10th Percentile £311 £150 £451
25th Percentile £312 £263 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £448 £594 £738
90th Percentile £468 £620 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £400 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -15.89% -15.56% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 47 67
10th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £64.38 £68.28 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £78.73 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +21.12% +18.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £90.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £72.00 - £74.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £78.73 £65.00
% change year-on-year -17.43% +21.12% +32.65%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in Stevenage

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 1 (4.00%) Azure
1 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (80.00%) Ethernet
1 20 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 24 (96.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 22 (88.00%) Presentation Skills
1 22 (88.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (80.00%) Military
3 4 (16.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (12.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 20 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 18 (72.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 12 (48.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Developer
5 1 (4.00%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.00%) C++/C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (80.00%) Node.js
1 20 (80.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 24 (96.00%) Linux
2 23 (92.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Agile
1 22 (88.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 21 (84.00%) CI/CD
2 21 (84.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 21 (84.00%) Continuous Integration
2 21 (84.00%) Digital Twin
2 21 (84.00%) TDD
2 21 (84.00%) Unit Testing
3 20 (80.00%) Software Engineering
4 17 (68.00%) Validation
4 17 (68.00%) Verification and Validation
4 17 (68.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (4.00%) DevOps
5 1 (4.00%) Requirements Management
5 1 (4.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (4.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C++
2 24 (96.00%) C#
3 20 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (28.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Twitter
3 1 (4.00%) Wind River