Visual Studio Contracts

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 444 368
Rank change year-on-year +99 -76 -13
Contract jobs citing Visual Studio 229 255 630
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.45% 0.72%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.46% 3.03% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 178 400
10th Percentile £375 £363 £360
25th Percentile £453 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £590 £598 £675
90th Percentile £675 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +12.63% +5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 18
10th Percentile £46.25 £41.45 £46.65
25th Percentile £51.88 £51.25 £48.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.88
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.52% +39.72%
75th Percentile - £64.38 £72.50
90th Percentile - £65.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £62.88
% change year-on-year +23.81% -16.50% +38.95%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,140 8,407 15,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.07% 14.76% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 5,932 11,071
10th Percentile £355 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 229 206
10th Percentile £32.23 £42.61 £37.12
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +14.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.45 £82.50 £75.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +20.88%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England +90 202 £536 +2.49% 135
UK excluding London +60 132 £535 +12.63% 107
Work from Home +62 96 £535 +1.90% 55
London +72 75 £550 - 32
Midlands +66 50 £535 -2.73% 30
West Midlands +67 49 £535 -6.96% 21
South East +25 36 £575 +10.58% 27
South West +12 17 £590 +18.00% 19
East of England -14 16 £550 +37.50% 6
Scotland +34 5 £475 +5.56% 7
North of England +21 5 £408 -14.21% 18
Yorkshire +8 3 £350 -26.32% 2
North West +16 2 £520 +38.67% 13
Northern Ireland +5 2 - -
Wales +17 1 £210 -35.38% 3
East Midlands +14 1 - - 9

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.31%) Apache
2 3 (1.31%) CMS
2 3 (1.31%) Confluence
2 3 (1.31%) IIS
2 3 (1.31%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.87%) Jadu
3 2 (0.87%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.44%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.44%) Kentico
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.87%) Mingle
3 2 (0.87%) Trello
4 1 (0.44%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) LabWindows
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Endur
2 2 (0.87%) Relativity
2 2 (0.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.87%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 93 (40.61%) Azure
2 66 (28.82%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (11.79%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.55%) Azure Functions
4 15 (6.55%) Serverless
5 14 (6.11%) Azure Logic Apps
5 14 (6.11%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.68%) AWS
7 12 (5.24%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (5.24%) PowerApps
7 12 (5.24%) SaaS
8 11 (4.80%) PaaS
9 9 (3.93%) Azure API Management
9 9 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.49%) Azure Key Vault
10 8 (3.49%) GitHub
11 6 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.18%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.75%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.80%) Ethernet
1 11 (4.80%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.18%) RS-232
3 3 (1.31%) Network Security
3 3 (1.31%) VPN
4 2 (0.87%) Firewall
5 1 (0.44%) 2G
5 1 (0.44%) 5G
5 1 (0.44%) FTP
5 1 (0.44%) MQTT
5 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (25.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.42%) Power BI
3 11 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (4.37%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.18%) MySQL
8 4 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.31%) Big Data
9 3 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.31%) Tableau
10 2 (0.87%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.87%) Power Query
10 2 (0.87%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.44%) QlikView
11 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 54 (23.58%) PVCS
2 47 (20.52%) Git
3 25 (10.92%) Selenium
4 22 (9.61%) SpecFlow
5 21 (9.17%) Jenkins
6 19 (8.30%) WebDriver
7 14 (6.11%) Postman
8 13 (5.68%) Eclipse
9 11 (4.80%) JIRA
9 11 (4.80%) NUnit
9 11 (4.80%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (2.62%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (2.18%) Appium
11 5 (2.18%) MSI
11 5 (2.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (2.18%) Subversion
11 5 (2.18%) WiX
12 4 (1.75%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.75%) Moq
12 4 (1.75%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 51 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.54%) Public Sector
3 23 (10.04%) Finance
4 15 (6.55%) Banking
5 13 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (4.80%) Military
7 9 (3.93%) Back Office
8 8 (3.49%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.06%) Front Office
9 7 (3.06%) Marketing
10 5 (2.18%) Legal
11 3 (1.31%) Electronics
11 3 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.44%) Automotive
13 1 (0.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 69 (30.13%) Developer
2 53 (23.14%) Programmer
3 51 (22.27%) C Programmer
4 35 (15.28%) Analyst
5 27 (11.79%) Senior
6 26 (11.35%) Software Engineer
7 19 (8.30%) Test Analyst
8 18 (7.86%) C# Developer
9 16 (6.99%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (6.99%) Senior Test Analyst
10 15 (6.55%) .NET Developer
11 14 (6.11%) C# Software Engineer
12 13 (5.68%) Test Automation Engineer
12 13 (5.68%) Test Engineer
13 11 (4.80%) C++ Software Engineer
14 9 (3.93%) Azure Developer
14 9 (3.93%) Integration Developer
15 8 (3.49%) Lead
16 7 (3.06%) C# .NET Developer
16 7 (3.06%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (44.10%) .NET
2 32 (13.97%) .NET Framework
2 32 (13.97%) XML
3 28 (12.23%) AngularJS
4 25 (10.92%) REST
5 20 (8.73%) JSON
5 20 (8.73%) Web Services
6 18 (7.86%) ASP.NET
6 18 (7.86%) Entity Framework
7 14 (6.11%) SOAP
8 13 (5.68%) Playwright
9 12 (5.24%) Node.js
10 10 (4.37%) ARM Templates
10 10 (4.37%) HTML
10 10 (4.37%) React
11 9 (3.93%) .NET Core
12 8 (3.49%) GraphQL
12 8 (3.49%) OAuth
12 8 (3.49%) RESTful
12 8 (3.49%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.37%) Derivative
2 8 (3.49%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.62%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.62%) Distributed Computing
3 6 (2.62%) Equities
3 6 (2.62%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.62%) NHS
4 5 (2.18%) Web 2.0
5 4 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.75%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 4 (1.75%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.75%) Reinsurance
6 3 (1.31%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.31%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.31%) Social Media
7 2 (0.87%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (20.52%) Windows
2 26 (11.35%) Linux
3 6 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.75%) Unix
5 3 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.87%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.86%) Agile
2 78 (34.06%) DevOps
3 54 (23.58%) CI/CD
4 48 (20.96%) Test Automation
5 42 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (16.16%) Scrum
7 35 (15.28%) Software Engineering
7 35 (15.28%) TDD
8 30 (13.10%) Continuous Integration
8 30 (13.10%) Performance Testing
9 22 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (9.17%) Manual Testing
10 21 (9.17%) Unit Testing
11 20 (8.73%) Migration
11 20 (8.73%) Software Testing
12 19 (8.30%) B2C
12 19 (8.30%) BDD
12 19 (8.30%) Configuration Management
13 16 (6.99%) Test Strategy
13 16 (6.99%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 117 (51.09%) C#
2 69 (30.13%) SQL
3 59 (25.76%) C
4 55 (24.02%) PL/SQL
5 40 (17.47%) PowerShell
6 38 (16.59%) C++
7 29 (12.66%) JavaScript
8 21 (9.17%) Python
9 12 (5.24%) Java
10 10 (4.37%) T-SQL
11 9 (3.93%) TypeScript
12 7 (3.06%) VBA
13 5 (2.18%) PHP
13 5 (2.18%) VB
13 5 (2.18%) VB6
14 4 (1.75%) Perl
14 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
15 3 (1.31%) Bicep
15 3 (1.31%) Ruby
16 2 (0.87%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 78 (34.06%) Security Cleared
2 77 (33.62%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.17%) Degree
4 6 (2.62%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.18%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.31%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.31%) ISEB
6 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.17%) QA
2 9 (3.93%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.31%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.44%) GxP
4 1 (0.44%) HL7
4 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.44%) SLA
4 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (6.55%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.55%) Docker
2 7 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) LXC
Systems Management
1 14 (6.11%) Ansible
2 5 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.31%) PingFederate
3 3 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.87%) Terraform
5 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 78 (34.06%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle
3 5 (2.18%) Infragistics
4 4 (1.75%) HP
4 4 (1.75%) IBM
5 3 (1.31%) Proofpoint
5 3 (1.31%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.31%) SAP
5 3 (1.31%) Symantec
5 3 (1.31%) VMware
6 2 (0.87%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (0.87%) Databricks
6 2 (0.87%) Google
6 2 (0.87%) Optimizely
6 2 (0.87%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.44%) Facebook
7 1 (0.44%) Pardot
7 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.44%) Snow
7 1 (0.44%) Twitter