Visual Studio Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Visual Studio
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 44 77
Rank change year-on-year -37 +33 +27
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 1 15 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.077% 3.20% 1.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.70% 30.61% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -28.00%
75th Percentile £33,250 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - £52,650 £54,000
East of England median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +26.76% -29.00%

All Development Application Skills
Cambridgeshire

Visual Studio falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 37 49 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.87% 10.45% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 40 91
10th Percentile £28,550 - £32,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% -21.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £90,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £45,814 £53,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.97% +12.11% -17.39%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 1 £31,500 - 1
Visual Studio
East of England

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Scientific Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree