Visual Studio Jobs in England

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Visual Studio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 321 436
Rank change year-on-year -161 +115 -58
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 218 727 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.84% 0.69%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.06% 9.12% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 204 598 447
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,094 £50,000 £55,450
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -9.83% +0.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,324
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.62% +0.59%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,372 7,974 12,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.84% 9.23% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 6,005 7,746
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £51,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,880 £77,500 £83,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in England.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in England

Visual Studio
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
South East -11 76 £70,000 +28.44% 50
South West +2 39 £46,500 -2.11% 16
London +22 34 £70,000 +16.67% 31
Midlands -1 33 £53,688 +19.31% 23
East Midlands +2 17 £52,500 +31.25% 7
East of England -13 17 £45,000 +26.76% 21
West Midlands +3 16 £54,344 +12.05% 16
North of England -26 16 £55,000 +15.79% 35
Yorkshire +62 9 £57,500 +15.00% 8
North West -63 5 £51,250 +12.33% 26
North East +31 2 £55,000 - 1
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.38%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (1.38%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.46%) Luigi
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.46%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.46%) InVision
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (4.59%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) Eikon
2 2 (0.92%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 113 (51.83%) Azure
2 49 (22.48%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (21.10%) Power Platform
4 38 (17.43%) Azure Service Bus
5 36 (16.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 33 (15.14%) SonarCloud
7 27 (12.39%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (9.63%) Azure Logic Apps
9 20 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (6.88%) Azure Functions
10 15 (6.88%) GitHub
10 15 (6.88%) Serverless
11 12 (5.50%) AWS
12 10 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (4.13%) SaaS
14 5 (2.29%) Figma
14 5 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
16 3 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.83%) 5G
1 4 (1.83%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.83%) WAN
1 4 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (42.20%) SQL Server
2 42 (19.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 35 (16.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 33 (15.14%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (11.93%) Power BI
6 16 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (5.96%) Relational Database
8 9 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (4.13%) DB2
8 9 (4.13%) MySQL
9 7 (3.21%) Data Lake
9 7 (3.21%) MongoDB
9 7 (3.21%) NoSQL
9 7 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.83%) Biml
10 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.38%) SQLite
12 2 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (28.90%) Git
2 43 (19.72%) JIRA
3 40 (18.35%) Team Foundation Server
4 33 (15.14%) MSBuild
4 33 (15.14%) Octopus Deploy
5 8 (3.67%) Postman
5 8 (3.67%) Selenium
5 8 (3.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (3.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.38%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.92%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.92%) GitLab
8 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.92%) JetBrains Rider
8 2 (0.92%) NUnit
8 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.46%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 46 (21.10%) Retail
2 30 (13.76%) Finance
3 27 (12.39%) Avionics
3 27 (12.39%) Social Skills
4 14 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.42%) Law
5 10 (4.59%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.75%) Automotive
6 6 (2.75%) Banking
6 6 (2.75%) Electronics
7 5 (2.29%) Marketing
8 4 (1.83%) Local Government
9 3 (1.38%) Billing
9 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.92%) Front Office
10 2 (0.92%) Police
11 1 (0.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 83 (38.07%) Developer
2 60 (27.52%) Senior
3 38 (17.43%) Architect
4 33 (15.14%) Technical Architect
5 32 (14.68%) Software Engineer
6 30 (13.76%) C# Developer
7 27 (12.39%) .NET Developer
8 21 (9.63%) C# .NET Developer
9 19 (8.72%) Portal Developer
10 13 (5.96%) Analyst
10 13 (5.96%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (5.50%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Applications Support
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (3.67%) Applications Support Analyst
14 8 (3.67%) Consultant
14 8 (3.67%) Senior Developer
14 8 (3.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (63.30%) .NET
2 69 (31.65%) ASP.NET
3 68 (31.19%) JSON
4 59 (27.06%) XML
5 51 (23.39%) .NET Framework
6 48 (22.02%) REST
7 46 (21.10%) CSS
7 46 (21.10%) HTML
8 40 (18.35%) .NET Core
8 40 (18.35%) Bootstrap
9 33 (15.14%) gRPC
10 27 (12.39%) React
11 16 (7.34%) AngularJS
11 16 (7.34%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (7.34%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (5.05%) WPF
13 9 (4.13%) Web Services
14 7 (3.21%) Entity Framework
15 6 (2.75%) SOAP
16 5 (2.29%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.55%) Mobile App
2 14 (6.42%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (5.96%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.21%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.75%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.75%) Replication
5 6 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.83%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.83%) GNSS
6 4 (1.83%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (1.38%) EPoS
7 3 (1.38%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.92%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.46%) CUDA
9 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.46%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.68%) Linux
2 18 (8.26%) Windows
3 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.16%) DevOps
2 65 (29.82%) Agile
3 62 (28.44%) MVC
4 49 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (20.18%) Design Patterns
6 42 (19.27%) Microservices
6 42 (19.27%) Software Engineering
7 40 (18.35%) Event-Driven
8 39 (17.89%) Mathematics
9 38 (17.43%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 35 (16.06%) API Integration
10 35 (16.06%) Code Quality
11 34 (15.60%) Performance Optimisation
11 34 (15.60%) User Experience
12 33 (15.14%) Data Encryption
12 33 (15.14%) Performance Testing
13 30 (13.76%) Physics
14 29 (13.30%) CI/CD
15 28 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
15 28 (12.84%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 134 (61.47%) C#
2 122 (55.96%) SQL
3 69 (31.65%) JavaScript
4 40 (18.35%) C
5 28 (12.84%) T-SQL
6 16 (7.34%) C++
7 13 (5.96%) TypeScript
8 12 (5.50%) VB.NET
9 10 (4.59%) X++
10 9 (4.13%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.83%) Python
12 3 (1.38%) Delphi
12 3 (1.38%) Java
13 2 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.92%) VB
14 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.46%) Fortran
14 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (22.02%) Degree
2 6 (2.75%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.38%) HND
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.46%) ACCA
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) PhD
5 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.14%) GDPR
2 13 (5.96%) QA
3 4 (1.83%) PMO
4 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.92%) SLA
5 1 (0.46%) HAZOP
System Software
1 41 (18.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 118 (54.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.13%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.21%) SolarWinds
4 6 (2.75%) Oracle
5 4 (1.83%) Intel
6 3 (1.38%) Aderant
6 3 (1.38%) Borland
6 3 (1.38%) EMC
7 2 (0.92%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.92%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.92%) Reuters
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe
8 1 (0.46%) Cognos
8 1 (0.46%) Facebook
8 1 (0.46%) Genesys
8 1 (0.46%) Murex
8 1 (0.46%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.46%) Telerik
8 1 (0.46%) Workday