Visual Studio Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 362 367
Rank change year-on-year -147 +5 +41
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 103 353 320
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.71% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.29% 6.79% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 88 237 295
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,625 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%

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 3,133 5,196 5,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.03% 10.44% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,154 3,024 4,505
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in England

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in England over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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
London +49 46 £75,000 +15.38% 10
South East -82 22 £50,000 -25.93% 22
North of England -8 14 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Yorkshire -14 10 £45,000 -5.26% 1
South West -24 8 £40,000 -20.00% 5
West Midlands 0 6 £50,000 -2.91% 5
Midlands -22 6 £50,000 +5.26% 8
North West +16 4 £57,500 - 4
East of England +10 4 £25,250 -43.89% 5
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.80%) Confluence
2 2 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.97%) IIS
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.91%) Trello
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (21.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (53.40%) Azure
2 41 (39.81%) Power Platform
3 28 (27.18%) Power Automate
4 25 (24.27%) Dynamics 365
4 25 (24.27%) PowerApps
5 22 (21.36%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (20.39%) GitHub
7 20 (19.42%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (6.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (5.83%) SaaS
10 5 (4.85%) Figma
10 5 (4.85%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (3.88%) Azure App Service
11 4 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (3.88%) dbt
12 3 (2.91%) Azure Functions
12 3 (2.91%) Google Data Studio
12 3 (2.91%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.85%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.88%) HTTP
3 2 (1.94%) Internet
4 1 (0.97%) DHCP
4 1 (0.97%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (32.04%) Power BI
2 20 (19.42%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.83%) Relational Database
3 6 (5.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (4.85%) Metabase
5 4 (3.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.91%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.91%) Power Query
7 2 (1.94%) GIS
7 2 (1.94%) MySQL
7 2 (1.94%) OLAP
7 2 (1.94%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 34 (33.01%) Git
2 17 (16.50%) JIRA
3 9 (8.74%) Selenium
4 8 (7.77%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (4.85%) Cypress.io
6 4 (3.88%) SpecFlow
7 3 (2.91%) JMeter
7 3 (2.91%) NUnit
7 3 (2.91%) Postman
7 3 (2.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.94%) Android Studio
8 2 (1.94%) CMake
8 2 (1.94%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.94%) Xcode
9 1 (0.97%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.97%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.97%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.97%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 27 (26.21%) Finance
2 16 (15.53%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.65%) Retail
4 9 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Electronics
6 4 (3.88%) Law
6 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Marketing
7 3 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.94%) Legal
8 2 (1.94%) Publishing
9 1 (0.97%) Banking
9 1 (0.97%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (43.69%) Developer
2 23 (22.33%) Senior
3 19 (18.45%) Senior Developer
4 18 (17.48%) Lead
5 15 (14.56%) C# Software Engineer
5 15 (14.56%) Software Engineer
6 13 (12.62%) .NET Developer
7 10 (9.71%) C++ Software Engineer
8 9 (8.74%) Support Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Analyst
9 8 (7.77%) Development Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Development Support Engineer
10 7 (6.80%) C++ Developer
10 7 (6.80%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 7 (6.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 7 (6.80%) Senior .NET Developer
10 7 (6.80%) Software Developer
11 6 (5.83%) Blazor Developer
11 6 (5.83%) IT Support
12 5 (4.85%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (34.95%) .NET
2 22 (21.36%) REST
3 20 (19.42%) SOAP
4 16 (15.53%) CSS
4 16 (15.53%) HTML
4 16 (15.53%) Web Services
5 12 (11.65%) ASP.NET
6 11 (10.68%) .NET Core
7 10 (9.71%) RESTful
8 9 (8.74%) .NET Framework
8 9 (8.74%) Blazor
8 9 (8.74%) Vue
9 8 (7.77%) Entity Framework
9 8 (7.77%) GraphQL
9 8 (7.77%) Node.js
9 8 (7.77%) Nuxt
10 6 (5.83%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (5.83%) JSON
10 6 (5.83%) Qt
11 5 (4.85%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.85%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.88%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.91%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.91%) Social Media
5 2 (1.94%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (1.94%) Clustering
5 2 (1.94%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.97%) Derivative
6 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.97%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (22.33%) Windows
2 3 (2.91%) Android
3 2 (1.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.97%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.97%) Windows 2000
4 1 (0.97%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.97%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (49.51%) Agile
2 32 (31.07%) CI/CD
3 31 (30.10%) Scrum
4 29 (28.16%) CRM
5 25 (24.27%) DevOps
5 25 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (21.36%) API Management
6 22 (21.36%) Software Engineering
7 20 (19.42%) ITIL
7 20 (19.42%) OWASP
8 18 (17.48%) Migration
9 17 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (16.50%) Mentoring
10 16 (15.53%) Front End Development
10 16 (15.53%) Full-Stack Development
11 15 (14.56%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (14.56%) Test Automation
12 14 (13.59%) Data Migration
12 14 (13.59%) Line Management
13 13 (12.62%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 56 (54.37%) C#
2 32 (31.07%) SQL
3 24 (23.30%) C++
4 18 (17.48%) JavaScript
5 11 (10.68%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.85%) Java
6 5 (4.85%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.88%) Python
8 3 (2.91%) C
8 3 (2.91%) X++
9 2 (1.94%) Bash
9 2 (1.94%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.97%) Bicep
10 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.97%) VB
10 1 (0.97%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (12.62%) Degree
2 4 (3.88%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.91%) ISEB
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.91%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.97%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.97%) MCDST
5 1 (0.97%) MCITP
5 1 (0.97%) MCSA
5 1 (0.97%) MCSE
5 1 (0.97%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.39%) QA
2 14 (13.59%) Accessibility
3 8 (7.77%) GDPR
3 8 (7.77%) WCAG
4 5 (4.85%) PERC
5 1 (0.97%) COBIT
5 1 (0.97%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (10.68%) Firmware
2 10 (9.71%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.91%) Docker
4 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.91%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) Google
3 3 (2.91%) Dynatrace
3 3 (2.91%) HP
3 3 (2.91%) Siebel
4 2 (1.94%) Aderant
4 2 (1.94%) Apple
4 2 (1.94%) ESRI
4 2 (1.94%) iManage
4 2 (1.94%) Intapp
4 2 (1.94%) Mapbox
4 2 (1.94%) RedGate
4 2 (1.94%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.97%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.97%) Infragistics
5 1 (0.97%) IONA
5 1 (0.97%) OpenText
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle
5 1 (0.97%) Perforce
5 1 (0.97%) VMware