Visual Studio Job Trends in Guildford

Microsoft Visual Studio
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 23 43
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +37
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 9 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 3.07% 3.57% 0.67%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.32% 26.67% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile - £68,750 -
25th Percentile - £74,375 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +166.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £82,813 £32,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £83,375 -
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £81,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -38.46% +54.76% -4.55%

All Development Application Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 37 15 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 12.63% 13.39% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 36 14 20
10th Percentile £29,000 £47,375 £41,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,563 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £68,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +37.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £65,000
Surrey median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -4.55%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in Guildford

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in Guildford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in Guildford over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in Guildford

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Google Play
1 2 (22.22%) TestFlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Android Studio
1 2 (22.22%) CMake
1 2 (22.22%) Git
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Xcode
General
1 2 (22.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) .NET Software Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) C# Software Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Android Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Applications Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) iOS Android Developer
2 2 (22.22%) iOS Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) Google Maps API
2 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
2 2 (22.22%) OpenSceneGraph
2 2 (22.22%) QML
2 2 (22.22%) Qt
2 2 (22.22%) Qt Quick
2 2 (22.22%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Android Development
2 2 (22.22%) Batch Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (22.22%) Cross-Platform Development
2 2 (22.22%) iOS Development
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Bash
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Apple
1 2 (22.22%) ESRI
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Mapbox
1 2 (22.22%) Xamarin