Visual Studio Code Job Trends in London

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 392 471
Rank change year-on-year +14 +79 +133
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 14 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.082% 0.10% 0.069%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.01% 0.89% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 6
10th Percentile - £43,650 £64,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,750 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £78,750 £108,125
90th Percentile - £98,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £67,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -44.44% +28.57% -

All Development Application Skills
London

Visual Studio Code 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,386 1,568 2,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.12% 11.74% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 882 1,014 1,974
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £103,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Visual Studio Code job vacancy trend in London

Visual Studio Code
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Studio Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio Code in London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio Code in London

Visual Studio Code
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Code within the London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Central London +6 2 £80,000 +49.53%
Visual Studio Code
England

Visual Studio Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (28.57%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) GitHub
3 5 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (28.57%) AWS
4 4 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (7.14%) Azure AI
6 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
6 1 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Internet
Development Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Git
2 5 (35.71%) Cypress.io
2 5 (35.71%) JIRA
2 5 (35.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (64.29%) Retail
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
1 6 (42.86%) Senior
1 6 (42.86%) Senior Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 4 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Programmer
3 4 (28.57%) Trainee
3 4 (28.57%) Trainee Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps Platform Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) CSS
1 5 (35.71%) GraphQL
1 5 (35.71%) HTML
1 5 (35.71%) Jest
1 5 (35.71%) Node.js
1 5 (35.71%) Nuxt
1 5 (35.71%) RESTful
1 5 (35.71%) Tailwind CSS
1 5 (35.71%) Vitest
1 5 (35.71%) Vue
2 4 (28.57%) Hugging Face
2 4 (28.57%) Matplotlib
2 4 (28.57%) NumPy
2 4 (28.57%) Pandas
2 4 (28.57%) scikit-learn
2 4 (28.57%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Product Ownership
2 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 4 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 4 (28.57%) Public Cloud
3 2 (14.29%) CMDB
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
1 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 7 (50.00%) DevOps
2 7 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) AI
4 5 (35.71%) Analytics
4 5 (35.71%) API Integration
4 5 (35.71%) Backlog Management
4 5 (35.71%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (35.71%) Data Privacy
4 5 (35.71%) E-Commerce
4 5 (35.71%) Front End Development
4 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (35.71%) Pair Programming
4 5 (35.71%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (35.71%) Responsive Web Design
4 5 (35.71%) SEO
4 5 (35.71%) User Experience
4 5 (35.71%) UX Design
5 4 (28.57%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) TypeScript
3 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) AWS Certification
1 4 (28.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Accessibility
1 5 (35.71%) GDPR
1 5 (35.71%) PERC
1 5 (35.71%) QA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Kubernetes
2 4 (28.57%) Ansible
2 4 (28.57%) Terraform
3 2 (14.29%) Packer
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) EMC
2 2 (14.29%) F5
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Foundry