Visual Studio Job Trends in London

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 363 378
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 +20
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 28 34 127
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.28% 0.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.97% 2.49% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11 32 101
10th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £59,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £89,875 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.62%

All Development Application Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,423 1,368 2,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.94% 11.08% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 868 949 1,844
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,001 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in London

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in London

Visual Studio
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +3 18 £55,000 -35.29% 3
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
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 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) Power Platform
2 16 (57.14%) Azure
3 10 (35.71%) dbt
3 10 (35.71%) Power Automate
4 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (14.29%) Azure API Management
5 4 (14.29%) Azure App Service
5 4 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.57%) AWS
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) Power BI
2 17 (60.71%) SQL Server
3 13 (46.43%) Metabase
4 10 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (10.71%) WinDbg
3 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.57%) SpecFlow
3 1 (3.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 22 (78.57%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Finance Systems Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Financial Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) IT Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) IT Support
2 13 (46.43%) IT Support Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Support Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Systems Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Systems Support
2 13 (46.43%) Systems Support Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Data Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Lead
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (3.57%) C++ Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Database Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.57%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) QA Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) .NET
2 4 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (10.71%) Kafka
3 3 (10.71%) STL
3 3 (10.71%) ZeroMQ
4 1 (3.57%) Playwright
4 1 (3.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (53.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (46.43%) Data Management
4 11 (39.29%) ERP
4 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (35.71%) Data Analysis
5 10 (35.71%) Data Pipeline
5 10 (35.71%) Data Transformation
5 10 (35.71%) Facilities Management
6 9 (32.14%) CI/CD
6 9 (32.14%) DevOps
7 7 (25.00%) Analytics
8 5 (17.86%) Coaching
8 5 (17.86%) Project Management
9 4 (14.29%) API Development
9 4 (14.29%) API Management
9 4 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 4 (14.29%) Microservices
9 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) SQL
2 10 (35.71%) C#
3 4 (14.29%) Bicep
4 3 (10.71%) C++
4 3 (10.71%) Python
5 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.57%) VB
5 1 (3.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) DBS Check
3 4 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 4 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Solace