Visual Studio Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 209 225
Rank change year-on-year -38 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 14 20 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.36% 0.73%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.98% 4.36% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 84
10th Percentile £26,250 £46,250 £34,300
25th Percentile £30,875 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £59,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +31.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,275 £87,500 £63,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -13.04%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 352 459 806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.67% 8.23% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 257 294 590
10th Percentile £26,475 £32,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,250 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,986 £75,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the Midlands

Visual Studio
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
East Midlands -31 8 £36,250 -38.30% 4
West Midlands -22 6 £52,500 -11.02% 3
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) Figma
3 2 (14.29%) GitHub
3 2 (14.29%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 2 (14.29%) RFID
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Law
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) C# Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Graduate
2 3 (21.43%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) UX Designer
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.14%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Junior
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) WinForms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) React
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 2 (14.29%) Blazor
3 2 (14.29%) Material Design
3 2 (14.29%) REST
3 2 (14.29%) WebAssembly
3 2 (14.29%) WPF
4 1 (7.14%) OLE
4 1 (7.14%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (14.29%) FPGA
1 2 (14.29%) Legacy Code
1 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (14.29%) PCIe
1 2 (14.29%) Photography
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 2 (14.29%) Raspberry Pi
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) EPoS
2 1 (7.14%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 4 (28.57%) OOP
2 4 (28.57%) Physics
3 3 (21.43%) Data Integration
3 3 (21.43%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Software Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) API Integration
4 2 (14.29%) Front End Development
4 2 (14.29%) Interaction Design
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 2 (14.29%) User Stories
4 2 (14.29%) UX Design
4 2 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) C++
4 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
6 1 (7.14%) Delphi
6 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 2 (14.29%) WCAG
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft