Visual Studio Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 248 253
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +70
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 14 33 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.36% 0.45%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.53% 4.64% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 38
10th Percentile - £38,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,313 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%

All Development Application Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 553 711 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.13% 7.82% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 402 388 793
10th Percentile - £37,500 £36,270
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,592 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% -8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,125 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in the North of England

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Yorkshire -22 10 £45,000 -5.26% 2
North West +11 4 £57,500 - 6
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) HTTP
1 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) C# Software Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) C++ Software Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) C++ Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior C++ Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior C# Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Qt
1 4 (28.57%) STL
2 3 (21.43%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Multithreading
2 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) DevOps
5 3 (21.43%) GitOps
6 1 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (92.86%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (71.43%) Firmware