Visual Studio Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 252 270
Rank change year-on-year +23 +18 -113
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 66 49 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.68% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.65% 5.55% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 59 37 40
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £32,300
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,875 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £48,900
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.25% +22.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £75,500 £70,000 £77,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +15.79%

All Development Application Skills
North West

Visual Studio is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 863 883 1,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.88% 11.18% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 667 558 847
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,885 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £73,125 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the North West.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the North West

Visual Studio
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Manchester +17 24 £55,750 +7.21% 14
Merseyside +27 21 £41,250 -5.71% 2
Lancashire +1 13 £42,500 -7.10%
Cheshire -12 4 £57,500 +43.75% 1
Cumbria - 4 £40,000 -
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.06%) IIS
3 1 (1.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (42.42%) Azure
2 16 (24.24%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (13.64%) GitHub
4 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
5 6 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (4.55%) Figma
8 2 (3.03%) Azure Functions
8 2 (3.03%) Serverless
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Bluetooth
1 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (1.52%) LTE
3 1 (1.52%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (10.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (6.06%) Data Lake
3 4 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.52%) Power BI
4 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Git
2 10 (15.15%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (9.09%) Dreamweaver
4 5 (7.58%) Android Studio
4 5 (7.58%) Cypress.io
4 5 (7.58%) Postman
4 5 (7.58%) Selenium
5 4 (6.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (6.06%) TeamCity
6 3 (4.55%) Eclipse
6 3 (4.55%) JIRA
6 3 (4.55%) Subversion
7 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (15.15%) Manufacturing
2 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Marketing
4 5 (7.58%) Legal
4 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.55%) Back Office
5 3 (4.55%) Law
6 2 (3.03%) Games
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Electronics
7 1 (1.52%) Finance
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (65.15%) Developer
2 17 (25.76%) .NET Developer
3 16 (24.24%) Software Developer
4 12 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 10 (15.15%) .NET Software Developer
6 8 (12.12%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Architect
7 6 (9.09%) Programmer
7 6 (9.09%) Systems Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Systems Programmer
7 6 (9.09%) Trainee
7 6 (9.09%) Trainee Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Trainee Programmer
8 5 (7.58%) Data Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) QA Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 4 (6.06%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (60.61%) .NET
2 23 (34.85%) .NET Framework
3 19 (28.79%) HTML
4 16 (24.24%) GraphQL
4 16 (24.24%) RESTful
5 14 (21.21%) SOAP
6 13 (19.70%) ASP.NET
6 13 (19.70%) CSS
7 11 (16.67%) HTML5
8 10 (15.15%) .NET Core
8 10 (15.15%) jQuery
9 7 (10.61%) Blazor
9 7 (10.61%) Razor View Engine
10 6 (9.09%) AngularJS
10 6 (9.09%) Classic ASP
10 6 (9.09%) Vue
11 4 (6.06%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (6.06%) Entity Framework
11 4 (6.06%) React
11 4 (6.06%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) FMCG
2 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.52%) NB-IoT
4 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 8 (12.12%) Android
3 2 (3.03%) FreeBSD
3 2 (3.03%) Linux
3 2 (3.03%) Mac OS X
3 2 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.52%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.52%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (54.55%) Agile
2 21 (31.82%) Unit Testing
3 17 (25.76%) DevOps
4 14 (21.21%) Architectural Design
4 14 (21.21%) Architectural Patterns
4 14 (21.21%) Clean Code
4 14 (21.21%) Continuous Integration
4 14 (21.21%) Software Engineering
5 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (18.18%) Software Testing
7 11 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (13.64%) CI/CD
8 9 (13.64%) Web Development
9 8 (12.12%) Continuous Delivery
9 8 (12.12%) MVC
10 7 (10.61%) Code Quality
10 7 (10.61%) CRM
11 6 (9.09%) API Development
11 6 (9.09%) Epics
11 6 (9.09%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 52 (78.79%) C#
2 39 (59.09%) JavaScript
3 28 (42.42%) SQL
4 18 (27.27%) VB.NET
5 16 (24.24%) Java
6 6 (9.09%) VB
6 6 (9.09%) VBScript
7 5 (7.58%) T-SQL
8 4 (6.06%) C++
8 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
8 4 (6.06%) TypeScript
9 3 (4.55%) Python
10 2 (3.03%) Perl
11 1 (1.52%) C
11 1 (1.52%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 6 (9.09%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (3.03%) vRealize
Vendors
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) Facebook
3 3 (4.55%) Xamarin
4 2 (3.03%) Blue Coat
4 2 (3.03%) CA
4 2 (3.03%) Cisco
4 2 (3.03%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.03%) McAfee
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.03%) Trend Micro
4 2 (3.03%) Tripwire
4 2 (3.03%) VMware
5 1 (1.52%) EMC
5 1 (1.52%) Renesas
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce