Visual Studio Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 196 172
Rank change year-on-year +16 -24 +59
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 4 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.062% 0.24% 0.58%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.67% 2.89% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 26
10th Percentile - £46,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year - +21.69% -5.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £63,063
90th Percentile - - £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 240 415 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.74% 8.20% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 182 252 393
10th Percentile - £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £67,687 £67,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,850 £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 West

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in the North West

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Visual Studio

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 15 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
Manchester +22 4 £57,500 -8.00% 4
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) HTTP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior C++ Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Qt
1 4 (100.00%) STL
2 3 (75.00%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) GitOps
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA