Visual Studio Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 174 150
Rank change year-on-year +35 -24 +49
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 13 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.51% 0.49% 0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.06% 4.46% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £33,750 £70,500
90th Percentile - £37,950 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 257 471 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.06% 10.92% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 45 146 281
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,574 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,700 £80,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in Scotland

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Visual Studio.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Visual Studio

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in Scotland

Visual Studio
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Edinburgh +16 9 £55,000 -8.33% 1
West Lothian - 2 £52,500 -
Glasgow - 1 - - 2
Lanarkshire - 1 £80,000 -
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Database
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) IntelliJ
2 1 (7.69%) PyCharm
2 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 10 (76.92%) Senior
3 9 (69.23%) Java Developer
3 9 (69.23%) Senior Developer
3 9 (69.23%) Senior Java Developer
4 6 (46.15%) C++ Developer
4 6 (46.15%) C++/Java Developer
4 6 (46.15%) Senior C++ Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Lead
5 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Lead Software Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Linux Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) MFC
2 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Team
2 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
6 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Front End Development
6 1 (7.69%) Microservices
6 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C++
1 10 (76.92%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) C
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle