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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 106 233
Rank change year-on-year - +127 -67
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 0 33 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 1.55% 0.64%
As % of the Development Applications category - 12.64% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 0 30 35
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile - £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.57% +44.71%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.62%

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 118 261 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.74% 12.28% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 55 108 253
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £75,900 £120,953 £91,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -10.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend 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