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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 126 149
Rank change year-on-year -19 +23 +52
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 3 22 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.68% 0.34%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.24% 10.05% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2 22 6
10th Percentile - - £58,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £31,250 £60,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £32,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% -57.38% +41.86%
75th Percentile £53,750 £33,750 £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,625 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.95% -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 241 219 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.90% 6.74% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 50 119 274
10th Percentile - £31,250 £42,457
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,442 £63,750 £78,491
90th Percentile £82,125 £78,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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

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 5 November 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
West Lothian - 2 £52,500 -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) IntelliJ
2 1 (33.33%) PyCharm
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle