Visual Studio Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Visual Studio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 224 275
Rank change year-on-year 0 +51 -102
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 76 180 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.81% 1.07% 0.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.50% 11.94% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 76 135 94
10th Percentile - £43,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £84,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,725
% change year-on-year +5.00% -10.27% +1.32%

All Development Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,170 1,508 2,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.41% 8.99% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 804 1,083 1,294
10th Percentile £36,475 £38,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +8.11%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,850
England median annual salary £61,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% +4.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the South East

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the South East.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the South East

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the South East

Visual Studio
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Thames Valley +63 64 £59,500 +10.19% 27
Berkshire +55 33 £82,500 +17.86% 20
Oxfordshire +51 22 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Buckinghamshire +6 9 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Surrey +15 6 £81,250 +54.76% 13
Hampshire +15 3 £82,500 +17.86% 4
East Sussex - 3 £50,000 - 1
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.63%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.32%) InVision
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.32%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 45 (59.21%) Azure
2 39 (51.32%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (46.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 33 (43.42%) Azure Service Bus
4 33 (43.42%) SonarCloud
5 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.95%) AWS
6 3 (3.95%) SaaS
7 2 (2.63%) IaaS
8 1 (1.32%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.32%) Figma
8 1 (1.32%) GitHub
8 1 (1.32%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (43.42%) Elasticsearch
2 30 (39.47%) SQL Server
3 20 (26.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.58%) Power BI
5 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (50.00%) Git
2 33 (43.42%) MSBuild
2 33 (43.42%) Octopus Deploy
2 33 (43.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (7.89%) JIRA
4 1 (1.32%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.32%) Selenium
4 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (39.47%) Retail
2 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (7.89%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.32%) Automotive
3 1 (1.32%) Electronics
3 1 (1.32%) Finance
Job Titles
1 33 (43.42%) Architect
1 33 (43.42%) Technical Architect
2 30 (39.47%) Developer
3 20 (26.32%) Portal Developer
4 8 (10.53%) C# Developer
5 6 (7.89%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Senior
7 3 (3.95%) .NET Developer
7 3 (3.95%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (3.95%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (3.95%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (3.95%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.63%) BizTalk Consultant
8 2 (2.63%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (2.63%) Consultant
8 2 (2.63%) Lead Developer
8 2 (2.63%) Lead Software Developer
8 2 (2.63%) Senior Developer
8 2 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (88.16%) .NET
2 53 (69.74%) JSON
2 53 (69.74%) XML
3 47 (61.84%) ASP.NET
4 36 (47.37%) CSS
5 35 (46.05%) HTML
6 34 (44.74%) REST
7 33 (43.42%) Bootstrap
7 33 (43.42%) gRPC
8 23 (30.26%) .NET Core
9 22 (28.95%) React
10 20 (26.32%) .NET Framework
11 9 (11.84%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (10.53%) AngularJS
13 1 (1.32%) CSS3
13 1 (1.32%) Node.js
13 1 (1.32%) OpenCV
13 1 (1.32%) OpenGL
13 1 (1.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.32%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.53%) Algorithms
3 6 (7.89%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.89%) Data Structures
3 6 (7.89%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) CUDA
5 1 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.32%) FPGA
5 1 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.95%) Windows
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (61.84%) DevOps
2 45 (59.21%) MVC
3 42 (55.26%) Design Patterns
4 34 (44.74%) Performance Optimisation
5 33 (43.42%) Agile
5 33 (43.42%) API Integration
5 33 (43.42%) Code Quality
5 33 (43.42%) Data Encryption
5 33 (43.42%) Event-Driven
5 33 (43.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 33 (43.42%) Microservices
5 33 (43.42%) Performance Testing
6 29 (38.16%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (32.89%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (27.63%) Project Management
9 20 (26.32%) Business Development
9 20 (26.32%) Customer-Centricity
9 20 (26.32%) Workflow
10 10 (13.16%) Software Engineering
11 8 (10.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 63 (82.89%) SQL
2 48 (63.16%) C#
3 44 (57.89%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.95%) C++
5 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.32%) C
6 1 (1.32%) Fortran
6 1 (1.32%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.32%) PHP
6 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.84%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.32%) ACCA
3 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (43.42%) GDPR
2 3 (3.95%) QA
3 2 (2.63%) SLA
4 1 (1.32%) HAZOP
System Software
1 35 (46.05%) Docker
2 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (43.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.63%) Freshdesk
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe