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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 220 262
Rank change year-on-year -15 +42 -85
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 72 188 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 1.11% 0.89%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.21% 12.36% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 72 138 92
10th Percentile - £43,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £47,523
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 £66,250
90th Percentile - - £84,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -12.28% +3.64%

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 1,159 1,521 1,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.24% 9.01% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 791 1,084 1,288
10th Percentile £37,574 £38,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 22 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 22 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 +53 60 £64,500 +19.44% 39
Berkshire +44 32 £82,500 +17.86% 28
Oxfordshire +53 19 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Buckinghamshire +3 9 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Surrey +5 5 £82,500 +57.14% 17
Hampshire +13 3 £82,500 +17.86% 10
Kent +30 2 £37,500 -1.32% 7
East Sussex - 2 £50,000 - 3
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 3 (4.17%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (2.78%) CMS
2 2 (2.78%) IIS
2 2 (2.78%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.39%) InVision
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.39%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 44 (61.11%) Azure
2 36 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (44.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 30 (41.67%) Azure Service Bus
4 30 (41.67%) SonarCloud
5 5 (6.94%) AWS
5 5 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.17%) GitHub
7 2 (2.78%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.78%) IaaS
7 2 (2.78%) npm
7 2 (2.78%) SaaS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.39%) Figma
8 1 (1.39%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (41.67%) Elasticsearch
2 28 (38.89%) SQL Server
3 18 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.94%) Power BI
5 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (50.00%) Git
2 32 (44.44%) Octopus Deploy
3 30 (41.67%) MSBuild
3 30 (41.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (11.11%) JIRA
5 3 (4.17%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.78%) Bitbucket
6 2 (2.78%) Vite
7 1 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (1.39%) Selenium
General
1 29 (40.28%) Retail
2 7 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.78%) Advertising
4 2 (2.78%) Back Office
5 1 (1.39%) Electronics
5 1 (1.39%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (41.67%) Architect
1 30 (41.67%) Technical Architect
2 29 (40.28%) Developer
3 18 (25.00%) Portal Developer
4 7 (9.72%) C# Developer
5 6 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Senior
7 3 (4.17%) .NET Developer
7 3 (4.17%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (4.17%) BizTalk Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (4.17%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (4.17%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.78%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (2.78%) Lead Developer
8 2 (2.78%) Lead Software Developer
8 2 (2.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (87.50%) .NET
2 48 (66.67%) JSON
2 48 (66.67%) XML
3 44 (61.11%) ASP.NET
4 35 (48.61%) CSS
5 34 (47.22%) HTML
6 31 (43.06%) REST
7 30 (41.67%) Bootstrap
7 30 (41.67%) gRPC
8 23 (31.94%) .NET Core
9 20 (27.78%) .NET Framework
9 20 (27.78%) React
10 9 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (11.11%) AngularJS
12 2 (2.78%) Sass
13 1 (1.39%) CSS3
13 1 (1.39%) Node.js
13 1 (1.39%) OpenCV
13 1 (1.39%) OpenGL
13 1 (1.39%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 8 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 6 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 6 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 6 (8.33%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.39%) CUDA
5 1 (1.39%) FPGA
5 1 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (61.11%) DevOps
2 41 (56.94%) MVC
3 38 (52.78%) Design Patterns
4 30 (41.67%) Agile
4 30 (41.67%) API Integration
4 30 (41.67%) Code Quality
4 30 (41.67%) Data Encryption
4 30 (41.67%) Event-Driven
4 30 (41.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 30 (41.67%) Microservices
4 30 (41.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 30 (41.67%) Performance Testing
5 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (26.39%) Project Management
8 18 (25.00%) Business Development
8 18 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
8 18 (25.00%) Workflow
9 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
9 10 (13.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (81.94%) SQL
2 46 (63.89%) C#
3 43 (59.72%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.78%) C++
4 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.39%) Fortran
5 1 (1.39%) PHP
5 1 (1.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) Degree
2 6 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.39%) ACCA
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (41.67%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.78%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (44.44%) Docker
2 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (43.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.78%) Freshdesk
3 1 (1.39%) Adobe