Visual Studio Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Visual Studio
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 179 202
Rank change year-on-year +65 +23 -62
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 65 65 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.92% 0.97% 1.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.90% 11.59% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 65 49 36
10th Percentile - £43,750 £31,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £67,500 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -10.00% +9.09%

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 311 561 822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.17% 8.34% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 188 417 493
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,719 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,563 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £97,500
South East median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -4.17% +9.09%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the Thames Valley

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the Thames Valley

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the Thames Valley

Visual Studio
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire +45 33 £82,500 +17.86% 18
Oxfordshire +52 23 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Buckinghamshire +10 9 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Visual Studio
South East

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.08%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.54%) InVision
1 1 (1.54%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 38 (58.46%) Azure
2 32 (49.23%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (43.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 26 (40.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 26 (40.00%) SonarCloud
5 5 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.62%) AWS
7 2 (3.08%) IaaS
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.54%) Figma
8 1 (1.54%) GitHub
8 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 26 (40.00%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (30.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (7.69%) Power BI
5 1 (1.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (43.08%) Git
2 26 (40.00%) MSBuild
2 26 (40.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 26 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (9.23%) JIRA
4 1 (1.54%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.54%) Selenium
4 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (43.08%) Retail
2 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.08%) Automotive
2 2 (3.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.54%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 27 (41.54%) Developer
2 26 (40.00%) Architect
2 26 (40.00%) Technical Architect
3 20 (30.77%) Portal Developer
4 5 (7.69%) C# Developer
4 5 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Senior
6 3 (4.62%) .NET Developer
6 3 (4.62%) ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (4.62%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (4.62%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (4.62%) C# Software Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.08%) C# Software Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) Control Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Lead Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Lead Software Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (86.15%) .NET
2 46 (70.77%) JSON
2 46 (70.77%) XML
3 40 (61.54%) ASP.NET
4 29 (44.62%) CSS
5 28 (43.08%) HTML
6 27 (41.54%) REST
7 26 (40.00%) Bootstrap
7 26 (40.00%) gRPC
8 23 (35.38%) .NET Core
9 22 (33.85%) React
10 20 (30.77%) .NET Framework
11 9 (13.85%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (12.31%) AngularJS
13 1 (1.54%) CSS3
13 1 (1.54%) Node.js
13 1 (1.54%) OpenCV
13 1 (1.54%) OpenGL
13 1 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.77%) Algorithms
3 6 (9.23%) Cloud Native
3 6 (9.23%) Data Structures
3 6 (9.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.08%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) CUDA
5 1 (1.54%) FPGA
5 1 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (61.54%) DevOps
2 35 (53.85%) MVC
3 32 (49.23%) Design Patterns
4 29 (44.62%) Agile
5 28 (43.08%) Performance Optimisation
6 26 (40.00%) API Integration
6 26 (40.00%) Code Quality
6 26 (40.00%) Data Encryption
6 26 (40.00%) Event-Driven
6 26 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 26 (40.00%) Microservices
6 26 (40.00%) Performance Testing
7 23 (35.38%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (33.85%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (30.77%) Business Development
9 20 (30.77%) Customer-Centricity
9 20 (30.77%) Project Management
9 20 (30.77%) Workflow
10 9 (13.85%) Software Engineering
11 7 (10.77%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (80.00%) SQL
2 37 (56.92%) C#
2 37 (56.92%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.62%) C++
4 2 (3.08%) C
4 2 (3.08%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) Degree
2 6 (9.23%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (40.00%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) HAZOP
2 2 (3.08%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (43.08%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (50.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.08%) Freshdesk
3 1 (1.54%) Adobe