Visual Studio Code Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 505 489
Rank change year-on-year +1 -16 +257
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 2 59 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.090% 1.58% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 22
10th Percentile - - £44,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £23,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,250 £53,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £91,741
UK median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +45.45% +4.76% -4.55%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Visual Studio Code 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,218 3,732 3,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.26% 9.83% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 2,152 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,775 £36,750
25th Percentile £34,688 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.98% +6.36%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Visual Studio Code job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio Code
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visual Studio Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio Code within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 Midlands +26 2 £60,000 +14.29%
Midlands +5 2 £60,000 +20.00%
Visual Studio Code
UK

Visual Studio Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft