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 citing Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 645 | 515 | 541 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -130 | +26 | -9 |
| Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code | 38 | 5 | 66 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.042% | 0.014% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 1.28% | 0.22% | 1.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 4 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £33,750 | £23,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £37,500 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +66.67% | - | -28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £46,563 | £66,563 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56,125 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £77,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.35% | +40.91% | +4.76% |
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 citing development application skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing development application skills | 2,972 | 2,223 | 3,821 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 3.25% | 6.25% | 8.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,792 | 1,360 | 2,047 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £28,250 | £34,150 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,750 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -4.55% | -5.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £77,500 | £81,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | - | -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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visual Studio Code.
Visual Studio Code Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio Code in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.
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 10 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands | -68 | 14 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 10 |
| South East | -72 | 12 | £60,000 | +60.00% | 11 |
| North of England | - | 9 | £51,750 | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | -43 | 7 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 10 |
| North West | - | 7 | £48,500 | - | 5 |
| East Midlands | - | 7 | £70,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £62,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | - | 2 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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Visual Studio Code Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Development Applications
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Git | 52.6% | 20 |
| 2 | Jenkins | 18.4% | 7 |
| 3 | GitLab | 15.8% | 6 |
| 4 | Eclipse | 10.5% | 4 |
| 5 | Bitbucket | 7.9% | 3 |
| 5 | JIRA | 7.9% | 3 |
| 5 | JUnit | 7.9% | 3 |
| 5 | Qt Creator | 7.9% | 3 |
| 5 | Visual Studio | 7.9% | 3 |
| 10 | Cypress.io | 5.3% | 2 |
| 11 | Claude Code | 2.6% | 1 |
| 11 | DBeaver | 2.6% | 1 |
| 11 | git-flow | 2.6% | 1 |
| 11 | JetBrains Rider | 2.6% | 1 |
| 11 | PyCharm | 2.6% | 1 |
| 11 | Terragrunt | 2.6% | 1 |