Visual Studio Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 362 293
Rank change year-on-year -201 -69 +78
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 42 169 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.57% 0.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.71% 6.58% 9.85%
Number of salaries quoted 37 156 523
10th Percentile £40,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,688 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £83,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -10.71%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,449 2,568 6,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.66% 8.66% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,726 1,592 4,498
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £61,218 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +11.30% -11.54%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands -28 16 £50,000 -9.09% 6
South East -79 13 £50,000 -25.93% 19
West Midlands -20 10 £50,000 -15.25% 2
North of England -48 7 £58,250 +5.91% 5
East Midlands -31 6 £45,000 -14.29% 4
North West -12 4 £59,000 +27.57% 3
Yorkshire -48 3 £44,000 -48.39% 1
East of England -35 2 £38,250 -15.00% 4
South West -64 2 - - 8
Wales -43 1 £52,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 12 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (26.19%) GitHub
4 6 (14.29%) Figma
4 6 (14.29%) GitHub Copilot
4 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 6 (14.29%) SaaS
5 4 (9.52%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.76%) AWS
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.76%) Bluetooth
2 2 (4.76%) HTTP
2 2 (4.76%) RFID
2 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Wireless
3 1 (2.38%) LTE
3 1 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) Power BI
3 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.76%) Power Query
5 1 (2.38%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) JIRA
1 5 (11.90%) Selenium
2 2 (4.76%) Git
2 2 (4.76%) Jasmine
2 2 (4.76%) NUnit
2 2 (4.76%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.38%) GDB
3 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.38%) JMeter
3 1 (2.38%) MSTest
3 1 (2.38%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.38%) WinDbg
General
1 4 (9.52%) Retail
1 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Electronics
2 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Law
3 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Aviation
4 1 (2.38%) Back Office
4 1 (2.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Developer
2 12 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Senior
4 6 (14.29%) Designer
4 6 (14.29%) UX Designer
5 5 (11.90%) .NET Software Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Software Developer
6 4 (9.52%) C++ Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Automation Tester
7 3 (7.14%) C# Developer
7 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
7 3 (7.14%) Junior
7 3 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Tester
8 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Firmware Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (69.05%) .NET
2 7 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 6 (14.29%) Blazor
3 6 (14.29%) Material Design
3 6 (14.29%) WebAssembly
4 5 (11.90%) WinForms
5 4 (9.52%) REST
6 3 (7.14%) CSS
6 3 (7.14%) HTML
6 3 (7.14%) JSON
6 3 (7.14%) Qt
6 3 (7.14%) React
6 3 (7.14%) STL
6 3 (7.14%) WPF
7 2 (4.76%) ARM Templates
7 2 (4.76%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (4.76%) OpenID
7 2 (4.76%) RESTful
8 1 (2.38%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (7.14%) Legacy Code
4 2 (4.76%) Client/Server
4 2 (4.76%) EPoS
4 2 (4.76%) FPGA
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) PCIe
4 2 (4.76%) Photography
4 2 (4.76%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.38%) Replication
5 1 (2.38%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Software Engineering
2 14 (33.33%) Agile
2 14 (33.33%) DevOps
3 8 (19.05%) AI
3 8 (19.05%) CRM
4 7 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 7 (16.67%) User Stories
5 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 6 (14.29%) Front End Development
5 6 (14.29%) Interaction Design
5 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
5 6 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 6 (14.29%) User Experience
5 6 (14.29%) UX Design
5 6 (14.29%) Wireframes
6 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
6 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (73.81%) C#
2 17 (40.48%) SQL
3 10 (23.81%) C++
4 6 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 5 (11.90%) Python
5 5 (11.90%) T-SQL
6 2 (4.76%) Bicep
6 2 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (4.76%) Java
7 1 (2.38%) C
7 1 (2.38%) Delphi
7 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.38%) HND
3 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 6 (14.29%) WCAG
2 4 (9.52%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Docker
2 3 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) MIIS
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Databricks
2 1 (2.38%) Xamarin