Visual Studio Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 296 399
Rank change year-on-year -112 +103 -130
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 185 649 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.81% 0.70%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.59% 9.70% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 172 523 268
10th Percentile £31,325 £31,250 £34,625
25th Percentile £40,938 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £73,914
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +1.82%

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 4,031 6,691 7,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.17% 8.35% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,390 4,502 4,214
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,775 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% -11.54% +4.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the UK excluding London

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 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 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
South East -21 69 £65,000 +18.18% 65
Scotland +104 32 £55,000 -10.57% 15
South West +17 30 £46,500 -7.00% 18
Midlands -1 24 £55,000 +22.22% 33
East of England -8 16 £45,000 +26.76% 15
East Midlands +21 13 £52,500 +20.69% 16
North of England +9 13 £55,000 +15.79% 39
West Midlands +9 11 £59,000 +19.80% 17
Yorkshire +58 6 £85,253 +70.51% 6
North West -30 5 £46,250 +1.37% 27
North East +48 2 £55,000 - 6
Wales +29 1 - - 5
Visual Studio
UK

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.16%) CMS
3 3 (1.62%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.62%) IIS
3 3 (1.62%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.08%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.54%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.54%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.54%) InVision
2 1 (0.54%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (6.49%) Sage 200
1 12 (6.49%) Sage 50
2 9 (4.86%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (45.41%) Azure
2 48 (25.95%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (17.30%) Azure Service Bus
4 31 (16.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 28 (15.14%) SonarCloud
6 27 (14.59%) Power Platform
7 26 (14.05%) GitHub
8 10 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (4.86%) AWS
10 8 (4.32%) Azure Functions
10 8 (4.32%) Serverless
11 7 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (2.70%) Figma
12 5 (2.70%) SaaS
13 4 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.16%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.62%) Azure Pipelines
14 3 (1.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.16%) 5G
1 4 (2.16%) SD-WAN
1 4 (2.16%) WAN
1 4 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.54%) RS-232
2 1 (0.54%) RS-422
2 1 (0.54%) RS-485
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (30.81%) SQL Server
2 28 (15.14%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (11.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (10.27%) Power BI
6 13 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (4.86%) NoSQL
8 7 (3.78%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.70%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.16%) Biml
10 4 (2.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.62%) Data Lake
12 2 (1.08%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.54%) Airbyte
13 1 (0.54%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.54%) MySQL
13 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (27.57%) Git
2 36 (19.46%) JIRA
3 31 (16.76%) Octopus Deploy
3 31 (16.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 28 (15.14%) MSBuild
5 16 (8.65%) Jenkins
6 12 (6.49%) Visual Studio Code
7 10 (5.41%) Postman
8 7 (3.78%) Selenium
9 5 (2.70%) GitLab
9 5 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (2.16%) Fiddler
10 4 (2.16%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.62%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.62%) Vite
12 2 (1.08%) NUnit
12 2 (1.08%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.54%) Balsamiq
13 1 (0.54%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 43 (23.24%) Retail
2 27 (14.59%) Finance
3 23 (12.43%) Social Skills
4 18 (9.73%) Avionics
5 17 (9.19%) Manufacturing
6 16 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.16%) Banking
8 4 (2.16%) Law
8 4 (2.16%) Marketing
9 3 (1.62%) Advertising
9 3 (1.62%) Back Office
9 3 (1.62%) Electronics
10 2 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (1.08%) Police
10 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.54%) iGaming
11 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 82 (44.32%) Developer
2 50 (27.03%) Senior
3 39 (21.08%) Architect
4 30 (16.22%) .NET Developer
5 28 (15.14%) Technical Architect
6 24 (12.97%) C# Developer
7 23 (12.43%) Software Engineer
8 16 (8.65%) C# .NET Developer
8 16 (8.65%) Portal Developer
9 14 (7.57%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (7.03%) .NET Software Developer
11 12 (6.49%) Senior Developer
12 10 (5.41%) Java Developer
12 10 (5.41%) Senior Java Developer
12 10 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
13 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 7 (3.78%) Senior C++ Developer
14 7 (3.78%) Senior Software Architect
14 7 (3.78%) Senior Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (63.78%) .NET
2 64 (34.59%) CSS
3 63 (34.05%) HTML
4 60 (32.43%) .NET Framework
5 54 (29.19%) JSON
6 53 (28.65%) ASP.NET
7 49 (26.49%) XML
8 47 (25.41%) .NET Core
9 38 (20.54%) REST
10 37 (20.00%) Bootstrap
11 28 (15.14%) gRPC
12 26 (14.05%) React
13 18 (9.73%) HTML5
14 17 (9.19%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (8.65%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (8.65%) jQuery
16 15 (8.11%) React Native
17 13 (7.03%) AngularJS
18 7 (3.78%) Entity Framework
18 7 (3.78%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.65%) Mobile App
2 11 (5.95%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.95%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.78%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.24%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.24%) Replication
4 6 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.16%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.16%) GNSS
5 4 (2.16%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (2.16%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.54%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.54%) EPoS
8 1 (0.54%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.54%) NHS
8 1 (0.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.97%) Linux
2 18 (9.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.38%) DevOps
2 52 (28.11%) Agile
3 48 (25.95%) MVC
4 44 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (22.16%) Microservices
5 41 (22.16%) Software Engineering
6 35 (18.92%) Event-Driven
6 35 (18.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 34 (18.38%) Design Patterns
8 30 (16.22%) CI/CD
9 29 (15.68%) API Integration
10 28 (15.14%) Code Quality
10 28 (15.14%) Data Encryption
10 28 (15.14%) Performance Optimisation
10 28 (15.14%) Performance Testing
11 27 (14.59%) Mathematics
12 25 (13.51%) Project Management
13 24 (12.97%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (12.97%) User Experience
14 23 (12.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 108 (58.38%) C#
2 103 (55.68%) SQL
3 71 (38.38%) JavaScript
4 37 (20.00%) C
5 28 (15.14%) C++
6 19 (10.27%) Java
7 11 (5.95%) TypeScript
8 8 (4.32%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.16%) Python
9 4 (2.16%) X++
10 2 (1.08%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.54%) Delphi
11 1 (0.54%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.54%) Fortran
11 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.54%) PHP
11 1 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (22.70%) Degree
2 9 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.24%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.54%) ACCA
5 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.54%) PhD
5 1 (0.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.14%) GDPR
2 6 (3.24%) QA
3 4 (2.16%) PMO
4 3 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.54%) Ansible
2 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (41.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.49%) Sage
3 4 (2.16%) Intel
4 2 (1.08%) Freshdesk
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe
5 1 (0.54%) Borland
5 1 (0.54%) Cognos
5 1 (0.54%) Facebook
5 1 (0.54%) Genesys
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle
5 1 (0.54%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.54%) Telerik