Visual Studio Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 373 250
Rank change year-on-year +83 -123 -27
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 650 479 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.93% 0.78% 1.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.67% 5.81% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 557 345 722
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,250 £32,775
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +13.68%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Visual Studio is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,719 8,247 12,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.59% 13.35% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,628 4,611 7,589
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +54 173 £54,000 -5.26% 30
South West +81 162 £47,500 -5.00% 20
Midlands +19 94 £45,000 -2.70% 33
North of England +47 85 £47,500 -5.00% 22
East of England +31 70 £35,500 -29.00% 7
North West +28 66 £45,000 -10.00% 17
West Midlands +18 55 £45,931 -3.30% 26
Scotland -53 46 £61,500 +36.67% 9
East Midlands +4 39 £40,000 -5.88% 7
Wales +14 14 £58,750 +30.56% 1
Yorkshire +73 12 £50,000 - 4
North East -2 7 £55,000 +29.41% 1
Northern Ireland +35 6 £42,500 +6.25%
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
1 103 (15.85%) Confluence
2 19 (2.92%) IIS
3 17 (2.62%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.54%) CMS
5 7 (1.08%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.62%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.31%) Liferay
8 2 (0.31%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 34 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.46%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (2.46%) Payment Gateway
2 13 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.54%) Shopify
4 5 (0.77%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.31%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Scribe Insight
7 1 (0.15%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 202 (31.08%) Azure
2 105 (16.15%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (7.08%) Power Platform
4 39 (6.00%) GitHub
5 37 (5.69%) AWS
6 21 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.15%) SaaS
8 10 (1.54%) PaaS
9 8 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.08%) Figma
10 7 (1.08%) Pulumi
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Functions
11 6 (0.92%) Serverless
12 5 (0.77%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (0.62%) npm
13 4 (0.62%) TestFlight
14 2 (0.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.15%) Modbus
3 10 (1.54%) Network Security
4 9 (1.38%) CTI
5 7 (1.08%) Firewall
5 7 (1.08%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.92%) RS-232
7 4 (0.62%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.62%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.62%) RS-485
7 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.46%) Internet
8 3 (0.46%) NAS
8 3 (0.46%) SAN
9 2 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.31%) DHCP
9 2 (0.31%) HTTP
9 2 (0.31%) Intranet
9 2 (0.31%) Multicast
9 2 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (27.85%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 35 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (5.08%) Power BI
5 32 (4.92%) MS Access
6 23 (3.54%) Relational Database
7 21 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (2.00%) MySQL
10 12 (1.85%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.54%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.23%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (1.08%) SQLite
14 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.62%) Big Data
15 4 (0.62%) Redis
16 2 (0.31%) DB2
16 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 216 (33.23%) Git
2 129 (19.85%) JIRA
3 101 (15.54%) Bitbucket
4 73 (11.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 60 (9.23%) Sourcetree
6 44 (6.77%) NUnit
6 44 (6.77%) Visual Studio Code
7 32 (4.92%) Selenium
8 23 (3.54%) GitLab
8 23 (3.54%) Subversion
9 21 (3.23%) Postman
10 18 (2.77%) Eclipse
11 14 (2.15%) SoapUI
11 14 (2.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 13 (2.00%) TeamCity
12 13 (2.00%) WebDriver
13 11 (1.69%) Cypress.io
14 10 (1.54%) Android Studio
14 10 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (1.38%) MSTest
General
1 118 (18.15%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.00%) Games
3 88 (13.54%) Presentation Skills
4 74 (11.38%) Finance
5 40 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 32 (4.92%) Electronics
6 32 (4.92%) Marketing
7 31 (4.77%) Retail
8 28 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (3.08%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.46%) Law
12 15 (2.31%) Automotive
13 14 (2.15%) Back Office
14 13 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.85%) Publishing
16 11 (1.69%) Legal
16 11 (1.69%) Police
17 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (1.08%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 418 (64.31%) Developer
2 150 (23.08%) .NET Developer
3 111 (17.08%) Senior
4 100 (15.38%) C# Developer
5 98 (15.08%) Software Engineer
6 91 (14.00%) Software Developer
7 88 (13.54%) 3D Developer
7 88 (13.54%) Games Developer
7 88 (13.54%) Unity 3D Developer
8 68 (10.46%) Senior Developer
9 65 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
10 62 (9.54%) Lead
11 53 (8.15%) Full Stack Developer
12 42 (6.46%) Architect
13 37 (5.69%) Applications Developer
14 35 (5.38%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 33 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
16 32 (4.92%) .NET Software Developer
17 30 (4.62%) Lead Developer
17 30 (4.62%) Senior Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 402 (61.85%) .NET
2 203 (31.23%) HTML
3 160 (24.62%) .NET Framework
4 147 (22.62%) CSS
5 140 (21.54%) ASP.NET
6 88 (13.54%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 75 (11.54%) Web Services
8 72 (11.08%) XML
9 70 (10.77%) AngularJS
10 69 (10.62%) .NET Core
10 69 (10.62%) JSON
11 66 (10.15%) jQuery
12 58 (8.92%) WPF
13 57 (8.77%) HTML5
14 56 (8.62%) ASP.NET Web API
15 51 (7.85%) RESTful
16 47 (7.23%) React
17 43 (6.62%) WinForms
18 41 (6.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 37 (5.69%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 89 (13.69%) Virtual Reality
2 27 (4.15%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.77%) IoT
5 16 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.46%) Robotics
6 14 (2.15%) FMCG
6 14 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.85%) Digital Media
9 11 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.38%) EPoS
10 9 (1.38%) GNSS
11 8 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.92%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 4 (0.62%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 113 (17.38%) Windows
2 60 (9.23%) Linux
3 22 (3.38%) Android
4 15 (2.31%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.85%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.08%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.46%) FreeBSD
8 3 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.31%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.31%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.31%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (42.46%) Software Engineering
2 237 (36.46%) Agile
3 216 (33.23%) DevOps
4 140 (21.54%) Scrum
5 127 (19.54%) Design Patterns
6 115 (17.69%) MVC
7 111 (17.08%) UML
8 94 (14.46%) Use Case
9 80 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (11.08%) Unit Testing
11 70 (10.77%) Web Development
12 68 (10.46%) Test Automation
13 67 (10.31%) Full Stack Development
14 54 (8.31%) Software Testing
15 53 (8.15%) Multithreading
16 52 (8.00%) Continuous Integration
17 50 (7.69%) CI/CD
18 44 (6.77%) Business Intelligence
19 43 (6.62%) Computer Science
20 41 (6.31%) OO
Programming Languages
1 504 (77.54%) C#
2 286 (44.00%) SQL
3 204 (31.38%) JavaScript
4 107 (16.46%) C++
5 82 (12.62%) C
6 70 (10.77%) Java
7 61 (9.38%) T-SQL
8 48 (7.38%) Python
9 45 (6.92%) VB.NET
10 38 (5.85%) VB
11 34 (5.23%) TypeScript
12 23 (3.54%) PowerShell
13 17 (2.62%) Bash
14 14 (2.15%) Assembly Language
14 14 (2.15%) Fortran
15 13 (2.00%) Perl
16 12 (1.85%) Delphi
16 12 (1.85%) PHP
17 10 (1.54%) VBA
17 10 (1.54%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 200 (30.77%) Degree
2 134 (20.62%) Security Cleared
3 109 (16.77%) SC Cleared
4 91 (14.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.15%) HNC
7 5 (0.77%) ISEB
7 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.31%) HND
9 2 (0.31%) MCDST
9 2 (0.31%) MCITP
9 2 (0.31%) MCSA
9 2 (0.31%) MCSE
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.38%) QA
2 29 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 18 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.38%) PMO
5 7 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.77%) MISRA
6 5 (0.77%) TickIT
7 2 (0.31%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) GDPR
8 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.62%) Docker
2 13 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.38%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.92%) Firmware
5 3 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.08%) MIIS
2 7 (1.08%) Terraform
3 5 (0.77%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.31%) vRealize
5 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 327 (50.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.92%) SAP
3 16 (2.46%) Xamarin
4 13 (2.00%) Atlassian
4 13 (2.00%) Oracle
4 13 (2.00%) VMware
5 8 (1.23%) DevExpress
5 8 (1.23%) MuleSoft
6 7 (1.08%) SYSPRO
7 6 (0.92%) Facebook
7 6 (0.92%) OutSystems
8 5 (0.77%) Renesas
9 4 (0.62%) Adobe
9 4 (0.62%) Databricks
10 3 (0.46%) Google
10 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.46%) Veeam
11 2 (0.31%) Infor
11 2 (0.31%) Pega
11 2 (0.31%) ServiceNow