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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 292 405
Rank change year-on-year -80 +113 -142
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 205 659 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.89% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.13% 9.93% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 190 546 289
10th Percentile £33,575 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £73,759
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,725
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.27% +1.32%

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 3,994 6,635 7,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.27% 9.01% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 4,536 4,337
10th Percentile £37,574 £33,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £59,263 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.62% -8.83% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -20 70 £67,500 +22.73% 52
Scotland +120 39 £55,000 -10.57% 9
South West +16 39 £46,500 -2.11% 15
Midlands -15 28 £55,000 +22.22% 22
East Midlands +14 16 £52,500 +20.00% 7
East of England -9 16 £45,000 +26.76% 14
West Midlands +13 12 £60,750 +25.26% 14
North of England -31 11 £55,000 +15.79% 37
Yorkshire +56 6 £85,253 +70.51% 9
North West -60 3 £41,000 -11.35% 24
North East +43 2 £55,000 - 4
Wales +35 2 £48,500 -17.45% 3
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 14 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.95%) CMS
2 4 (1.95%) Umbraco
3 3 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.98%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.49%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.49%) InVision
2 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (6.83%) Sage 200
1 14 (6.83%) Sage 50
2 9 (4.39%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (43.90%) Azure
2 51 (24.88%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (16.10%) Azure Service Bus
4 32 (15.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 30 (14.63%) Power Platform
6 29 (14.15%) SonarCloud
7 27 (13.17%) GitHub
8 11 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.90%) AWS
10 8 (3.90%) Azure Functions
10 8 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.90%) Serverless
11 7 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.93%) SaaS
13 5 (2.44%) Figma
14 4 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.95%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.95%) PowerApps
15 3 (1.46%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.95%) 5G
1 4 (1.95%) SD-WAN
1 4 (1.95%) WAN
1 4 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (31.71%) SQL Server
2 29 (14.15%) Elasticsearch
3 24 (11.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (11.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (9.76%) Power BI
6 13 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.88%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.90%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (2.93%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.95%) Biml
11 4 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.46%) MySQL
13 1 (0.49%) Airbyte
13 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 54 (26.34%) Git
2 44 (21.46%) JIRA
3 34 (16.59%) Team Foundation Server
4 31 (15.12%) MSBuild
4 31 (15.12%) Octopus Deploy
5 19 (9.27%) Jenkins
6 11 (5.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 9 (4.39%) Postman
8 8 (3.90%) Selenium
9 6 (2.93%) GitLab
10 5 (2.44%) Fiddler
10 5 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (2.44%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.46%) NUnit
11 3 (1.46%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.98%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.98%) Vite
12 2 (0.98%) webpack
13 1 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.49%) Serenity BDD
General
1 43 (20.98%) Retail
2 29 (14.15%) Finance
3 27 (13.17%) Avionics
4 23 (11.22%) Social Skills
5 17 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.29%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.93%) Law
7 6 (2.93%) Marketing
8 4 (1.95%) Banking
9 3 (1.46%) Electronics
10 2 (0.98%) Advertising
10 2 (0.98%) Back Office
10 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) iGaming
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
11 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 89 (43.41%) Developer
2 63 (30.73%) Senior
3 42 (20.49%) Architect
4 35 (17.07%) .NET Developer
5 29 (14.15%) Technical Architect
6 23 (11.22%) Software Engineer
7 22 (10.73%) C# Developer
8 18 (8.78%) Portal Developer
9 17 (8.29%) C# .NET Developer
10 15 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (6.83%) .NET Software Developer
12 13 (6.34%) Senior Developer
13 10 (4.88%) Java Developer
13 10 (4.88%) Senior Java Developer
13 10 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (4.39%) Senior Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Senior Software Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Senior Systems Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Software Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (63.41%) .NET
2 71 (34.63%) CSS
3 66 (32.20%) HTML
4 62 (30.24%) .NET Framework
5 59 (28.78%) JSON
6 57 (27.80%) ASP.NET
7 54 (26.34%) .NET Core
8 52 (25.37%) XML
9 40 (19.51%) REST
10 38 (18.54%) Bootstrap
11 29 (14.15%) gRPC
12 28 (13.66%) React
13 20 (9.76%) HTML5
14 18 (8.78%) ASP.NET MVC
14 18 (8.78%) jQuery
15 17 (8.29%) ASP.NET Web API
15 17 (8.29%) React Native
16 14 (6.83%) AngularJS
17 8 (3.90%) Entity Framework
18 7 (3.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.78%) Mobile App
2 11 (5.37%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.37%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (3.41%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.93%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.93%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.93%) Replication
5 4 (1.95%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.95%) GNSS
5 4 (1.95%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (1.95%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.46%) EPoS
6 3 (1.46%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.98%) Legacy Code
7 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.49%) FPGA
8 1 (0.49%) NHS
8 1 (0.49%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.10%) Linux
2 16 (7.80%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.10%) DevOps
2 59 (28.78%) Agile
3 53 (25.85%) MVC
4 45 (21.95%) Microservices
4 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 37 (18.05%) Event-Driven
6 37 (18.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 36 (17.56%) Design Patterns
7 36 (17.56%) Mathematics
8 32 (15.61%) User Experience
9 31 (15.12%) API Integration
10 30 (14.63%) CI/CD
10 30 (14.63%) Performance Testing
10 30 (14.63%) Physics
10 30 (14.63%) UX Design
11 29 (14.15%) Code Quality
11 29 (14.15%) Data Encryption
11 29 (14.15%) Performance Optimisation
12 27 (13.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (56.59%) C#
2 111 (54.15%) SQL
3 77 (37.56%) JavaScript
4 47 (22.93%) C
5 30 (14.63%) C++
6 22 (10.73%) Java
7 11 (5.37%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.88%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.95%) Python
9 4 (1.95%) X++
10 3 (1.46%) Delphi
11 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.49%) Fortran
12 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.49%) PHP
12 1 (0.49%) VB
12 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 48 (23.41%) Degree
2 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (2.93%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) ACCA
4 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.15%) GDPR
2 6 (2.93%) QA
3 4 (1.95%) PMO
4 2 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (19.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Ansible
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (45.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.83%) Sage
3 4 (1.95%) Intel
4 3 (1.46%) Borland
4 3 (1.46%) Oracle
5 2 (0.98%) Freshdesk
5 2 (0.98%) Optimizely
5 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe
6 1 (0.49%) Cognos
6 1 (0.49%) Facebook
6 1 (0.49%) Genesys
6 1 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.49%) Telerik