Visual Studio Code Jobs

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio Code over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 785 883
Rank change year-on-year +133 +98 +117
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 32 100 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.10% 0.100%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.58% 1.05% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 22 57 33
10th Percentile £51,750 £25,500 £42,675
25th Percentile £52,813 £42,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,650 £87,500 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +33.33% +2.44% -5.09%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,498 9,566 15,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 9.73% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,807 6,755 9,183
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visual Studio Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio Code in the UK

Visual Studio Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio Code.

Salary trend for Visual Studio Code in the UK

Visual Studio Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio Code over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio Code in the UK

Visual Studio Code
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +140 29 £70,000 +33.33% 34
UK excluding London +148 23 £70,000 +33.33% 26
Work from Home +146 16 £57,500 +9.52% 36
London +95 8 £59,250 -32.29% 9
South West +117 6 £77,500 - 5
South East +81 6 £70,000 +33.33% 6
Midlands +60 6 - - 2
West Midlands +54 6 - - 1
North of England +81 3 £71,376 +106.14% 10
Scotland +115 2 £71,000 - 2
Yorkshire +69 2 £85,253 -5.28% 5
North West +31 1 £57,500 +125.49% 5

Visual Studio Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.25%) CICS
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (3.13%) Drupal
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (65.63%) Azure
2 17 (53.13%) GitHub
3 9 (28.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (21.88%) Power Platform
5 6 (18.75%) Azure API Management
5 6 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (18.75%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (18.75%) Figma
5 6 (18.75%) PowerApps
5 6 (18.75%) SaaS
6 5 (15.63%) Azure Functions
6 5 (15.63%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (15.63%) Serverless
7 4 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (12.50%) Power Automate
7 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (9.38%) AWS
9 2 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (6.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) GSM
2 1 (3.13%) SMS
2 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (15.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (15.63%) Data Lake
4 3 (9.38%) NoSQL
5 2 (6.25%) DB2
6 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (59.38%) Visual Studio
2 13 (40.63%) Git
2 13 (40.63%) JIRA
3 6 (18.75%) Postman
4 4 (12.50%) Selenium
5 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (6.25%) Bitbucket
6 2 (6.25%) git-flow
6 2 (6.25%) SoapUI
6 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (3.13%) Android Studio
7 1 (3.13%) GCC
7 1 (3.13%) gcov
7 1 (3.13%) GDB
7 1 (3.13%) GitLab
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 7 (21.88%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Developer
1 13 (40.63%) Senior
2 9 (28.13%) Software Engineer
3 8 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (15.63%) Senior Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Designer
5 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Salesforce Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (6.25%) .NET Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Architect
7 2 (6.25%) CRM Architect
7 2 (6.25%) CRM Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Development Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Development Support Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Mainframe Software Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (62.50%) CSS
2 13 (40.63%) .NET
2 13 (40.63%) HTML
3 11 (34.38%) .NET Framework
4 10 (31.25%) React
5 8 (25.00%) JSON
6 6 (18.75%) ADO
6 6 (18.75%) AngularJS
6 6 (18.75%) HTML5
6 6 (18.75%) XML
7 5 (15.63%) .NET Core
7 5 (15.63%) ASP.NET
7 5 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (15.63%) OAuth
7 5 (15.63%) OAuth2
7 5 (15.63%) Swagger
7 5 (15.63%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (12.50%) NgRx
8 4 (12.50%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (12.50%) Client/Server
2 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (6.25%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
3 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.13%) Digital Signage
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) zOS
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Agile
2 16 (50.00%) DevOps
3 13 (40.63%) CI/CD
4 11 (34.38%) Microservices
4 11 (34.38%) Web Development
5 10 (31.25%) Software Engineering
6 9 (28.13%) CRM
7 8 (25.00%) Scrum
8 7 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (21.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (21.88%) SDLC
8 7 (21.88%) User Experience
9 6 (18.75%) API Management
9 6 (18.75%) Data Integration
9 6 (18.75%) Data Migration
9 6 (18.75%) Migration
9 6 (18.75%) OOP
9 6 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
9 6 (18.75%) User Stories
10 5 (15.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) C#
2 16 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (40.63%) TypeScript
4 8 (25.00%) Python
5 7 (21.88%) SQL
6 2 (6.25%) Apex Code
6 2 (6.25%) COBOL
6 2 (6.25%) JCL
6 2 (6.25%) MATLAB
6 2 (6.25%) R
6 2 (6.25%) VB
7 1 (3.13%) C
7 1 (3.13%) C++
7 1 (3.13%) Dart
7 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) CA Endevor
1 2 (6.25%) MAINVIEW
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Google
3 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 3 (9.38%) Conga
4 3 (9.38%) IBM
5 2 (6.25%) Adobe
5 2 (6.25%) BMC
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) DocuSign
6 1 (3.13%) QNX