Visual Studio Code Job Trends
Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 767 | 660 | 675 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -107 | +15 | +30 |
| Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code | 55 | 17 | 84 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.046% | 0.035% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 1.13% | 0.45% | 1.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 36 | 16 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,250 | £33,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £53,063 | £23,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £67,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +22.73% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,500 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £91,875 | £78,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £61,250 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.33% | -6.25% | -23.81% |
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 4,847 | 3,739 | 6,028 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 4.05% | 7.65% | 8.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,958 | 2,208 | 3,392 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £33,750 | £38,025 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £47,500 | £46,306 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,250 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | -5.17% |
Visual Studio Code Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Visual Studio Code Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visual Studio Code.
Visual Studio Code Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio Code over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Visual Studio Code Top 13 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 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -101 | 52 | £61,250 | -18.33% | 52 |
| UK excluding London | -109 | 45 | £61,250 | +63.33% | 33 |
| South East | -46 | 19 | £58,750 | +56.67% | 13 |
| Work from Home | -56 | 19 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 28 |
| Midlands | - | 12 | £70,000 | - | 8 |
| North of England | - | 10 | £52,500 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 7 | £70,000 | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 7 | £48,500 | - | 1 |
| London | -69 | 5 | - | - | 23 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £70,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | -70 | 3 | £55,000 | -8.33% | |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £62,500 | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
Visual Studio Code Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Development Applications
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Git | 52.7% | 29 |
| 2 | GitLab | 18.2% | 10 |
| 3 | Jenkins | 12.7% | 7 |
| 4 | Eclipse | 7.3% | 4 |
| 5 | Bitbucket | 5.5% | 3 |
| 5 | JUnit | 5.5% | 3 |
| 5 | Visual Studio | 5.5% | 3 |
| 8 | Claude Code | 3.6% | 2 |
| 8 | Cypress.io | 3.6% | 2 |
| 10 | DBeaver | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | git-flow | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | JetBrains Rider | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | JIRA | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | PyCharm | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | Qt Creator | 1.8% | 1 |
| 10 | Terragrunt | 1.8% | 1 |