Visual Studio Jobs

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 433 407
Rank change year-on-year +30 -26 -85
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 446 365 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.62% 0.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 6.80% 4.76% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 284 319 877
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,813 £70,625 £68,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +13.68%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,562 7,673 28,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 13.07% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,492 5,796 13,842
10th Percentile £37,750 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,290 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% +4.55% +10.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 October 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
England +31 419 £52,500 -4.55% 125
UK excluding London +72 363 £50,000 - 109
South East +56 147 £67,500 +28.57% 30
Work from Home -18 130 £52,500 -4.55% 83
London -11 79 £64,000 -1.54% 26
South West +60 77 £46,500 -11.43% 29
Midlands -37 58 £47,500 -5.00% 16
West Midlands -37 38 £55,000 +15.79% 13
North of England 0 34 £46,250 -7.50% 14
East of England -42 22 £45,000 - 15
Scotland +6 21 £32,500 -55.17% 5
Yorkshire +41 20 £37,500 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -19 20 £47,500 -9.52% 3
North West -33 14 £57,500 +22.34% 9
Wales +24 3 £67,500 +35.00% 5
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -

Visual Studio
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 62 (13.90%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.69%) CMS
3 10 (2.24%) IIS
4 9 (2.02%) Confluence
5 8 (1.79%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.67%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.45%) Apache
7 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.45%) Luigi
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.35%) Adobe XD
7 5 (1.12%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 19 (4.26%) Sage 200
1 19 (4.26%) Sage 50
2 17 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.02%) Maximo
4 6 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.12%) SDL Web 8
6 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 185 (41.48%) Azure
2 115 (25.78%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (13.00%) Power Platform
4 43 (9.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 36 (8.07%) Azure Service Bus
6 35 (7.85%) GitHub
7 33 (7.40%) SaaS
7 33 (7.40%) SonarCloud
8 28 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (5.16%) PowerApps
10 22 (4.93%) AWS
11 19 (4.26%) Serverless
12 17 (3.81%) Azure Functions
13 16 (3.59%) Power Automate
14 13 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 9 (2.02%) BrowserStack
17 8 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 8 (1.79%) Figma
18 7 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.79%) Link 16
1 8 (1.79%) Network Security
2 5 (1.12%) RS-232
2 5 (1.12%) RS-485
2 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.67%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.22%) 5G
4 1 (0.22%) DNS
4 1 (0.22%) Internet
4 1 (0.22%) MQTT
4 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (31.17%) SQL Server
2 37 (8.30%) Power BI
3 34 (7.62%) Elasticsearch
4 32 (7.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (6.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (3.59%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (2.69%) MySQL
10 11 (2.47%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (2.02%) Data Lake
11 9 (2.02%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.02%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 6 (1.35%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.12%) Oracle Database
14 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
15 4 (0.90%) SQLite
16 3 (0.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 107 (23.99%) Git
2 75 (16.82%) Team Foundation Server
3 50 (11.21%) JIRA
4 39 (8.74%) Octopus Deploy
5 34 (7.62%) MSBuild
6 29 (6.50%) Selenium
7 27 (6.05%) Jenkins
8 22 (4.93%) GitLab
9 21 (4.71%) NUnit
9 21 (4.71%) Postman
10 18 (4.04%) SoapUI
11 17 (3.81%) SpecFlow
12 15 (3.36%) Visual Studio Code
13 14 (3.14%) LabVIEW
14 13 (2.91%) NetBeans
15 9 (2.02%) Moq
15 9 (2.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 9 (2.02%) Visual Studio Team System
16 6 (1.35%) Browser DevTools
16 6 (1.35%) TeamCity
General
1 85 (19.06%) Social Skills
2 78 (17.49%) Finance
3 32 (7.17%) Avionics
4 31 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.05%) Manufacturing
6 26 (5.83%) Retail
7 24 (5.38%) Law
8 17 (3.81%) Marketing
9 14 (3.14%) Back Office
10 13 (2.91%) Games
10 13 (2.91%) Military
11 8 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.57%) Automotive
12 7 (1.57%) Electronics
13 6 (1.35%) Multimedia
13 6 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (45.96%) Developer
2 78 (17.49%) Senior
3 75 (16.82%) Architect
4 67 (15.02%) .NET Developer
5 51 (11.43%) C# Developer
5 51 (11.43%) Software Engineer
6 40 (8.97%) Senior Developer
7 34 (7.62%) Lead
8 31 (6.95%) .NET Software Developer
8 31 (6.95%) Technical Architect
9 28 (6.28%) C# .NET Developer
10 25 (5.61%) Software Developer
11 22 (4.93%) Software Architect
12 20 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (4.26%) Portal Developer
14 18 (4.04%) Senior C# Developer
15 17 (3.81%) Senior .NET Developer
15 17 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.59%) Consultant
16 16 (3.59%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (59.87%) .NET
2 123 (27.58%) .NET Framework
3 116 (26.01%) HTML
4 107 (23.99%) CSS
5 106 (23.77%) XML
6 101 (22.65%) ASP.NET
7 92 (20.63%) JSON
8 82 (18.39%) .NET Core
9 77 (17.26%) REST
10 47 (10.54%) Web Services
11 42 (9.42%) Entity Framework
12 41 (9.19%) SOAP
13 40 (8.97%) AngularJS
14 39 (8.74%) React
15 38 (8.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 35 (7.85%) jQuery
17 33 (7.40%) gRPC
18 30 (6.73%) HTML5
19 28 (6.28%) RESTful
20 25 (5.61%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.95%) Mobile App
2 16 (3.59%) PropTech
3 12 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.79%) Legacy Code
6 8 (1.79%) PMI
7 7 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.12%) Acoustics
9 5 (1.12%) IoT
9 5 (1.12%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.12%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.90%) Arduino
10 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.90%) Robotics
11 3 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.67%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (0.67%) SCADA
11 3 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (9.64%) Linux
2 27 (6.05%) Windows
3 6 (1.35%) Android
3 6 (1.35%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.67%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (45.29%) Agile
2 171 (38.34%) DevOps
3 127 (28.48%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (21.30%) Software Engineering
5 77 (17.26%) MVC
6 63 (14.13%) CI/CD
7 61 (13.68%) Test Automation
8 59 (13.23%) Scrum
9 58 (13.00%) Design Patterns
10 55 (12.33%) Software Testing
11 52 (11.66%) Computer Science
12 50 (11.21%) Microservices
13 48 (10.76%) API Integration
14 47 (10.54%) Physics
15 44 (9.87%) ETL
15 44 (9.87%) SDLC
16 43 (9.64%) Unit Testing
17 42 (9.42%) SOLID
18 39 (8.74%) Code Quality
18 39 (8.74%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 305 (68.39%) C#
2 240 (53.81%) SQL
3 132 (29.60%) JavaScript
4 80 (17.94%) C++
5 63 (14.13%) C
6 57 (12.78%) Python
7 47 (10.54%) T-SQL
8 35 (7.85%) Fortran
9 23 (5.16%) Java
9 23 (5.16%) TypeScript
10 21 (4.71%) PowerShell
11 16 (3.59%) VB.NET
12 14 (3.14%) MATLAB
12 14 (3.14%) VB
13 13 (2.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.79%) Assembly Language
15 7 (1.57%) PHP
16 5 (1.12%) R
16 5 (1.12%) XPath
17 3 (0.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 135 (30.27%) Degree
2 48 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.24%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.02%) ISEB
8 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (0.90%) HND
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.22%) ACCA
11 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.22%) CIMA
11 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.62%) GDPR
2 15 (3.36%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.14%) QA
4 13 (2.91%) ISO 9001
5 8 (1.79%) TickIT
6 5 (1.12%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.12%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.67%) PMO
8 2 (0.45%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (8.52%) Docker
2 8 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
3 3 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.02%) HP ALM
2 8 (1.79%) Ansible
3 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 179 (40.13%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.85%) Oracle
3 19 (4.26%) Sage
4 13 (2.91%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.69%) Adobe
6 10 (2.24%) ESRI
7 9 (2.02%) HP
7 9 (2.02%) IBM
8 6 (1.35%) OpenText
8 6 (1.35%) Siebel
9 5 (1.12%) Cognizant
9 5 (1.12%) Databricks
10 4 (0.90%) EMC
10 4 (0.90%) Google
10 4 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.67%) Pardot
11 3 (0.67%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.67%) VMware
12 2 (0.45%) Facebook
12 2 (0.45%) Twitter