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 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 404 348 425
Rank change year-on-year -56 +77 -55
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 303 803 770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.82% 0.74%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.51% 8.39% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 268 667 569
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £79,063 £63,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 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
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 30 April 2025.

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 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
UK excluding London -37 241 £52,500 +5.00% 137
England -89 239 £54,344 +8.69% 146
Work from Home +57 166 £60,000 +14.29% 97
South East +34 86 £64,500 +19.44% 43
Scotland +126 44 £55,000 -10.57% 12
London +21 40 £70,000 +16.67% 19
South West +10 40 £46,500 -2.11% 13
Midlands +3 36 £53,688 +19.31% 22
West Midlands +15 20 £53,688 +16.89% 12
North of England +16 17 £55,000 +15.79% 34
East Midlands +26 16 £52,500 +31.25% 10
East of England +4 16 £45,000 +26.76% 10
Yorkshire +67 9 £57,500 +15.00% 9
North West -27 6 £52,500 +16.67% 25
North East +47 2 £55,000 -
Wales +28 2 £60,716 +3.35% 3

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 19 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.31%) Confluence
3 3 (0.99%) Apache Solr
3 3 (0.99%) CMS
3 3 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.99%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Luigi
Applications
1 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.32%) Trello
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.33%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.33%) InVision
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (5.94%) Sage 200
1 18 (5.94%) Sage 50
2 11 (3.63%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.66%) Eikon
4 2 (0.66%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 147 (48.51%) Azure
2 66 (21.78%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (17.82%) Power Platform
4 50 (16.50%) GitHub
5 42 (13.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 42 (13.86%) Azure Service Bus
6 35 (11.55%) SonarCloud
7 30 (9.90%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (8.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (7.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 17 (5.61%) SaaS
11 16 (5.28%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (4.95%) Azure Functions
12 15 (4.95%) Serverless
13 12 (3.96%) AWS
14 8 (2.64%) PowerApps
15 7 (2.31%) Azure API Management
15 7 (2.31%) Figma
15 7 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
16 5 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.64%) 5G
1 8 (2.64%) SD-WAN
1 8 (2.64%) WAN
2 5 (1.65%) Network Security
3 4 (1.32%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (37.29%) SQL Server
2 46 (15.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 38 (12.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (11.55%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (9.90%) Power BI
6 18 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (5.28%) Relational Database
8 15 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (4.29%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.30%) MongoDB
10 10 (3.30%) NoSQL
10 10 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (2.97%) DB2
11 9 (2.97%) MySQL
12 5 (1.65%) Power Query
13 4 (1.32%) Biml
13 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.99%) SQLite
15 2 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
16 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 74 (24.42%) Git
2 54 (17.82%) JIRA
3 43 (14.19%) Team Foundation Server
4 38 (12.54%) MSBuild
5 35 (11.55%) Octopus Deploy
6 23 (7.59%) Jenkins
7 19 (6.27%) Visual Studio Code
8 11 (3.63%) Postman
9 9 (2.97%) Selenium
10 8 (2.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (1.65%) Fiddler
11 5 (1.65%) GitLab
11 5 (1.65%) TeamCity
12 4 (1.32%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.32%) WiX
13 3 (0.99%) NUnit
13 3 (0.99%) webpack
14 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.66%) git-flow
14 2 (0.66%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 57 (18.81%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.83%) Finance
3 47 (15.51%) Retail
4 27 (8.91%) Avionics
4 27 (8.91%) Manufacturing
5 23 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.28%) Marketing
7 15 (4.95%) Law
8 11 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.31%) Automotive
10 6 (1.98%) Banking
10 6 (1.98%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.32%) Electronics
11 4 (1.32%) Local Government
12 3 (0.99%) Billing
12 3 (0.99%) Police
13 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.66%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 142 (46.86%) Developer
2 90 (29.70%) Senior
3 52 (17.16%) Architect
4 51 (16.83%) .NET Developer
5 39 (12.87%) C# Developer
5 39 (12.87%) Software Engineer
6 35 (11.55%) Technical Architect
7 23 (7.59%) C# .NET Developer
8 22 (7.26%) Portal Developer
8 22 (7.26%) Senior Developer
9 21 (6.93%) .NET Software Developer
9 21 (6.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (5.61%) Analyst
11 15 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (4.29%) C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (3.96%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 11 (3.63%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 10 (3.30%) Senior Java Developer
15 10 (3.30%) Senior Systems Architect
15 10 (3.30%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (65.02%) .NET
2 97 (32.01%) .NET Framework
3 90 (29.70%) CSS
4 84 (27.72%) HTML
5 81 (26.73%) ASP.NET
5 81 (26.73%) JSON
6 69 (22.77%) .NET Core
7 65 (21.45%) XML
8 57 (18.81%) REST
9 44 (14.52%) Bootstrap
10 39 (12.87%) React
11 35 (11.55%) gRPC
12 29 (9.57%) HTML5
13 23 (7.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 22 (7.26%) jQuery
15 21 (6.93%) React Native
16 20 (6.60%) ASP.NET Web API
17 17 (5.61%) Web Services
18 16 (5.28%) AngularJS
18 16 (5.28%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.58%) Mobile App
2 16 (5.28%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (4.95%) Algorithms
4 8 (2.64%) GNSS
4 8 (2.64%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.64%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (2.31%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.98%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
6 6 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.65%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.32%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.32%) Replication
8 4 (1.32%) Social Media
8 4 (1.32%) Wiki
9 3 (0.99%) EPoS
9 3 (0.99%) NHS
10 2 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.88%) Linux
2 35 (11.55%) Windows
3 5 (1.65%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (34.32%) DevOps
2 96 (31.68%) Agile
3 72 (23.76%) MVC
4 68 (22.44%) Microservices
5 62 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (18.81%) Software Engineering
7 47 (15.51%) Design Patterns
8 45 (14.85%) Event-Driven
9 44 (14.52%) CI/CD
10 43 (14.19%) API Integration
10 43 (14.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 40 (13.20%) Mathematics
12 38 (12.54%) Code Quality
12 38 (12.54%) OO
12 38 (12.54%) User Experience
13 37 (12.21%) Performance Optimisation
14 36 (11.88%) Performance Testing
15 35 (11.55%) Data Encryption
15 35 (11.55%) Project Management
16 33 (10.89%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 196 (64.69%) C#
2 175 (57.76%) SQL
3 100 (33.00%) JavaScript
4 56 (18.48%) C
5 46 (15.18%) C++
6 32 (10.56%) T-SQL
7 25 (8.25%) Java
8 21 (6.93%) TypeScript
9 15 (4.95%) Python
10 13 (4.29%) VB.NET
11 9 (2.97%) PL/SQL
11 9 (2.97%) X++
12 8 (2.64%) Bash
13 6 (1.98%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.65%) VB
15 4 (1.32%) Perl
16 3 (0.99%) Delphi
16 3 (0.99%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.33%) Fortran
17 1 (0.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 62 (20.46%) Degree
2 6 (1.98%) Azure Certification
2 6 (1.98%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.32%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.99%) HND
6 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.66%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) ACCA
7 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.55%) GDPR
2 15 (4.95%) QA
3 8 (2.64%) PMO
4 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.66%) HAZOP
4 2 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (15.51%) Docker
2 6 (1.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 137 (45.21%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.94%) Sage
3 9 (2.97%) Google
3 9 (2.97%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.31%) Oracle
4 7 (2.31%) SolarWinds
5 4 (1.32%) Intel
6 3 (0.99%) Aderant
6 3 (0.99%) Borland
6 3 (0.99%) EMC
6 3 (0.99%) Optimizely
6 3 (0.99%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.66%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.66%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.66%) Reuters
8 1 (0.33%) ESRI
8 1 (0.33%) Facebook
8 1 (0.33%) IFS
8 1 (0.33%) Pardot
8 1 (0.33%) Workday