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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 352 420
Rank change year-on-year -92 +68 -49
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 287 809 729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.81% 0.72%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.73% 8.48% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 254 665 534
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,198
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.42% +0.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £83,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -2.91%

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 6,062 9,536 14,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.95% 9.61% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,740 6,711 8,858
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 13 May 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 13 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
UK excluding London -71 232 £52,500 +5.00% 156
England -146 224 £53,094 +6.19% 166
Work from Home -12 155 £60,000 +14.29% 191
South East +5 77 £65,000 +20.37% 50
Scotland +122 43 £55,000 -10.57% 10
South West +11 39 £46,500 -2.11% 14
Midlands +10 37 £53,688 +19.31% 28
London +10 34 £70,000 +16.67% 28
West Midlands +9 20 £54,344 +14.41% 15
East Midlands +12 17 £52,500 +27.27% 13
East of England -13 17 £45,000 +26.76% 19
North of England -19 17 £55,000 +15.79% 34
Yorkshire +69 9 £57,500 +15.00% 9
North West -49 6 £52,500 +15.07% 23
North East +40 2 £55,000 - 2
Wales +27 2 £60,716 +3.35% 6

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 17 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.44%) Confluence
3 3 (1.05%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.05%) CMS
3 3 (1.05%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (1.05%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.70%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Luigi
Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.39%) Trello
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.35%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.35%) InVision
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (5.57%) Sage 200
1 16 (5.57%) Sage 50
2 10 (3.48%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.70%) Eikon
4 2 (0.70%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 142 (49.48%) Azure
2 64 (22.30%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (19.51%) Power Platform
4 42 (14.63%) GitHub
5 40 (13.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 40 (13.94%) Azure Service Bus
6 33 (11.50%) SonarCloud
7 31 (10.80%) Dynamics 365
8 22 (7.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 21 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (5.92%) SaaS
11 16 (5.57%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (5.23%) Azure Functions
12 15 (5.23%) Serverless
13 13 (4.53%) AWS
14 8 (2.79%) PowerApps
15 7 (2.44%) Azure API Management
15 7 (2.44%) Figma
15 7 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
16 5 (1.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.79%) 5G
1 8 (2.79%) SD-WAN
1 8 (2.79%) WAN
2 4 (1.39%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (38.33%) SQL Server
2 46 (16.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 36 (12.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 33 (11.50%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (10.80%) Power BI
6 16 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.57%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (3.48%) MongoDB
8 10 (3.48%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.14%) DB2
9 9 (3.14%) MySQL
10 8 (2.79%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.74%) Power Query
12 4 (1.39%) Biml
12 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (1.05%) SQLite
14 2 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
15 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 70 (24.39%) Git
2 49 (17.07%) JIRA
3 41 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 36 (12.54%) MSBuild
5 33 (11.50%) Octopus Deploy
6 21 (7.32%) Jenkins
7 15 (5.23%) Visual Studio Code
8 11 (3.83%) Postman
9 9 (3.14%) Selenium
9 9 (3.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (1.74%) Fiddler
10 5 (1.74%) GitLab
10 5 (1.74%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.39%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.39%) WiX
12 3 (1.05%) NUnit
12 3 (1.05%) webpack
13 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.70%) git-flow
13 2 (0.70%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 51 (17.77%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.72%) Finance
3 46 (16.03%) Retail
4 27 (9.41%) Avionics
4 27 (9.41%) Manufacturing
5 23 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.57%) Marketing
7 15 (5.23%) Law
8 11 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.44%) Automotive
10 6 (2.09%) Banking
10 6 (2.09%) Electronics
10 6 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.39%) Local Government
12 3 (1.05%) Billing
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.70%) Front Office
13 2 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 126 (43.90%) Developer
2 87 (30.31%) Senior
3 50 (17.42%) Architect
4 47 (16.38%) .NET Developer
5 37 (12.89%) Software Engineer
6 35 (12.20%) C# Developer
7 33 (11.50%) Technical Architect
8 22 (7.67%) C# .NET Developer
8 22 (7.67%) Senior Developer
9 20 (6.97%) Portal Developer
10 19 (6.62%) .NET Software Developer
11 17 (5.92%) Analyst
12 15 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (4.18%) C++ Software Engineer
15 10 (3.48%) Java Developer
15 10 (3.48%) Senior Java Developer
15 10 (3.48%) Senior Software Architect
15 10 (3.48%) Senior Systems Architect
15 10 (3.48%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (62.72%) .NET
2 88 (30.66%) .NET Framework
3 81 (28.22%) CSS
4 76 (26.48%) JSON
5 74 (25.78%) ASP.NET
5 74 (25.78%) HTML
6 60 (20.91%) .NET Core
6 60 (20.91%) XML
7 55 (19.16%) REST
8 42 (14.63%) Bootstrap
9 36 (12.54%) React
10 33 (11.50%) gRPC
11 22 (7.67%) HTML5
12 20 (6.97%) jQuery
13 19 (6.62%) ASP.NET Web API
13 19 (6.62%) React Native
14 18 (6.27%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (5.57%) AngularJS
15 16 (5.57%) Entity Framework
16 15 (5.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.36%) Mobile App
2 15 (5.23%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (4.88%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.79%) GNSS
5 8 (2.79%) Self-Driving Car
6 7 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.09%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.09%) Distributed Architecture
7 6 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.09%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.74%) Replication
9 4 (1.39%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.39%) Social Media
9 4 (1.39%) Wiki
10 3 (1.05%) EPoS
10 3 (1.05%) NHS
11 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.89%) Linux
2 34 (11.85%) Windows
3 4 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (34.84%) DevOps
2 90 (31.36%) Agile
3 64 (22.30%) MVC
4 61 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (20.91%) Microservices
6 56 (19.51%) Software Engineering
7 44 (15.33%) Design Patterns
8 43 (14.98%) Event-Driven
9 41 (14.29%) API Integration
9 41 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 41 (14.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 40 (13.94%) Mathematics
11 38 (13.24%) User Experience
12 37 (12.89%) OO
13 36 (12.54%) Code Quality
14 35 (12.20%) Performance Optimisation
15 34 (11.85%) Performance Testing
16 33 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (11.50%) Project Management
16 33 (11.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 180 (62.72%) C#
2 161 (56.10%) SQL
3 95 (33.10%) JavaScript
4 58 (20.21%) C
5 47 (16.38%) C++
6 30 (10.45%) T-SQL
7 24 (8.36%) Java
8 21 (7.32%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.18%) VB.NET
10 10 (3.48%) Python
10 10 (3.48%) X++
11 9 (3.14%) PL/SQL
12 8 (2.79%) Bash
13 6 (2.09%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.74%) VB
15 4 (1.39%) Perl
16 3 (1.05%) Delphi
16 3 (1.05%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.35%) Fortran
17 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (21.25%) Degree
2 6 (2.09%) Azure Certification
2 6 (2.09%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.05%) HND
4 3 (1.05%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.35%) ACCA
6 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.35%) PhD
6 1 (0.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.50%) GDPR
2 13 (4.53%) QA
3 8 (2.79%) PMO
4 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.70%) HAZOP
4 2 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (15.68%) Docker
2 5 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 131 (45.64%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.57%) Sage
3 9 (3.14%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.44%) SolarWinds
5 6 (2.09%) Oracle
6 4 (1.39%) Google
6 4 (1.39%) Intel
7 3 (1.05%) Aderant
7 3 (1.05%) Borland
7 3 (1.05%) EMC
7 3 (1.05%) Optimizely
7 3 (1.05%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.70%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.70%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.70%) Reuters
9 1 (0.35%) Adobe
9 1 (0.35%) Genesys
9 1 (0.35%) Murex
9 1 (0.35%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.35%) Salesforce