Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 73 | 79 | 87 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +8 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Wales | 0.18% | 0.43% | 0.59% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 3.64% | 3.23% | 4.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £50,650 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £56,500 | £45,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £67,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.85% | +35.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £33,750 | £70,841 | £53,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £34,500 | £72,095 | £54,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.77% | -0.95% | -4.55% |
All Development Application Skills
Wales
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 in Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 55 | 124 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 5.07% | 13.43% | 14.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 46 | 89 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £23,750 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,375 | £31,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £42,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -22.73% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £65,000 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,250 | £68,750 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | - |
Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Visual Studio
Salary Trend in Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Visual Studio.
Visual Studio
Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | -2 | 1 | £30,000 | -55.56% | 3 |
| West Wales | - | 1 | £35,000 | - | |
| Visual Studio UK |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: