Visual Studio Code Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 195 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 2 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.32% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.86% 5.30% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £41,500 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.52% +28.57% -11.80%

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 233 321 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.00% 5.95% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 148 139 259
10th Percentile £30,350 £37,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Visual Studio Code job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Visual Studio Code
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Visual Studio Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Kingswinford - 1 £60,000 -
Visual Studio Code
England

Visual Studio Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft