Visual Studio Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Visual Studio
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 177 140
Rank change year-on-year +13 -37 +111
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 3 37 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.091% 0.69% 1.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.29% 11.35% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 43
10th Percentile £47,625 £39,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £53,438 £45,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,438 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,875 £58,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 233 326 312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.04% 6.06% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 148 143 258
10th Percentile £30,500 £37,550 £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
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Visual Studio job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Visual Studio
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the West Midlands

Visual Studio
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Warwickshire +39 1 - -
Coventry +7 1 £47,500 +21.79%
Staffordshire -3 1 £85,000 +51.11%
Visual Studio
England

Visual Studio
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) Blazor
2 1 (33.33%) DOM
2 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) WPF
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) MVVM
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Prism
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle