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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 169 162
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +58
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 9 30 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.76% 1.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.64% 9.52% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 55
10th Percentile - £37,875 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £39,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,594 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +16.88% -7.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £52,750 £59,425 £70,500
England median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%

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 194 315 448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.34% 8.00% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 143 169 404
10th Percentile - £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £49,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £75,000 £83,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -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
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 13 February 2026. 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
Birmingham +18 8 £50,000 -6.98%
Worcestershire - 1 £52,500 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Figma
1 8 (88.89%) GitHub
1 8 (88.89%) GitHub Copilot
1 8 (88.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Bluetooth
1 1 (11.11%) RFID
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Designer
1 6 (66.67%) UX Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Blazor Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (22.22%) UX Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) .NET
1 8 (88.89%) Blazor
1 8 (88.89%) Material Design
1 8 (88.89%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) FPGA
2 1 (11.11%) PCIe
2 1 (11.11%) Photography
2 1 (11.11%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) AI
1 8 (88.89%) CRM
1 8 (88.89%) Data Integration
1 8 (88.89%) Front End Development
1 8 (88.89%) Interaction Design
1 8 (88.89%) Responsive Web Design
1 8 (88.89%) User Experience
1 8 (88.89%) User Stories
1 8 (88.89%) UX Design
1 8 (88.89%) Wireframes
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) Accessibility
1 8 (88.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware