Hybrid/Remote Visual Studio Code Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Visual Studio Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 444 443
Rank change year-on-year +85 -1 +264
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 13 23 27
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.086% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.15% 0.97% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile - £45,450 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.30% +31.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £69,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,875 £90,580
UK median annual salary £80,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +49.53% +1.90% -11.80%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,133 2,381 3,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.47% 12.23% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 767 1,342 2,707
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Visual Studio Code
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio Code and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Visual Studio Code job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Visual Studio Code
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Visual Studio Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Visual Studio Code over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Visual Studio Code salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Visual Studio Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) GitHub
2 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
3 5 (38.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (23.08%) Azure AI
5 3 (23.08%) Azure AKS
5 3 (23.08%) Azure App Service
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Functions
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (23.08%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (23.08%) Power Automate
5 3 (23.08%) PowerApps
5 3 (23.08%) Serverless
6 2 (15.38%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (23.08%) NoSQL
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 3 (23.08%) JMeter
2 3 (23.08%) Postman
2 3 (23.08%) Selenium
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (46.15%) Retail
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Business Developer
5 3 (23.08%) .NET Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Digital Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Python Developer
5 3 (23.08%) React Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior React Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps Platform Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) React
2 4 (30.77%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) .NET Core
3 3 (23.08%) CSS
3 3 (23.08%) GraphQL
3 3 (23.08%) HTML
3 3 (23.08%) Node.js
3 3 (23.08%) Nuxt
3 3 (23.08%) OpenAPI
3 3 (23.08%) RESTful
3 3 (23.08%) Swagger
3 3 (23.08%) Vue
4 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Native
2 5 (38.46%) Public Cloud
3 3 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
3 3 (23.08%) Private Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 6 (46.15%) SDLC
3 5 (38.46%) Clean Code
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) AI
5 3 (23.08%) API Design
5 3 (23.08%) API Development
5 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
5 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Event-Driven
5 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
5 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Mobile First
5 3 (23.08%) Observability
5 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (23.08%) Scrum
5 3 (23.08%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 5 (38.46%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
1 3 (23.08%) QA
1 3 (23.08%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Kubernetes
2 3 (23.08%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Dynatrace
2 3 (23.08%) Foundry