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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 392 527
Rank change year-on-year +15 +135 +103
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 15 16 50
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.084% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.13% 0.91% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 38
10th Percentile £54,875 £51,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £63,125 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +9.52% -19.23%
75th Percentile £84,375 £75,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £90,000 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -46.43% +33.33% -12.50%

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 1,327 1,767 3,803
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.41% 13.20% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 870 1,315 3,067
10th Percentile £41,188 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,875 £110,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 23 April 2026.

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) GitHub
3 5 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (20.00%) Azure AI
5 3 (20.00%) Azure AKS
5 3 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (13.33%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
7 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
7 1 (6.67%) SaaS
7 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Git
2 2 (13.33%) Jasmine
2 2 (13.33%) NUnit
2 2 (13.33%) Selenium
2 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
2 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Python Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Business Developer
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Backend Developer
6 1 (6.67%) DevOps Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) REST
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) ARM Templates
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (13.33%) OpenID
2 2 (13.33%) RESTful
2 2 (13.33%) Web Services
3 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Public Cloud
2 8 (53.33%) Private Cloud
3 4 (26.67%) CMDB
4 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
5 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Linux
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) CI/CD
2 8 (53.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 8 (53.33%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (40.00%) DevOps
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 4 (26.67%) AI
5 4 (26.67%) Business Continuity
5 4 (26.67%) Change Management
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (26.67%) Information Security
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (20.00%) Agile
7 2 (13.33%) Data Privacy
7 2 (13.33%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Python
2 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
3 3 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (13.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Azure Certification
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) Docker
3 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (86.67%) Kubernetes
2 10 (66.67%) Terraform
3 8 (53.33%) Ansible
4 4 (26.67%) Packer
5 2 (13.33%) MIIS
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 4 (26.67%) EMC
2 4 (26.67%) F5
2 4 (26.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 4 (26.67%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) Foundry