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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 382 500
Rank change year-on-year +1 +118 +163
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 12 18 45
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.071% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.93% 0.93% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 36
10th Percentile £62,750 £51,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £65,938 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £75,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £79,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +19.05% -4.55%

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 1,293 1,945 3,728
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.61% 14.91% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 817 1,316 3,108
10th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,649 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.25%
75th Percentile £75,900 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £92,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 24 March 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 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) GitHub
3 5 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 2 (16.67%) Azure AI
5 2 (16.67%) Azure AKS
5 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (16.67%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (8.33%) SaaS
6 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Git
2 2 (16.67%) Jasmine
2 2 (16.67%) NUnit
2 2 (16.67%) Selenium
2 2 (16.67%) TeamCity
2 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Azure Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Business Developer
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps Platform Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Python Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) REST
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) ARM Templates
2 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) OpenID
2 2 (16.67%) RESTful
2 2 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Public Cloud
2 6 (50.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (25.00%) CMDB
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
5 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
1 6 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 7 (58.33%) DevOps
3 6 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (25.00%) AI
5 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (16.67%) Microservices
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) Docker
3 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (83.33%) Kubernetes
2 8 (66.67%) Terraform
3 6 (50.00%) Ansible
4 3 (25.00%) Packer
5 2 (16.67%) MIIS
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) EMC
2 3 (25.00%) F5
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Foundry