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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 396 458
Rank change year-on-year -56 +62 +28
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 19 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.075% 0.067% 0.059%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.16% 0.78% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 6
10th Percentile £53,375 £59,700 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,625 £60,000 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £74,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.01% +41.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £92,188
90th Percentile £80,750 £83,250 £95,625
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +22.73% +4.76%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,632 1,419 2,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.44% 8.67% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 827 1,252
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,625 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 17 October 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 table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Git57.9%11
2Bitbucket15.8%3
2Jenkins15.8%3
4Claude Code10.5%2
4Cypress.io10.5%2
6git-flow5.3%1
6GitLab5.3%1
6PyCharm5.3%1
6Visual Studio5.3%1