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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 400 524
Rank change year-on-year +14 +124 +90
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio Code 14 11 50
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.076% 0.077% 0.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.04% 0.58% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 38
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,850 £25,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +7.14% -19.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,563 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,878 £77,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% +19.05% -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 1,345 1,909 3,761
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.33% 13.40% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 873 1,301 3,019
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £91,934
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 7 May 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Apache Spark
1 1 (7.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) GitHub
3 6 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (7.14%) Azure AI
6 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
6 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
6 1 (7.14%) SaaS
6 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Big Data
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Jasmine
2 2 (14.29%) NUnit
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) TeamCity
2 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Azure Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 8 (57.14%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Backend Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Business Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) ARM Templates
1 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 2 (14.29%) OpenID
1 2 (14.29%) REST
1 2 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (7.14%) PySpark
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Private Cloud
1 9 (64.29%) Public Cloud
2 6 (42.86%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
1 9 (64.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 9 (64.29%) Infrastructure Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (42.86%) Business Continuity
3 6 (42.86%) Change Management
3 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (42.86%) Impact Assessments
3 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) AI
6 2 (14.29%) Microservices
6 2 (14.29%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) Python
2 9 (64.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (14.29%) Bicep
3 2 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) SQL
4 1 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Azure Certification
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) Kubernetes
2 11 (78.57%) Terraform
3 9 (64.29%) Ansible
4 6 (42.86%) Packer
5 2 (14.29%) MIIS
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) EMC
2 6 (42.86%) F5
2 6 (42.86%) Palo Alto
2 6 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) Foundry