Hybrid/Remote Visual Studio Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Visual Studio skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 368 337
Rank change year-on-year -1 -31 +14
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 52 130 191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.55% 0.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.52% 5.28% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 49 108 172
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,719 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,875 £73,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Visual Studio 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 1,478 2,461 3,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.07% 10.50% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,475 3,141
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,965 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% -10.82% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

Visual Studio
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Visual Studio trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Visual Studio
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

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

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Visual Studio salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.77%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (61.54%) Azure
2 22 (42.31%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (32.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 17 (32.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 14 (26.92%) SonarCloud
5 10 (19.23%) Power Platform
6 7 (13.46%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (7.69%) Power Automate
7 4 (7.69%) SaaS
8 3 (5.77%) Azure App Service
8 3 (5.77%) Azure Functions
8 3 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (5.77%) GitHub
8 3 (5.77%) PowerApps
8 3 (5.77%) Serverless
9 2 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.92%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.92%) RS-232
1 1 (1.92%) RS-422
1 1 (1.92%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.85%) SQL Server
2 14 (26.92%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (17.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (5.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.92%) MySQL
6 1 (1.92%) Power BI
6 1 (1.92%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 19 (36.54%) Git
2 15 (28.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (26.92%) MSBuild
3 14 (26.92%) Octopus Deploy
4 6 (11.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (7.69%) JIRA
5 4 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (5.77%) JMeter
6 3 (5.77%) Postman
6 3 (5.77%) Selenium
7 1 (1.92%) Balsamiq
7 1 (1.92%) GitLab
7 1 (1.92%) IntelliJ
7 1 (1.92%) PyCharm
7 1 (1.92%) WiX
General
1 19 (36.54%) Retail
2 14 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.00%) Finance
4 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Front Office
7 1 (1.92%) Games
7 1 (1.92%) iGaming
7 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Developer
2 17 (32.69%) Architect
3 15 (28.85%) Senior
4 14 (26.92%) Technical Architect
5 13 (25.00%) Senior Developer
6 9 (17.31%) Java Developer
6 9 (17.31%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (13.46%) C# Developer
8 6 (11.54%) .NET Developer
8 6 (11.54%) C++ Developer
8 6 (11.54%) C++/Java Developer
8 6 (11.54%) Senior C++ Developer
9 5 (9.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (7.69%) Consultant
10 4 (7.69%) Software Developer
11 3 (5.77%) Azure Developer
11 3 (5.77%) C# .NET Developer
11 3 (5.77%) Digital Developer
11 3 (5.77%) Lead Developer
11 3 (5.77%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (55.77%) .NET
2 23 (44.23%) HTML
3 22 (42.31%) CSS
4 19 (36.54%) ASP.NET
5 17 (32.69%) REST
6 16 (30.77%) Bootstrap
7 15 (28.85%) JSON
7 15 (28.85%) XML
8 14 (26.92%) gRPC
9 8 (15.38%) .NET Core
9 8 (15.38%) .NET Framework
10 6 (11.54%) MFC
11 5 (9.62%) RESTful
12 4 (7.69%) React
12 4 (7.69%) SOAP
13 3 (5.77%) Entity Framework
13 3 (5.77%) GraphQL
13 3 (5.77%) HTML5
13 3 (5.77%) Swagger
13 3 (5.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Virtual Team
2 3 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (5.77%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.92%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.92%) Derivative
4 1 (1.92%) NHS
4 1 (1.92%) Replication
4 1 (1.92%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) DevOps
2 28 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (36.54%) Microservices
4 18 (34.62%) MVC
5 17 (32.69%) Event-Driven
5 17 (32.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 17 (32.69%) Performance Testing
6 15 (28.85%) API Integration
6 15 (28.85%) Code Quality
7 14 (26.92%) Data Encryption
7 14 (26.92%) Design Patterns
7 14 (26.92%) Performance Optimisation
7 14 (26.92%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (21.15%) Agile
9 8 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (15.38%) Scrum
10 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
10 7 (13.46%) Clean Code
11 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
11 6 (11.54%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 37 (71.15%) C#
2 25 (48.08%) SQL
3 21 (40.38%) JavaScript
4 12 (23.08%) C++
5 10 (19.23%) Java
6 9 (17.31%) C
7 6 (11.54%) X++
8 4 (7.69%) T-SQL
9 3 (5.77%) TypeScript
10 2 (3.85%) Python
11 1 (1.92%) Bash
11 1 (1.92%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.92%) ACCA
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (26.92%) GDPR
2 5 (9.62%) QA
3 3 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.77%) WCAG
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (26.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Ansible
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.92%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.92%) IONA
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle
3 1 (1.92%) Telerik