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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 319 319
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 23 142 180
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.72% 0.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.96% 6.11% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 114 152
10th Percentile £42,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £54,344 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.01% -1.19% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £83,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 1,172 2,324 3,268
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.63% 11.77% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 815 1,285 2,743
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,767 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Visual Studio and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Visual Studio job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Visual Studio
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Visual Studio salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Visual Studio
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 7 (30.43%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) CMS
2 1 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.04%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 15 (65.22%) Azure
2 12 (52.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 9 (39.13%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (39.13%) Azure Service Bus
4 6 (26.09%) GitHub
4 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
4 6 (26.09%) SonarCloud
5 3 (13.04%) Azure App Service
5 3 (13.04%) Azure Functions
5 3 (13.04%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (13.04%) GCP
5 3 (13.04%) Google Analytics
5 3 (13.04%) Google Data Studio
5 3 (13.04%) Google Sheets
5 3 (13.04%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (13.04%) PaaS
5 3 (13.04%) Power Automate
5 3 (13.04%) PowerApps
5 3 (13.04%) Serverless
6 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
1 1 (4.35%) RS-232
1 1 (4.35%) RS-422
1 1 (4.35%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (26.09%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.04%) NoSQL
3 3 (13.04%) Power BI
3 3 (13.04%) Power Query
4 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Git
2 8 (34.78%) JIRA
3 6 (26.09%) MSBuild
3 6 (26.09%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (26.09%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (13.04%) JMeter
4 3 (13.04%) Postman
4 3 (13.04%) Selenium
4 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (4.35%) GitLab
General
1 9 (39.13%) Retail
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Marketing
3 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Front Office
5 1 (4.35%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) iGaming
5 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Architect
2 6 (26.09%) Technical Architect
3 4 (17.39%) .NET Developer
3 4 (17.39%) C# Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Azure Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Digital Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Lead
4 3 (13.04%) Lead Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) React Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior React Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (69.57%) .NET
2 13 (56.52%) HTML
3 12 (52.17%) CSS
4 10 (43.48%) ASP.NET
5 9 (39.13%) JSON
6 7 (30.43%) .NET Core
6 7 (30.43%) Bootstrap
6 7 (30.43%) REST
7 6 (26.09%) gRPC
7 6 (26.09%) XML
8 5 (21.74%) .NET Framework
8 5 (21.74%) RESTful
9 4 (17.39%) React
10 3 (13.04%) GraphQL
10 3 (13.04%) Node.js
10 3 (13.04%) Nuxt
10 3 (13.04%) OpenAPI
10 3 (13.04%) Swagger
10 3 (13.04%) Vue
11 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
1 3 (13.04%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Mobile App
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
1 3 (13.04%) Social Media
2 1 (4.35%) Acoustics
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) Derivative
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) DevOps
1 10 (43.48%) Microservices
2 9 (39.13%) Event-Driven
2 9 (39.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 9 (39.13%) Performance Testing
2 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 8 (34.78%) MVC
4 7 (30.43%) Code Quality
4 7 (30.43%) Kanban
5 6 (26.09%) API Integration
5 6 (26.09%) Data Encryption
5 6 (26.09%) Design Patterns
5 6 (26.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (26.09%) Performance Optimisation
5 6 (26.09%) Scrum
5 6 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (21.74%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
6 5 (21.74%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (82.61%) C#
2 16 (69.57%) SQL
3 13 (56.52%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.35%) C
5 1 (4.35%) C++
5 1 (4.35%) Embedded C
5 1 (4.35%) Python
5 1 (4.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) GDPR
2 4 (17.39%) QA
3 3 (13.04%) Accessibility
3 3 (13.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Dynatrace
2 3 (13.04%) Google
2 3 (13.04%) Mercator
3 1 (4.35%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.35%) IONA
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle