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 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 371 261 302
Rank change year-on-year -110 +41 +32
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 29 159 322
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 1.12% 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.16% 8.33% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25 138 285
10th Percentile £42,200 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,706 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £53,750 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £66,650 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.25%

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 1,345 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
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 7 May 2026.

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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (31.03%) GitHub
4 8 (27.59%) Figma
4 8 (27.59%) GitHub Copilot
4 8 (27.59%) SaaS
5 7 (24.14%) Power Platform
6 4 (13.79%) Azure API Management
6 4 (13.79%) Azure App Service
6 4 (13.79%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
7 2 (6.90%) AWS
7 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (3.45%) ChatGPT
8 1 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Bluetooth
1 2 (6.90%) RFID
1 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (6.90%) Wireless
2 1 (3.45%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.24%) Power BI
2 5 (17.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.90%) Power Query
5 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) NUnit
1 4 (13.79%) Selenium
2 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
2 2 (6.90%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) Jasmine
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) JMeter
2 2 (6.90%) Postman
2 2 (6.90%) REST Assured
2 2 (6.90%) Serenity BDD
2 2 (6.90%) SpecFlow
2 2 (6.90%) TeamCity
2 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (6.90%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.45%) dotTrace
3 1 (3.45%) GDB
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) WinDbg
General
1 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Publishing
3 2 (6.90%) Electronics
3 2 (6.90%) Law
3 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Senior
3 6 (20.69%) Designer
3 6 (20.69%) UX Designer
4 4 (13.79%) Lead
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Data Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.90%) .NET Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Database Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Database Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) SEO Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (68.97%) .NET
2 8 (27.59%) Blazor
2 8 (27.59%) Material Design
2 8 (27.59%) WebAssembly
3 7 (24.14%) REST
4 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET
5 4 (13.79%) .NET Core
5 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (6.90%) ARM Templates
6 2 (6.90%) CSS
6 2 (6.90%) HTML
6 2 (6.90%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (6.90%) JSON
6 2 (6.90%) Nightwatchjs
6 2 (6.90%) OpenID
6 2 (6.90%) RESTful
6 2 (6.90%) Web Services
6 2 (6.90%) WPF
7 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (3.45%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.90%) FPGA
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Code
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) PCIe
2 2 (6.90%) Photography
2 2 (6.90%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) DevOps
2 9 (31.03%) AI
3 8 (27.59%) CRM
3 8 (27.59%) Data Integration
3 8 (27.59%) Front End Development
3 8 (27.59%) Interaction Design
3 8 (27.59%) Microservices
3 8 (27.59%) Responsive Web Design
3 8 (27.59%) User Experience
3 8 (27.59%) User Stories
3 8 (27.59%) UX Design
3 8 (27.59%) Wireframes
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
5 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
5 5 (17.24%) Project Management
6 4 (13.79%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) C#
2 9 (31.03%) SQL
3 6 (20.69%) Bicep
4 4 (13.79%) T-SQL
5 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (3.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Azure Certification
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.90%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) Accessibility
2 8 (27.59%) WCAG
3 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Docker
2 2 (6.90%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (6.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Kubernetes
1 6 (20.69%) Terraform
2 2 (6.90%) MIIS
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Infragistics
2 1 (3.45%) Perforce