Visual Studio Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Visual Studio skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Visual Studio over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 310 354
Rank change year-on-year +59 +44 +3
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 165 322 368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 0.95% 0.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.95% 8.27% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 142 284 271
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,748 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,099
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.25% +0.18%

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 1,843 3,894 6,553
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.31% 11.51% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 3,021 4,666
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £64,486
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.96% +7.48%
75th Percentile £82,125 £75,772 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,200 £91,934 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Visual Studio.

Visual Studio salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 2 May 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 17 (10.30%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.42%) Confluence
3 3 (1.82%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.82%) CMS
3 3 (1.82%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (1.82%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.61%) Luigi
Applications
1 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.42%) Trello
3 1 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.61%) InVision
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.61%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (10.30%) Sage 200
1 17 (10.30%) Sage 50
2 11 (6.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 84 (50.91%) Azure
2 41 (24.85%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (24.24%) GitHub
4 31 (18.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 26 (15.76%) Azure Service Bus
5 26 (15.76%) Power Platform
6 24 (14.55%) SonarCloud
7 17 (10.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (7.88%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (7.27%) SaaS
10 11 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (5.45%) AWS
12 8 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (3.03%) Entra ID
15 4 (2.42%) GCP
15 4 (2.42%) Google Data Studio
15 4 (2.42%) Google Sheets
15 4 (2.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.85%) 5G
1 8 (4.85%) SD-WAN
1 8 (4.85%) WAN
2 5 (3.03%) Network Security
3 4 (2.42%) HTTPS
3 4 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (29.09%) SQL Server
2 31 (18.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 24 (14.55%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (7.27%) Power BI
4 12 (7.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (6.06%) Relational Database
7 9 (5.45%) DB2
7 9 (5.45%) MySQL
8 5 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 5 (3.03%) Power Query
9 4 (2.42%) Biml
9 4 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.21%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.61%) GIS
11 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (29.09%) Git
2 30 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
3 27 (16.36%) MSBuild
4 24 (14.55%) Octopus Deploy
5 22 (13.33%) JIRA
6 17 (10.30%) Jenkins
7 9 (5.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (4.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (2.42%) WiX
10 3 (1.82%) webpack
11 2 (1.21%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.21%) git-flow
11 2 (1.21%) Selenium
12 1 (0.61%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.61%) MSTest
12 1 (0.61%) Postman
12 1 (0.61%) WebDriver
General
1 48 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 42 (25.45%) Retail
3 36 (21.82%) Finance
4 17 (10.30%) Manufacturing
5 16 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (9.09%) Marketing
7 9 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.64%) Banking
9 5 (3.03%) Law
10 4 (2.42%) Local Government
10 4 (2.42%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.82%) Billing
12 2 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.61%) Back Office
13 1 (0.61%) Electronics
13 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 81 (49.09%) Developer
2 46 (27.88%) Senior
3 37 (22.42%) .NET Developer
3 37 (22.42%) Architect
4 28 (16.97%) C# Developer
5 24 (14.55%) Technical Architect
6 23 (13.94%) Software Engineer
7 21 (12.73%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (12.12%) .NET Software Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Analyst
9 16 (9.70%) Senior Developer
10 15 (9.09%) C# .NET Developer
11 12 (7.27%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (7.27%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 11 (6.67%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 10 (6.06%) Java Developer
13 10 (6.06%) Senior Architect
13 10 (6.06%) Senior Java Developer
13 10 (6.06%) Software Architect
13 10 (6.06%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (72.12%) .NET
2 63 (38.18%) CSS
3 61 (36.97%) HTML
4 57 (34.55%) .NET Framework
5 50 (30.30%) ASP.NET
6 35 (21.21%) JSON
7 33 (20.00%) REST
8 28 (16.97%) .NET Core
9 26 (15.76%) XML
10 25 (15.15%) Bootstrap
11 24 (14.55%) gRPC
11 24 (14.55%) HTML5
12 17 (10.30%) jQuery
12 17 (10.30%) React Native
13 12 (7.27%) ASP.NET Web API
14 11 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (4.85%) AngularJS
15 8 (4.85%) COM
15 8 (4.85%) SOAP
16 7 (4.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.48%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.85%) GNSS
3 8 (4.85%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.85%) Self-Driving Car
4 7 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.64%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.03%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.42%) Social Media
7 4 (2.42%) Wiki
8 3 (1.82%) EPoS
8 3 (1.82%) NHS
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.61%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.61%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.79%) Windows
2 9 (5.45%) Linux
3 5 (3.03%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.73%) DevOps
2 50 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (29.09%) MVC
4 46 (27.88%) Agile
5 43 (26.06%) Microservices
6 37 (22.42%) Software Engineering
7 34 (20.61%) Design Patterns
8 32 (19.39%) API Integration
9 29 (17.58%) Full-Stack Development
10 28 (16.97%) Computer Science
10 28 (16.97%) E-Commerce
11 26 (15.76%) Event-Driven
11 26 (15.76%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (15.76%) Web Development
12 25 (15.15%) Code Quality
13 24 (14.55%) Data Encryption
13 24 (14.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 24 (14.55%) Performance Optimisation
13 24 (14.55%) Performance Testing
14 23 (13.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (79.39%) C#
2 108 (65.45%) SQL
3 59 (35.76%) JavaScript
4 37 (22.42%) C++
5 24 (14.55%) C
6 23 (13.94%) T-SQL
7 21 (12.73%) Java
8 11 (6.67%) Python
8 11 (6.67%) VB.NET
9 9 (5.45%) PL/SQL
10 8 (4.85%) Bash
11 6 (3.64%) PowerShell
11 6 (3.64%) TypeScript
12 5 (3.03%) X++
13 4 (2.42%) Perl
14 3 (1.82%) Delphi
15 2 (1.21%) VB
16 1 (0.61%) PHP
16 1 (0.61%) XAML
Qualifications
1 31 (18.79%) Degree
2 6 (3.64%) Azure Certification
2 6 (3.64%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.61%) ACCA
5 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.55%) GDPR
2 8 (4.85%) PMO
3 7 (4.24%) QA
4 2 (1.21%) SLA
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
System Software
1 26 (15.76%) Docker
2 5 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (27.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.30%) Sage
3 9 (5.45%) Google
3 9 (5.45%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.24%) SolarWinds
5 4 (2.42%) Intel
5 4 (2.42%) Oracle
6 3 (1.82%) Aderant
6 3 (1.82%) Borland
6 3 (1.82%) Optimizely
6 3 (1.82%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.21%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.61%) Adobe
8 1 (0.61%) ESRI
8 1 (0.61%) IFS
8 1 (0.61%) Telerik