Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Visual Studio skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Visual Studio over the 6 months to 27 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 266 205 175
Rank change year-on-year -61 -30 -62
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 339 144 110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.14% 1.29% 1.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.79% 5.85% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 273 111 100
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,750 £26,150
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £66,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Visual Studio is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,856 2,462 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.75% 22.03% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,369 2,193 1,242
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Visual Studio
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Visual Studio trend for jobs with a WFH option

Visual Studio
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.

Visual Studio salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 January 2022, Visual Studio job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Visual Studio.

1 241 (71.09%) C#
2 231 (68.14%) .NET
3 221 (65.19%) SQL
3 221 (65.19%) Microsoft
4 217 (64.01%) Azure
5 211 (62.24%) SQL Server
6 193 (56.93%) DevOps
7 158 (46.61%) Agile Software Development
8 118 (34.81%) JavaScript
9 112 (33.04%) MVC
10 110 (32.45%) ASP.NET
11 105 (30.97%) Social Skills
12 102 (30.09%) Git (software)
13 100 (29.50%) HTML
14 88 (25.96%) .NET Core
15 86 (25.37%) Team Foundation Server
16 83 (24.48%) IIS
17 81 (23.89%) Scrum
18 76 (22.42%) CSS
19 75 (22.12%) HTML5
20 73 (21.53%) Power Platform
21 71 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
22 69 (20.35%) Power BI
23 68 (20.06%) Business Intelligence
23 68 (20.06%) .NET Framework
24 67 (19.76%) XML
25 66 (19.47%) Windows
26 63 (18.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
26 63 (18.58%) Unit Testing
27 59 (17.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Visual Studio
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 83 (24.48%) IIS
2 51 (15.04%) CMS
3 50 (14.75%) Umbraco
4 48 (14.16%) Sitecore CMS
5 42 (12.39%) Kentico
6 40 (11.80%) EPiServer
6 40 (11.80%) Headless CMS
7 25 (7.37%) SharePoint
8 9 (2.65%) Confluence
9 6 (1.77%) SharePoint 2013
9 6 (1.77%) WordPress
10 3 (0.88%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.59%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.29%) Apache
12 1 (0.29%) Apache Pig
12 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
Applications
1 27 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.88%) InfoPath
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.29%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.29%) Blender
5 1 (0.29%) Houdini
5 1 (0.29%) Maya
Business Applications
1 7 (2.06%) Sage 200
2 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) nopCommerce
4 1 (0.29%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 217 (64.01%) Azure
2 73 (21.53%) Power Platform
3 49 (14.45%) PaaS
4 27 (7.96%) SaaS
5 25 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (6.78%) Google Workspace
7 21 (6.19%) AWS
7 21 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (5.90%) GitHub
9 16 (4.72%) PowerApps
10 15 (4.42%) Power Automate
11 14 (4.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (4.13%) Serverless
12 10 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.36%) GCP
14 6 (1.77%) IaaS
14 6 (1.77%) Mimecast
14 6 (1.77%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 4 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.24%) Intranet
2 9 (2.65%) DHCP
2 9 (2.65%) DNS
3 8 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.77%) Firewall
4 6 (1.77%) IPsec
4 6 (1.77%) SSL
4 6 (1.77%) VLAN
4 6 (1.77%) VoIP
4 6 (1.77%) VPN
5 4 (1.18%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.59%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.59%) HTTP
6 2 (0.59%) Telnet
6 2 (0.59%) WinSCP
6 2 (0.59%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (62.24%) SQL Server
2 69 (20.35%) Power BI
3 63 (18.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 59 (17.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 44 (12.98%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (10.62%) SSDT
7 33 (9.73%) SQL Server 2016
8 25 (7.37%) OLAP
8 25 (7.37%) Oracle OLAP
8 25 (7.37%) Oracle Reports
8 25 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (7.08%) Relational Database
10 19 (5.60%) SQL Server 2017
11 18 (5.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 15 (4.42%) NoSQL
13 13 (3.83%) Data Lake
14 12 (3.54%) Big Data
15 11 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (3.24%) Oracle Database
16 10 (2.95%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 102 (30.09%) Git (software)
2 86 (25.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 46 (13.57%) ReSharper
4 38 (11.21%) JIRA
5 26 (7.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 25 (7.37%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 22 (6.49%) Visual Studio Team System
8 15 (4.42%) Selenium
9 10 (2.95%) Postman
10 9 (2.65%) NUnit
10 9 (2.65%) WebDriver
11 8 (2.36%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (2.36%) SonarQube
12 7 (2.06%) JMeter
12 7 (2.06%) Subversion
13 6 (1.77%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (1.18%) Cucumber
14 4 (1.18%) Jenkins
14 4 (1.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 105 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (13.27%) Finance
4 31 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.96%) Marketing
6 24 (7.08%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (7.08%) Local Government
7 16 (4.72%) Publishing
8 15 (4.42%) Law
9 14 (4.13%) Retail
10 10 (2.95%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.65%) Games
12 6 (1.77%) Automotive
12 6 (1.77%) Back Office
12 6 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.47%) Electronics
13 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 252 (74.34%) Developer
2 116 (34.22%) .NET Developer
3 70 (20.65%) C# Developer
4 62 (18.29%) Senior Developer
5 48 (14.16%) .NET Software Developer
6 41 (12.09%) Digital Developer
7 33 (9.73%) Software Developer
8 30 (8.85%) SQL Developer
9 29 (8.55%) C# Software Developer
10 23 (6.78%) C# .NET Developer
11 22 (6.49%) Azure Developer
12 20 (5.90%) DevOps Developer
13 19 (5.60%) Senior .NET Developer
14 17 (5.01%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.83%) Analyst
15 13 (3.83%) Architect
15 13 (3.83%) Senior C# Developer
15 13 (3.83%) Senior Software Developer
16 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Developer
16 11 (3.24%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (68.14%) .NET
2 110 (32.45%) ASP.NET
3 100 (29.50%) HTML
4 88 (25.96%) .NET Core
5 76 (22.42%) CSS
6 75 (22.12%) HTML5
7 68 (20.06%) .NET Framework
8 67 (19.76%) XML
9 55 (16.22%) JSON
10 45 (13.27%) ASP.NET MVC
10 45 (13.27%) CSS3
11 44 (12.98%) jQuery
12 41 (12.09%) XSLT
13 35 (10.32%) Web Services
14 32 (9.44%) REST
15 31 (9.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 29 (8.55%) AngularJS
16 29 (8.55%) React
17 27 (7.96%) Ajax
18 25 (7.37%) KnockoutJS
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.62%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (9.14%) User Experience
3 25 (7.37%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.13%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.13%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.24%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.36%) Mobile Payment
6 8 (2.36%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.36%) Smartcard
7 6 (1.77%) CUDA
7 6 (1.77%) FMCG
8 5 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.18%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.88%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.59%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 66 (19.47%) Windows
2 57 (16.81%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.95%) Linux
4 9 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.36%) Solaris
6 7 (2.06%) Android
6 7 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.77%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.59%) Unix
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (56.93%) DevOps
2 158 (46.61%) Agile Software Development
3 112 (33.04%) MVC
4 81 (23.89%) Scrum
5 71 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (20.06%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (18.58%) Unit Testing
8 58 (17.11%) Data Privacy
9 52 (15.34%) B2C
9 52 (15.34%) SEO
10 51 (15.04%) ERP
11 48 (14.16%) CRM
11 48 (14.16%) ETL
12 46 (13.57%) Computer Science
12 46 (13.57%) Front End Development
13 45 (13.27%) E-Commerce
14 44 (12.98%) B2B
14 44 (12.98%) Full Stack Development
15 43 (12.68%) SDLC
15 43 (12.68%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 241 (71.09%) C#
2 221 (65.19%) SQL
3 118 (34.81%) JavaScript
4 52 (15.34%) PowerShell
5 41 (12.09%) T-SQL
6 25 (7.37%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
6 25 (7.37%) R
7 24 (7.08%) Python
8 20 (5.90%) XPath
9 19 (5.60%) Java
10 14 (4.13%) C++
11 11 (3.24%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.06%) C
13 5 (1.47%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.18%) PHP
15 3 (0.88%) VB
15 3 (0.88%) VBA
16 2 (0.59%) COBOL
16 2 (0.59%) PL/1
17 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (15.93%) Degree
2 41 (12.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (6.78%) DBS Check
4 16 (4.72%) Security Cleared
5 14 (4.13%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.95%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (2.36%) CCSP
8 8 (2.36%) CISA
8 8 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.36%) CISM
8 8 (2.36%) CISSP
8 8 (2.36%) CLAS
8 8 (2.36%) CREST Certified
8 8 (2.36%) IISP
9 5 (1.47%) ISEB
9 5 (1.47%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.27%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.73%) GDPR
3 16 (4.72%) QA
4 12 (3.54%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.36%) GRC
5 8 (2.36%) ISAE 3402
5 8 (2.36%) ISO 31000
5 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 8 (2.36%) NIST
5 8 (2.36%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.77%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.18%) ISO 13485
7 4 (1.18%) SLA
8 2 (0.59%) HL7
System Software
1 8 (2.36%) ISA Server
2 6 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.77%) vSphere
3 4 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.36%) Nessus
1 8 (2.36%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 6 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.59%) Grafana
3 2 (0.59%) nmon
3 2 (0.59%) Rancher
3 2 (0.59%) Terraform
4 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.29%) Opscode Chef
4 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 221 (65.19%) Microsoft
2 52 (15.34%) Oracle
3 49 (14.45%) Sitecore
4 23 (6.78%) NEC
4 23 (6.78%) Northgate
5 12 (3.54%) Google
6 11 (3.24%) Databricks
7 10 (2.95%) Civica
7 10 (2.95%) F5
7 10 (2.95%) Splunk
8 8 (2.36%) Bloomberg
8 8 (2.36%) Centrify
8 8 (2.36%) Cisco
8 8 (2.36%) Imperva
8 8 (2.36%) MarketAxess
8 8 (2.36%) Sage
8 8 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.36%) Tradeweb
8 8 (2.36%) Trend Micro
8 8 (2.36%) Tripwire