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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 295 283
Rank change year-on-year -50 -12 +14
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 18 154 196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.91% 0.94%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.48% 6.72% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13 124 169
10th Percentile £44,500 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,344 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% -1.19% -3.93%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 1,216 2,292 3,056
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.06% 13.61% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 806 1,301 2,596
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,439
25th Percentile £47,625 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +1.96%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
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 3 January 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 7 (38.89%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (16.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) GitHub
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 7 (38.89%) SaaS
4 6 (33.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (33.33%) Figma
4 6 (33.33%) GitHub Copilot
4 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 5 (27.78%) Azure App Service
5 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (27.78%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (16.67%) Azure Functions
6 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (16.67%) Google Data Studio
6 3 (16.67%) Google Sheets
6 3 (16.67%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (16.67%) PaaS
6 3 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 3 (16.67%) PowerApps
6 3 (16.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 3 (16.67%) Power BI
2 3 (16.67%) Power Query
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.56%) MySQL
4 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
2 4 (22.22%) Git
3 3 (16.67%) JMeter
3 3 (16.67%) Postman
3 3 (16.67%) Selenium
3 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Marketing
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) .NET Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) UX Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) React Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior React Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Blazor Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) UX Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 7 (38.89%) .NET Core
3 6 (33.33%) Blazor
3 6 (33.33%) Material Design
3 6 (33.33%) WebAssembly
4 4 (22.22%) CSS
4 4 (22.22%) HTML
4 4 (22.22%) React
4 4 (22.22%) RESTful
5 3 (16.67%) GraphQL
5 3 (16.67%) JSON
5 3 (16.67%) Node.js
5 3 (16.67%) Nuxt
5 3 (16.67%) OpenAPI
5 3 (16.67%) Swagger
5 3 (16.67%) Vue
6 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (11.11%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 3 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Front End Development
2 8 (44.44%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) AI
3 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (33.33%) CRM
3 6 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 6 (33.33%) Interaction Design
3 6 (33.33%) Kanban
3 6 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 6 (33.33%) Scrum
3 6 (33.33%) User Experience
3 6 (33.33%) User Stories
3 6 (33.33%) UX Design
3 6 (33.33%) Wireframes
4 5 (27.78%) Analytics
4 5 (27.78%) API Development
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 5 (27.78%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) SQL
3 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) TypeScript
5 2 (11.11%) Bicep
6 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 9 (50.00%) WCAG
2 3 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Dynatrace
2 3 (16.67%) Google
2 3 (16.67%) Mercator
3 1 (5.56%) Infragistics
3 1 (5.56%) IONA
3 1 (5.56%) Perforce