Microsoft Visual Studio
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 434 377
Rank change year-on-year +85 -57 -94
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 813 711 1,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.81% 0.71% 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.53% 4.98% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 662 521 1,008
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £64,750 £70,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,532 14,281 36,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.54% 14.35% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,652 8,742 15,831
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Visual Studio
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visual Studio as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Visual Studio.

Salary trend for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visual Studio over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Visual Studio in the UK

Visual Studio
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Studio within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +98 726 £50,000 -12.28% 140
UK excluding London +110 660 £50,000 - 111
Work from Home +36 316 £52,500 -4.55% 56
South East +50 188 £54,500 -9.17% 29
South West +86 154 £47,500 -5.00% 20
London +13 128 £60,000 -7.69% 37
Midlands +23 99 £45,000 -5.26% 28
North of England +48 87 £47,500 -5.00% 20
East of England +20 68 £35,500 -29.00% 6
North West +25 67 £45,625 -8.75% 15
West Midlands +17 61 £48,500 +2.11% 19
Scotland -61 44 £61,500 +44.71% 7
East Midlands +8 38 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Wales +12 14 £58,750 +24.34% 3
Yorkshire +60 13 £50,000 - 2
North East 0 7 £55,000 - 3
Northern Ireland +29 6 £42,500 +6.25% 1

Visual Studio
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 98 (12.05%) Confluence
2 45 (5.54%) IIS
3 42 (5.17%) CMS
3 42 (5.17%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.48%) Apache
5 10 (1.23%) EPiServer
6 8 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.62%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.25%) Liferay
10 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.12%) Mendix
11 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 34 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.21%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.49%) Trello
5 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.97%) SDL Web 8
3 15 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (1.11%) Shopify
5 5 (0.62%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.62%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.25%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.12%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 301 (37.02%) Azure
2 163 (20.05%) Azure DevOps
3 98 (12.05%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.40%) AWS
5 44 (5.41%) GitHub
6 30 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (2.83%) PowerApps
8 22 (2.71%) SaaS
9 20 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.21%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 16 (1.97%) NuGet
12 13 (1.60%) Google Analytics
12 13 (1.60%) PaaS
13 10 (1.23%) Serverless
14 8 (0.98%) Figma
15 7 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.86%) Pulumi
16 6 (0.74%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.58%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.72%) Network Security
3 13 (1.60%) Modbus
4 10 (1.23%) Internet
5 9 (1.11%) CTI
6 8 (0.98%) Wireshark
7 7 (0.86%) Firewall
8 6 (0.74%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.74%) RS-232
9 4 (0.49%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.49%) RS-485
9 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.37%) NAS
10 3 (0.37%) SAN
11 2 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.25%) DHCP
11 2 (0.25%) HTTP
11 2 (0.25%) Intranet
11 2 (0.25%) Multicast
11 2 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (35.30%) SQL Server
2 72 (8.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 64 (7.87%) Power BI
4 50 (6.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (4.43%) Relational Database
6 32 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (3.94%) MS Access
7 21 (2.58%) MySQL
8 18 (2.21%) MongoDB
9 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (1.23%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.98%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.86%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 7 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.86%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 277 (34.07%) Git
2 142 (17.47%) JIRA
3 92 (11.32%) Bitbucket
4 86 (10.58%) Team Foundation Server
5 76 (9.35%) Sourcetree
6 66 (8.12%) NUnit
7 50 (6.15%) Visual Studio Code
8 43 (5.29%) Selenium
9 28 (3.44%) TeamCity
10 27 (3.32%) GitLab
11 25 (3.08%) Octopus Deploy
11 25 (3.08%) SpecFlow
12 24 (2.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 23 (2.83%) Moq
13 23 (2.83%) Postman
13 23 (2.83%) Subversion
14 18 (2.21%) Eclipse
15 17 (2.09%) SoapUI
15 17 (2.09%) WebDriver
16 16 (1.97%) git-flow
General
1 158 (19.43%) Social Skills
2 121 (14.88%) Finance
3 81 (9.96%) Games
4 78 (9.59%) Presentation Skills
5 66 (8.12%) Marketing
6 46 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (5.54%) Manufacturing
8 39 (4.80%) Public Sector
9 37 (4.55%) Electronics
10 33 (4.06%) Law
10 33 (4.06%) Retail
11 20 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.34%) Legal
13 18 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.85%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.85%) Automotive
14 15 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.72%) Back Office
15 14 (1.72%) Police
16 11 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 491 (60.39%) Developer
2 181 (22.26%) .NET Developer
3 153 (18.82%) Senior
4 133 (16.36%) C# Developer
5 110 (13.53%) Software Engineer
6 98 (12.05%) Software Developer
7 91 (11.19%) Senior Developer
8 82 (10.09%) C# .NET Developer
9 78 (9.59%) 3D Developer
9 78 (9.59%) Games Developer
9 78 (9.59%) Unity 3D Developer
10 71 (8.73%) Lead
11 65 (8.00%) Full Stack Developer
12 54 (6.64%) Architect
13 50 (6.15%) Applications Developer
14 47 (5.78%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 43 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (4.55%) .NET Software Developer
17 36 (4.43%) Senior C# Developer
18 35 (4.31%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 519 (63.84%) .NET
2 227 (27.92%) HTML
3 210 (25.83%) .NET Framework
4 207 (25.46%) ASP.NET
5 177 (21.77%) CSS
6 143 (17.59%) Web Services
7 127 (15.62%) XML
8 108 (13.28%) JSON
9 101 (12.42%) AngularJS
10 90 (11.07%) jQuery
11 88 (10.82%) .NET Core
12 78 (9.59%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 76 (9.35%) SOAP
14 75 (9.23%) RESTful
15 73 (8.98%) REST
16 71 (8.73%) React
17 68 (8.36%) Entity Framework
18 64 (7.87%) HTML5
19 61 (7.50%) ASP.NET Web API
20 57 (7.01%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.72%) Virtual Reality
2 43 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.21%) FMCG
4 18 (2.21%) IoT
5 16 (1.97%) Legacy Code
5 16 (1.97%) Mobile App
5 16 (1.97%) Robotics
6 13 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.60%) GNSS
6 13 (1.60%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.48%) Digital Media
8 11 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.11%) EPoS
10 8 (0.98%) BBC
10 8 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 8 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 119 (14.64%) Windows
2 66 (8.12%) Linux
3 22 (2.71%) Android
4 15 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.48%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.37%) FreeBSD
8 3 (0.37%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.25%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.25%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.25%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.12%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (41.21%) Agile
2 303 (37.27%) DevOps
3 300 (36.90%) Software Engineering
4 184 (22.63%) Scrum
5 146 (17.96%) MVC
6 135 (16.61%) Design Patterns
7 124 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (13.04%) UML
9 101 (12.42%) Unit Testing
10 98 (12.05%) Test Automation
11 92 (11.32%) Full Stack Development
12 88 (10.82%) Computer Science
13 85 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
14 84 (10.33%) Use Case
15 82 (10.09%) Continuous Integration
16 78 (9.59%) CI/CD
17 75 (9.23%) Web Development
18 71 (8.73%) OO
19 65 (8.00%) Software Testing
20 59 (7.26%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 615 (75.65%) C#
2 383 (47.11%) SQL
3 238 (29.27%) JavaScript
4 130 (15.99%) T-SQL
5 126 (15.50%) C++
6 94 (11.56%) C
7 72 (8.86%) Java
7 72 (8.86%) Python
8 55 (6.77%) VB.NET
9 48 (5.90%) PowerShell
10 44 (5.41%) VB
11 41 (5.04%) XPath
12 40 (4.92%) TypeScript
13 21 (2.58%) Bash
14 19 (2.34%) Fortran
15 17 (2.09%) Perl
16 15 (1.85%) Assembly Language
17 13 (1.60%) MATLAB
18 11 (1.35%) VBA
18 11 (1.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 260 (31.98%) Degree
2 136 (16.73%) Security Cleared
3 106 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 86 (10.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.60%) HNC
7 5 (0.62%) ISEB
7 5 (0.62%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.25%) HND
10 2 (0.25%) MCDST
10 2 (0.25%) MCITP
10 2 (0.25%) MCSA
10 2 (0.25%) MCSE
11 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (10.58%) QA
2 26 (3.20%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 13 (1.60%) PMO
5 8 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.62%) MISRA
8 5 (0.62%) TickIT
9 4 (0.49%) WCAG
10 2 (0.25%) GDPR
11 1 (0.12%) HL7
11 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (3.32%) Docker
2 15 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.74%) Firmware
5 3 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.25%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 13 (1.60%) Ansible
2 12 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.86%) MIIS
3 7 (0.86%) Terraform
4 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.25%) vRealize
6 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 392 (48.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.20%) Oracle
3 24 (2.95%) SAP
4 22 (2.71%) Google
5 19 (2.34%) Adobe
6 18 (2.21%) Xamarin
7 16 (1.97%) Cognizant
8 15 (1.85%) VMware
9 13 (1.60%) Atlassian
10 12 (1.48%) DevExpress
11 9 (1.11%) Facebook
12 8 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.86%) SYSPRO
14 6 (0.74%) OutSystems
14 6 (0.74%) Sun
15 5 (0.62%) Aderant
15 5 (0.62%) Lotus
15 5 (0.62%) Renesas
15 5 (0.62%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.62%) ServiceNow