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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 437 372
Rank change year-on-year +96 -65 -86
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 812 694 1,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.70% 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.54% 4.93% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 658 506 1,020
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +13.40%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 9,512 14,072 37,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.42% 14.29% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,632 8,593 15,905
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 23 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 23 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 +115 726 £50,000 -12.28% 127
UK excluding London +121 659 £50,000 - 95
Work from Home +35 313 £52,500 -7.89% 55
South East +61 190 £54,000 -10.00% 26
South West +82 152 £47,500 -5.00% 18
London +30 128 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Midlands +16 103 £45,000 -5.26% 22
North of England +41 83 £47,500 -5.00% 18
East of England +28 68 £35,500 -29.00% 6
North West +26 64 £46,250 -7.50% 13
West Midlands +13 63 £48,500 +2.11% 17
Scotland -48 43 £61,500 +40.57% 6
East Midlands +16 40 £42,500 -12.82% 5
Wales +16 14 £58,750 +24.34% 2
Yorkshire +57 12 £50,000 - 1
North East -5 7 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +32 6 £42,500 +6.25%

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 96 (11.82%) Confluence
2 46 (5.67%) IIS
3 42 (5.17%) CMS
3 42 (5.17%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.48%) Apache
5 10 (1.23%) EPiServer
6 8 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.99%) 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 33 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.22%) 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
1 297 (36.58%) Azure
2 164 (20.20%) Azure DevOps
3 99 (12.19%) Power Platform
4 52 (6.40%) AWS
5 43 (5.30%) GitHub
6 30 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (2.96%) PowerApps
8 22 (2.71%) SaaS
9 20 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (2.34%) 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 (0.99%) Figma
15 7 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.86%) Pulumi
16 6 (0.74%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.74%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.59%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.60%) Modbus
2 13 (1.60%) Network Security
3 10 (1.23%) Internet
4 9 (1.11%) CTI
5 8 (0.99%) Wireshark
6 7 (0.86%) Firewall
7 6 (0.74%) Ethernet
7 6 (0.74%) RS-232
8 4 (0.49%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.49%) RS-485
8 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.37%) NAS
9 3 (0.37%) SAN
10 2 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.25%) DHCP
10 2 (0.25%) HTTP
10 2 (0.25%) Intranet
10 2 (0.25%) Multicast
10 2 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (35.59%) SQL Server
2 72 (8.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 65 (8.00%) Power BI
4 50 (6.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (4.43%) Relational Database
6 32 (3.94%) MS Access
7 29 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (2.71%) MySQL
9 18 (2.22%) MongoDB
10 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 15 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (1.23%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.99%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.86%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 7 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.86%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.86%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 278 (34.24%) Git
2 140 (17.24%) JIRA
3 90 (11.08%) Bitbucket
4 86 (10.59%) Team Foundation Server
5 76 (9.36%) Sourcetree
6 65 (8.00%) NUnit
7 49 (6.03%) Visual Studio Code
8 43 (5.30%) Selenium
9 29 (3.57%) TeamCity
10 28 (3.45%) GitLab
11 26 (3.20%) Octopus Deploy
12 25 (3.08%) SpecFlow
13 24 (2.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 23 (2.83%) Moq
14 23 (2.83%) Postman
15 22 (2.71%) Subversion
16 17 (2.09%) Eclipse
16 17 (2.09%) SoapUI
16 17 (2.09%) WebDriver
17 16 (1.97%) Jenkins
General
1 156 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 120 (14.78%) Finance
3 80 (9.85%) Games
4 76 (9.36%) Presentation Skills
5 65 (8.00%) Marketing
6 46 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 37 (4.56%) Electronics
9 36 (4.43%) Public Sector
10 34 (4.19%) Law
11 33 (4.06%) Retail
12 19 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.34%) Legal
13 18 (2.22%) Telecoms
14 17 (2.09%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.97%) Automotive
16 15 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.72%) Back Office
17 14 (1.72%) Police
18 11 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 492 (60.59%) Developer
2 182 (22.41%) .NET Developer
3 153 (18.84%) Senior
4 135 (16.63%) C# Developer
5 110 (13.55%) Software Engineer
6 98 (12.07%) Software Developer
7 91 (11.21%) Senior Developer
8 84 (10.34%) C# .NET Developer
9 76 (9.36%) 3D Developer
9 76 (9.36%) Games Developer
9 76 (9.36%) Unity 3D Developer
10 71 (8.74%) Lead
11 65 (8.00%) Full Stack Developer
12 54 (6.65%) Architect
13 50 (6.16%) Applications Developer
14 47 (5.79%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 43 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (4.56%) .NET Software Developer
17 36 (4.43%) Senior C# Developer
18 35 (4.31%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (64.29%) .NET
2 225 (27.71%) HTML
3 210 (25.86%) ASP.NET
4 209 (25.74%) .NET Framework
5 178 (21.92%) CSS
6 145 (17.86%) Web Services
7 128 (15.76%) XML
8 109 (13.42%) JSON
9 103 (12.68%) AngularJS
10 90 (11.08%) .NET Core
11 89 (10.96%) jQuery
12 77 (9.48%) RESTful
12 77 (9.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 76 (9.36%) SOAP
14 74 (9.11%) REST
15 70 (8.62%) React
16 68 (8.37%) Entity Framework
17 63 (7.76%) HTML5
18 61 (7.51%) ASP.NET Web API
19 55 (6.77%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.61%) Virtual Reality
2 43 (5.30%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 18 (2.22%) FMCG
4 18 (2.22%) 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%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.48%) Digital Media
8 11 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.11%) EPoS
10 8 (0.99%) BBC
10 8 (0.99%) Low-Code
10 8 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (14.53%) Windows
2 67 (8.25%) 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
1 337 (41.50%) Agile
2 305 (37.56%) DevOps
3 298 (36.70%) Software Engineering
4 183 (22.54%) Scrum
5 146 (17.98%) MVC
6 132 (16.26%) Design Patterns
7 126 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (12.93%) UML
9 101 (12.44%) Unit Testing
10 98 (12.07%) Test Automation
11 92 (11.33%) Full Stack Development
12 88 (10.84%) Computer Science
13 86 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
14 84 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
15 82 (10.10%) Use Case
16 79 (9.73%) CI/CD
17 75 (9.24%) Web Development
18 69 (8.50%) OO
19 64 (7.88%) Software Testing
20 58 (7.14%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 618 (76.11%) C#
2 380 (46.80%) SQL
3 238 (29.31%) JavaScript
4 130 (16.01%) T-SQL
5 126 (15.52%) C++
6 93 (11.45%) C
7 72 (8.87%) Python
8 70 (8.62%) Java
9 55 (6.77%) VB.NET
10 49 (6.03%) PowerShell
11 44 (5.42%) VB
12 41 (5.05%) TypeScript
12 41 (5.05%) XPath
13 20 (2.46%) Bash
13 20 (2.46%) Fortran
14 16 (1.97%) Assembly Language
14 16 (1.97%) Perl
15 13 (1.60%) MATLAB
16 11 (1.35%) VBScript
17 10 (1.23%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 260 (32.02%) Degree
2 135 (16.63%) Security Cleared
3 104 (12.81%) SC Cleared
4 84 (10.34%) 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.22%) QA
2 26 (3.20%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 13 (1.60%) PMO
5 8 (0.99%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.74%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.62%) TickIT
8 4 (0.49%) MISRA
8 4 (0.49%) WCAG
9 2 (0.25%) GDPR
10 1 (0.12%) HL7
10 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (3.33%) 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 15 (1.85%) 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
1 389 (47.91%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.33%) Oracle
3 24 (2.96%) SAP
4 22 (2.71%) Google
5 19 (2.34%) Adobe
6 18 (2.22%) 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 (0.99%) 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