Visual Studio Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Visual Studio
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 357 353
Rank change year-on-year +54 -4 -123
Permanent jobs citing Visual Studio 314 339 691
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 0.84% 0.97%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.11% 5.43% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 279 249 487
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +15.79%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,874 6,242 17,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.46% 15.38% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,961 4,408 8,441
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,846 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% +8.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,772 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 20 May 2024.

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 28 (8.92%) IIS
2 27 (8.60%) SharePoint
3 17 (5.41%) CMS
4 4 (1.27%) EPiServer
4 4 (1.27%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.96%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.32%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 19 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.64%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (5.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (4.78%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.32%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.32%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 166 (52.87%) Azure
2 102 (32.48%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (12.74%) Power Platform
4 34 (10.83%) GitHub
5 26 (8.28%) AWS
6 21 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.87%) Google Analytics
7 9 (2.87%) SaaS
8 7 (2.23%) Figma
8 7 (2.23%) Pulumi
9 6 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.91%) Serverless
10 5 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.59%) PaaS
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Functions
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Storage
11 3 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.96%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.96%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.82%) Modbus
1 12 (3.82%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.87%) CTI
3 7 (2.23%) Network Security
4 6 (1.91%) Internet
5 2 (0.64%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.64%) RS-232
5 2 (0.64%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) Intranet
6 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (35.99%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (6.37%) Power BI
2 20 (6.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (4.46%) MongoDB
3 14 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.23%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (2.23%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 7 (2.23%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.23%) Semantic Layer
5 7 (2.23%) SQLite
6 5 (1.59%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.27%) Redis
8 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.96%) DBAmp
8 3 (0.96%) MySQL
9 2 (0.64%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 67 (21.34%) Git
2 42 (13.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 37 (11.78%) Visual Studio Code
4 21 (6.69%) Postman
4 21 (6.69%) Selenium
5 20 (6.37%) NUnit
6 19 (6.05%) JIRA
7 14 (4.46%) SoapUI
8 13 (4.14%) TeamCity
9 12 (3.82%) GitLab
10 11 (3.50%) Eclipse
11 10 (3.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (2.55%) Subversion
13 7 (2.23%) Jasmine
14 6 (1.91%) JMeter
14 6 (1.91%) SpecFlow
15 5 (1.59%) Android Studio
15 5 (1.59%) Cypress.io
16 3 (0.96%) Moq
16 3 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 78 (24.84%) Finance
2 62 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 31 (9.87%) Manufacturing
4 26 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.32%) Marketing
6 22 (7.01%) Retail
7 20 (6.37%) Public Sector
8 18 (5.73%) Electronics
9 16 (5.10%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.46%) Law
10 14 (4.46%) Legal
11 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.50%) Police
11 11 (3.50%) Publishing
12 9 (2.87%) Automotive
13 7 (2.23%) Local Government
14 5 (1.59%) Military
15 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.64%) Aviation
16 2 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 187 (59.55%) Developer
2 114 (36.31%) .NET Developer
3 62 (19.75%) C# Developer
4 55 (17.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 47 (14.97%) Software Developer
6 46 (14.65%) Lead
7 43 (13.69%) Senior
8 36 (11.46%) Architect
9 34 (10.83%) Applications Developer
10 29 (9.24%) Software Engineer
11 25 (7.96%) .NET Applications Developer
12 23 (7.32%) C# Application Developer
13 21 (6.69%) .NET Software Developer
13 21 (6.69%) Full Stack Developer
14 19 (6.05%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 18 (5.73%) Lead Developer
16 17 (5.41%) Senior Developer
17 16 (5.10%) Lead .NET Developer
17 16 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
18 15 (4.78%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (72.29%) .NET
2 107 (34.08%) .NET Framework
3 104 (33.12%) HTML
4 80 (25.48%) CSS
5 78 (24.84%) ASP.NET
6 58 (18.47%) AngularJS
7 46 (14.65%) HTML5
8 44 (14.01%) .NET Core
9 38 (12.10%) Web Services
9 38 (12.10%) XML
10 37 (11.78%) REST
11 36 (11.46%) WPF
12 34 (10.83%) SOAP
13 33 (10.51%) RESTful
14 32 (10.19%) JSON
15 30 (9.55%) Blazor
16 27 (8.60%) jQuery
16 27 (8.60%) React
17 25 (7.96%) WinForms
18 23 (7.32%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.96%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (5.73%) FMCG
3 12 (3.82%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.23%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.23%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.91%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.59%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (0.96%) Hackathon
8 3 (0.96%) NHS
8 3 (0.96%) W3C
9 2 (0.64%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.64%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.64%) Tandem
10 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.32%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (15.29%) Windows
2 15 (4.78%) Linux
3 10 (3.18%) Android
4 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (49.04%) Agile
2 121 (38.54%) DevOps
3 83 (26.43%) Software Engineering
4 74 (23.57%) MVC
5 57 (18.15%) Continuous Integration
6 54 (17.20%) Scrum
7 51 (16.24%) CI/CD
8 46 (14.65%) Test Automation
9 45 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (14.33%) TDD
10 44 (14.01%) Web Development
11 43 (13.69%) Unit Testing
12 40 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (9.87%) Microservices
14 28 (8.92%) Design Patterns
14 28 (8.92%) OO
15 27 (8.60%) Analytics
15 27 (8.60%) Multithreading
15 27 (8.60%) User Stories
16 26 (8.28%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 241 (76.75%) C#
2 121 (38.54%) SQL
3 115 (36.62%) JavaScript
4 39 (12.42%) Java
4 39 (12.42%) T-SQL
5 32 (10.19%) C++
6 19 (6.05%) TypeScript
6 19 (6.05%) VB.NET
6 19 (6.05%) XPath
7 18 (5.73%) C
7 18 (5.73%) Python
8 8 (2.55%) Bash
8 8 (2.55%) PHP
8 8 (2.55%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.23%) Bicep
9 7 (2.23%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.64%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.64%) JSX
10 2 (0.64%) Perl
10 2 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (15.29%) Degree
2 21 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (5.73%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.59%) HNC
5 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.64%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.97%) QA
2 21 (6.69%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.27%) WCAG
5 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (3.50%) Docker
2 5 (1.59%) Firmware
3 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.23%) MIIS
2 7 (2.23%) Terraform
3 2 (0.64%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 118 (37.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.10%) SAP
3 9 (2.87%) Google
4 7 (2.23%) Oracle
5 6 (1.91%) Facebook
5 6 (1.91%) MuleSoft
5 6 (1.91%) OutSystems
6 4 (1.27%) Aderant
6 4 (1.27%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.96%) Adobe
7 3 (0.96%) DevExpress
7 3 (0.96%) Pardot
7 3 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.64%) Epicor
9 1 (0.32%) Cerner
9 1 (0.32%) Lotus
9 1 (0.32%) Sage