We found 255,578 companies that use Microsoft Visual Studio. 27,335 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Hiring for it has slowed, though 20,023 job posts still named it from October 2025 to August 2026. IT teams are its most common home.
Which companies name Microsoft Visual Studio in the most job posts?
Microsoft, Global Payments Inc. and Lockheed Martin are among the companies with the most job posts naming Microsoft Visual Studio. Of the five companies in the table, Microsoft has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 13,313.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
MicrosoftScientific and Technical Services · first seen Jul 202278513,313
"You will work across multiple Visual Studio and Copilot teams to drive a unified product vision that helps developers move faster while maintaining quality, control, and trust."Product Manager 2 - CoreAI, Nov 4, 2026
Global Payments Inc.Finance and Insurance · first seen Jul 2022766210
"Development Tools - Eclipse, Visual Studio, Webpack, Babel, Gulp"Software Engineer, Nov 6, 2026
Lockheed MartinManufacturing · first seen Jul 20227391,287
"Test program development in TestStand, CVI/LabWindows, Atlas, or Visual Studio"systems integration/test engineer sr - e3, Oct 21, 2026
EYProfessional Services · first seen Aug 20226802,024
"Visual Studio, TFS, VSTS and GIT"de-full stack backend engineer-gdsn02, Nov 3, 2026
LeidosProfessional Services · first seen Jul 2022641435
"Desirable Skills: Knowledge of CNO and experience with development tools such as Visual Studio and Git."Senior Software Engineer (SWE-4), Oct 23, 2026
What else do we know about Microsoft Visual Studio?
Is hiring for Microsoft Visual Studio growing?
Microsoft Visual Studio turned up in a shrinking share of job posts: 8.9 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, compared with 10 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 12.
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Month
Job posts naming Microsoft Visual Studio
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
1,667
1,413,673
12
Nov 2025
2,168
1,822,119
12
Dec 2025
1,408
1,236,103
11
Jan 2026
2,111
1,828,002
12
Feb 2026
2,114
1,856,647
11
Mar 2026
2,018
1,850,711
11
Apr 2026
1,814
1,728,886
10
May 2026
1,767
1,821,509
9.7
Jun 2026
1,768
1,909,496
9.3
Jul 2026
1,666
1,815,180
9.2
Aug 2026
1,522
1,835,698
8.3
How many companies named Microsoft Visual Studio in a job post for the first time in recent months?
In the three months to August 2026, 486 companies posted about Microsoft Visual Studio for the first time. From March to May, 553 did. Over the 11 months from October 2025, 2,018 companies posted their first job naming it.
March to May 2026553
June to August 2026486
October 2025 to August 20262,018
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use Microsoft Visual Studio?
89% of the companies here are known from employees' profiles alone, and 11% name Microsoft Visual Studio in their own job posts. 16,390 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name Microsoft Visual Studio
27,33511%
Employees' profiles list Microsoft Visual Studio
228,24389%
255,578 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use Microsoft Visual Studio?
Companies with fewer than 50 employees are 2 times as common among Microsoft Visual Studio users as on the typical tech page. 4,802 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
44%22%
50 to 999
47%38%
1,000 to 5,000
7.1%17%
Over 5,000
1.9%23%
Where are Microsoft Visual Studio companies based?
30% of Microsoft Visual Studio companies are based in the United States, and 6.4% in India. Its companies are based in 215 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
30%43%
India
6.4%6.9%
United Kingdom
6.3%6.4%
Canada
4.1%3.6%
Brazil
3.7%2.8%
France
3.7%4.6%
Companies in 215 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
73,167
30%
43%
India
15,471
6.4%
6.9%
United Kingdom
15,335
6.3%
6.4%
Canada
9,860
4.1%
3.6%
Brazil
8,963
3.7%
2.8%
France
8,938
3.7%
4.6%
Which teams work with Microsoft Visual Studio?
Microsoft Visual Studio sits mostly with IT teams (889 companies). Development and software development teams come next, at 297 and 286 companies.
TeamCompanies
IT
889
Development
297
Software development
286
Engineering
203
R&D
198
Software engineering
154
What else do Microsoft Visual Studio companies use?
Compared with companies of the same size, Microsoft Visual Studio companies stand out for using WPF and WinForms. WCF comes third, 7.5 times as common as usual, at 12%.
Share of the 22,129 Microsoft Visual Studio companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming Microsoft Visual Studio in job posts recently?
From April to August 2026, 511 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming Microsoft Visual Studio: 359 commercial, 109 mid-market and 43 enterprise. ACTIA ITALIA has the most job posts of the new commercial companies, 15 from April to August.
Companies that named Microsoft Visual Studio in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention Microsoft Visual Studio most?
Software Engineer is the role behind 48% of the job posts that mention Microsoft Visual Studio. Software Development Engineer in Test is second, at 4.6%.
RoleSharePosts
Software Engineer
48%9,616
Software Development Engineer in Test
4.6%931
Business Systems
2.7%550
IT Support
2.4%474
Consultant
1.5%303
Embedded Engineer
1.5%303
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Software Engineer
48%
9,616
2,558
2,186
Software Development Engineer in Test
4.6%
931
268
206
Business Systems
2.7%
550
145
116
IT Support
2.4%
474
112
119
Consultant
1.5%
303
80
79
Embedded Engineer
1.5%
303
85
76
Which project themes come up in Microsoft Visual Studio job posts?
Setting aside broad digital transformation, Data Infrastructure Migration is the theme teams hiring for Microsoft Visual Studio mention most, in 2,151 job posts. After that comes Microservices Migration, with 930.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation10,847
Data Infrastructure Migration2,151
Microservices Migration930
Cloud Migration724
"using with Microsoft Visual Studio, REST APIs, Microservices Architecture"
JAKSON Group, Software Developer, Nov 5, 2026
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