Very new to VIM so any explanation on how to configure would be very appreciated.
My "Bandit" colour scheme was originally based on the highlighting from Visual Studio (version 6 I think) and Matlab. It's probably not a perfect match, but it may be of interest.
It's available here and, in case the screenshot below doesn't work, there's a screenshot here. Note that you'll need to do:
set background=light
before configuring the colour scheme as otherwise it will default to a dark background.