Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 613 771
Rank change year-on-year +48 +158 -204
Permanent jobs citing VB 367 355 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.37% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% 0.89% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 261 289 324
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £61,180 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +22.36% +11.11%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £138,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Programming Languages
UK

VB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,947 40,085 91,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.25% 42.29% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,291 26,714 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB.

Salary trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in the UK

VB
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +96 352 £48,500 -20.73% 86
UK excluding London +65 304 £48,500 -3.00% 65
Work from Home +20 192 £50,000 -28.29% 31
Midlands +40 79 £50,000 +17.65% 12
South East +25 70 £54,000 +8.00% 24
North of England +32 65 £50,000 -8.90% 16
London +12 57 £47,500 -54.76% 22
East of England +35 47 £40,000 -15.79% 6
North West +17 46 £52,500 +54.41% 11
East Midlands +14 40 £47,500 +18.75% 2
West Midlands +12 39 £55,000 +22.22% 10
South West -23 34 £32,500 -35.00% 8
Yorkshire +28 16 £47,500 -22.36% 2
Scotland -63 6 £47,500 -13.45% 1
Wales -7 3 £32,500 -27.78%
North East - 3 £47,500 - 3

VB
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 59 (16.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.45%) IIS
3 22 (5.99%) Apache
4 9 (2.45%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) CMS
6 2 (0.54%) Liferay
6 2 (0.54%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) Documentum
7 1 (0.27%) WinCC
Applications
1 29 (7.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.54%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.54%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (11.44%) Endur
2 9 (2.45%) Shopify
3 5 (1.36%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.54%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.54%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.53%) Azure
2 33 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (6.81%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.81%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.27%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (4.63%) Azure Storage
7 10 (2.72%) AWS
7 10 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.63%) GitHub
9 5 (1.36%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.36%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.54%) npm
10 2 (0.54%) PaaS
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.27%) Firebase
11 1 (0.27%) GCP
11 1 (0.27%) SaaS
11 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.54%) DNS
2 23 (6.27%) DHCP
3 17 (4.63%) Firewall
4 13 (3.54%) Internet
5 8 (2.18%) 5G
5 8 (2.18%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.18%) WAN
6 5 (1.36%) HTTP
6 5 (1.36%) Wireless
7 4 (1.09%) FTP
7 4 (1.09%) Profibus
8 3 (0.82%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.82%) Modbus
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) Intranet
10 1 (0.27%) Network Security
10 1 (0.27%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (45.23%) SQL Server
2 49 (13.35%) Relational Database
3 42 (11.44%) RDBMS
4 24 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.27%) Power BI
6 22 (5.99%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.18%) MS Access
7 19 (5.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (4.09%) MySQL
9 13 (3.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.18%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.09%) Big Data
13 4 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.09%) Tableau
14 2 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.54%) DB2
14 2 (0.54%) DTS
Development Applications
1 45 (12.26%) Visual Studio
2 28 (7.63%) Jasmine
2 28 (7.63%) Karma Test Runner
3 18 (4.90%) JIRA
4 11 (3.00%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.63%) AdminStudio
5 6 (1.63%) Dreamweaver
5 6 (1.63%) MSI
6 5 (1.36%) Git
7 4 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.54%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.54%) Bower
8 2 (0.54%) gulp
8 2 (0.54%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.54%) Moq
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.27%) JUnit
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
General
1 87 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.53%) Marketing
4 45 (12.26%) Games
5 41 (11.17%) Finance
6 22 (5.99%) Retail
7 20 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.00%) Legal
8 11 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.72%) Law
9 10 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.45%) Electronics
11 7 (1.91%) Advertising
11 7 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Automotive
12 5 (1.36%) Police
13 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (32.15%) Developer
2 60 (16.35%) Senior
3 42 (11.44%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.17%) C# Developer
5 27 (7.36%) Software Engineer
6 25 (6.81%) Software Support Engineer
7 23 (6.27%) Active Directory Specialist
7 23 (6.27%) Azure Specialist
7 23 (6.27%) Development Manager
7 23 (6.27%) Endur Manager
7 23 (6.27%) OpenLink Manager
8 21 (5.72%) Software Developer
8 21 (5.72%) Software Development Manager
8 21 (5.72%) Software Manager
9 20 (5.45%) .NET Developer
9 20 (5.45%) Senior Manager
10 19 (5.18%) Analyst
10 19 (5.18%) Senior Development Manager
11 18 (4.90%) Lead
12 17 (4.63%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (47.14%) .NET
2 73 (19.89%) ASP.NET
3 67 (18.26%) XML
4 63 (17.17%) Web Services
5 54 (14.71%) JSON
6 52 (14.17%) HTML
6 52 (14.17%) REST
7 51 (13.90%) SOAP
8 44 (11.99%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.63%) RxJS
9 28 (7.63%) Sass
9 28 (7.63%) XML Schema
10 19 (5.18%) CSS
11 17 (4.63%) ARM Templates
12 16 (4.36%) MFC
13 15 (4.09%) .NET Core
14 14 (3.81%) RESTful
15 13 (3.54%) HTML5
16 12 (3.27%) .NET Framework
17 11 (3.00%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.44%) Swaptions
2 38 (10.35%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (9.81%) PKI
4 29 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.36%) SCADA
6 15 (4.09%) Clustering
7 9 (2.45%) EPoS
7 9 (2.45%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.18%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.18%) FPGA
8 8 (2.18%) GNSS
8 8 (2.18%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.18%) Smart Meter
8 8 (2.18%) VHDL
9 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.63%) Shadow IT
10 5 (1.36%) Smart Energy
10 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (25.07%) Windows
2 79 (21.53%) Linux
3 45 (12.26%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.99%) AIX
4 22 (5.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (5.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (4.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (3.27%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.00%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.36%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (17.98%) Agile
3 63 (17.17%) SDLC
4 59 (16.08%) DevOps
5 56 (15.26%) Creative Thinking
6 53 (14.44%) Software Engineering
7 44 (11.99%) Data Modelling
8 42 (11.44%) Business Transformation
8 42 (11.44%) Customer Service
8 42 (11.44%) Project Management
9 40 (10.90%) Roadmaps
10 39 (10.63%) Strategic Roadmap
11 37 (10.08%) IT Strategy
11 37 (10.08%) Technology Strategy
11 37 (10.08%) Workshop Facilitation
12 34 (9.26%) Release Management
13 31 (8.45%) Analytics
13 31 (8.45%) ERP
13 31 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 202 (55.04%) C#
2 188 (51.23%) SQL
3 80 (21.80%) JavaScript
4 69 (18.80%) VB.NET
5 65 (17.71%) Java
6 64 (17.44%) PowerShell
7 58 (15.80%) C
8 57 (15.53%) C++
9 48 (13.08%) T-SQL
10 46 (12.53%) VB6
11 41 (11.17%) VBScript
12 38 (10.35%) TypeScript
13 35 (9.54%) Python
14 23 (6.27%) VBA
15 17 (4.63%) ActionScript
15 17 (4.63%) Bicep
16 16 (4.36%) Assembly Language
16 16 (4.36%) PHP
17 12 (3.27%) Perl
18 9 (2.45%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 114 (31.06%) Degree
2 41 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.17%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.54%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.72%) HNC
8 7 (1.91%) HND
9 5 (1.36%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.09%) PhD
11 3 (0.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.99%) QA
2 12 (3.27%) SLA
3 5 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.36%) GDPR
4 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.82%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (14.17%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.54%) OpenSSH
5 13 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.54%) vSphere
5 13 (3.54%) XenApp
6 9 (2.45%) Docker
7 8 (2.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (2.18%) Firmware
8 6 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (6.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 23 (6.27%) SCCM
1 23 (6.27%) WSUS
2 21 (5.72%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (4.63%) SCOM
4 13 (3.54%) IBM BigFix
4 13 (3.54%) PowerCLI
4 13 (3.54%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.27%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 130 (35.42%) Microsoft
2 76 (20.71%) Oracle
3 42 (11.44%) OpenLink
3 42 (11.44%) Sybase
3 42 (11.44%) TIBCO
4 19 (5.18%) VMware
5 13 (3.54%) Citrix
5 13 (3.54%) IBM
6 8 (2.18%) Altera
6 8 (2.18%) Green Hills
6 8 (2.18%) Motorola
6 8 (2.18%) SAP
6 8 (2.18%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.91%) Facebook
7 7 (1.91%) YouTube
8 6 (1.63%) Autodesk
8 6 (1.63%) Google
8 6 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.36%) Apple
10 4 (1.09%) Siemens