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 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 557 618 756
Rank change year-on-year +61 +138 -186
Permanent jobs citing VB 358 362 536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.07% 0.85% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 255 292 320
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £30,238
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,078 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +20.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £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 33,326 42,611 88,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 43.26% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24,946 27,225 43,437
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £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 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 23 May 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 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 +103 343 £48,500 -20.73% 81
UK excluding London +94 295 £48,500 -3.00% 65
Work from Home +20 188 £50,000 -28.00% 32
Midlands +40 78 £50,000 +17.65% 14
North of England +32 65 £51,250 -6.62% 15
South East +42 63 £54,000 +8.00% 20
London +21 57 £55,000 -50.00% 17
East of England +48 47 £40,000 -15.79% 6
North West +27 46 £52,500 +50.00% 10
West Midlands +30 39 £55,000 +18.92% 12
East Midlands +21 39 £47,500 +18.75% 2
South West -13 33 £32,500 -35.00% 9
Yorkshire +45 16 £47,500 -22.36% 3
Scotland -55 6 £47,500 -13.45% 1
Wales -3 3 £32,500 -27.78% 1
North East - 3 £47,500 - 2

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 57 (15.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.66%) IIS
3 22 (6.15%) Apache
4 9 (2.51%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Liferay
6 2 (0.56%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) Documentum
7 1 (0.28%) WinCC
Applications
1 29 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.56%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 42 (11.73%) Endur
2 9 (2.51%) Shopify
3 5 (1.40%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.56%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.56%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.23%) Azure
2 32 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (6.98%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.42%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.87%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (4.19%) Azure Storage
8 11 (3.07%) AWS
9 10 (2.79%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.68%) GitHub
11 5 (1.40%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.40%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.56%) npm
12 2 (0.56%) PaaS
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.28%) Firebase
13 1 (0.28%) GCP
13 1 (0.28%) SaaS
13 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.15%) DNS
2 21 (5.87%) DHCP
3 15 (4.19%) Firewall
4 12 (3.35%) Internet
5 8 (2.23%) 5G
5 8 (2.23%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.23%) WAN
6 5 (1.40%) HTTP
6 5 (1.40%) Wireless
7 4 (1.12%) FTP
7 4 (1.12%) Profibus
8 3 (0.84%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.84%) Modbus
8 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.56%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.28%) Intranet
10 1 (0.28%) Network Security
10 1 (0.28%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (45.81%) SQL Server
2 49 (13.69%) Relational Database
3 42 (11.73%) RDBMS
4 24 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.42%) Power BI
6 22 (6.15%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.31%) MS Access
7 19 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (4.19%) MySQL
9 13 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.51%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.40%) Big Data
11 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.12%) Tableau
13 2 (0.56%) DB2
13 2 (0.56%) DTS
13 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (12.29%) Visual Studio
2 28 (7.82%) Jasmine
2 28 (7.82%) Karma Test Runner
3 17 (4.75%) JIRA
4 10 (2.79%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.68%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.40%) AdminStudio
6 5 (1.40%) Git
6 5 (1.40%) MSI
7 4 (1.12%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.56%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.56%) Bower
8 2 (0.56%) gulp
8 2 (0.56%) Moq
8 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 83 (23.18%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.85%) Marketing
4 45 (12.57%) Games
5 40 (11.17%) Finance
6 22 (6.15%) Retail
7 20 (5.59%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.07%) Legal
9 10 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.79%) Law
9 10 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.51%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.51%) Electronics
10 9 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.96%) Advertising
11 7 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.40%) Automotive
12 5 (1.40%) Police
13 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 115 (32.12%) Developer
2 61 (17.04%) Senior
3 41 (11.45%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.38%) C# Developer
5 26 (7.26%) Software Engineer
6 25 (6.98%) Software Support Engineer
7 23 (6.42%) Development Manager
7 23 (6.42%) Endur Manager
7 23 (6.42%) OpenLink Manager
8 21 (5.87%) Active Directory Specialist
8 21 (5.87%) Azure Specialist
8 21 (5.87%) Software Development Manager
8 21 (5.87%) Software Manager
9 20 (5.59%) Senior Manager
10 19 (5.31%) Analyst
10 19 (5.31%) Senior Development Manager
10 19 (5.31%) Software Developer
11 18 (5.03%) .NET Developer
12 17 (4.75%) Lead
13 16 (4.47%) Endur Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (47.77%) .NET
2 72 (20.11%) ASP.NET
3 68 (18.99%) XML
4 63 (17.60%) Web Services
5 55 (15.36%) JSON
6 52 (14.53%) REST
7 51 (14.25%) HTML
7 51 (14.25%) SOAP
8 43 (12.01%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.82%) RxJS
9 28 (7.82%) Sass
9 28 (7.82%) XML Schema
10 18 (5.03%) CSS
11 16 (4.47%) MFC
12 15 (4.19%) .NET Core
12 15 (4.19%) ARM Templates
13 14 (3.91%) RESTful
14 13 (3.63%) HTML5
15 12 (3.35%) .NET Framework
16 11 (3.07%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.73%) Swaptions
2 38 (10.61%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (9.22%) PKI
4 25 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.47%) SCADA
6 14 (3.91%) Clustering
7 9 (2.51%) EPoS
7 9 (2.51%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.23%) FPGA
8 8 (2.23%) GNSS
8 8 (2.23%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.23%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.23%) Smart Meter
8 8 (2.23%) VHDL
9 6 (1.68%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.40%) Smart Energy
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 89 (24.86%) Windows
2 78 (21.79%) Linux
3 42 (11.73%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.15%) AIX
5 20 (5.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (3.35%) Windows 10
8 11 (3.07%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.68%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.40%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (17.60%) Agile
2 63 (17.60%) SDLC
3 57 (15.92%) DevOps
4 56 (15.64%) Creative Thinking
5 51 (14.25%) Software Engineering
6 44 (12.29%) Data Modelling
7 42 (11.73%) Business Transformation
8 41 (11.45%) Customer Service
9 40 (11.17%) Project Management
9 40 (11.17%) Roadmaps
10 39 (10.89%) Strategic Roadmap
11 37 (10.34%) IT Strategy
11 37 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
11 37 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
12 31 (8.66%) ERP
12 31 (8.66%) Release Management
12 31 (8.66%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (8.10%) Analytics
13 29 (8.10%) OO
Programming Languages
1 196 (54.75%) C#
2 185 (51.68%) SQL
3 79 (22.07%) JavaScript
4 66 (18.44%) VB.NET
5 65 (18.16%) Java
6 60 (16.76%) PowerShell
7 57 (15.92%) C
8 55 (15.36%) C++
9 48 (13.41%) T-SQL
10 46 (12.85%) VB6
11 39 (10.89%) VBScript
12 38 (10.61%) TypeScript
13 35 (9.78%) Python
14 23 (6.42%) VBA
15 16 (4.47%) ActionScript
15 16 (4.47%) Assembly Language
15 16 (4.47%) PHP
16 15 (4.19%) Bicep
17 11 (3.07%) Perl
18 9 (2.51%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 108 (30.17%) Degree
2 38 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.54%) DV Cleared
4 21 (5.87%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.51%) HNC
8 7 (1.96%) HND
9 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.12%) PhD
11 3 (0.84%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.29%) QA
2 11 (3.07%) SLA
3 5 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.40%) GDPR
4 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.84%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (3.35%) OpenSSH
5 12 (3.35%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.35%) vSphere
5 12 (3.35%) XenApp
6 10 (2.79%) Docker
7 8 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (2.23%) Firmware
8 5 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (5.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 21 (5.87%) SCCM
2 20 (5.59%) WSUS
3 19 (5.31%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.19%) SCOM
5 12 (3.35%) IBM BigFix
5 12 (3.35%) PowerCLI
5 12 (3.35%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.28%) WMI
7 1 (0.28%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 127 (35.47%) Microsoft
2 76 (21.23%) Oracle
3 42 (11.73%) OpenLink
3 42 (11.73%) Sybase
3 42 (11.73%) TIBCO
4 17 (4.75%) VMware
5 12 (3.35%) Citrix
5 12 (3.35%) IBM
6 8 (2.23%) Altera
6 8 (2.23%) Green Hills
6 8 (2.23%) Motorola
6 8 (2.23%) SAP
6 8 (2.23%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.96%) Facebook
7 7 (1.96%) YouTube
8 6 (1.68%) Google
8 6 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.40%) Apple
9 5 (1.40%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.40%) Autodesk