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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 619 750
Rank change year-on-year +49 +131 -187
Permanent jobs citing VB 362 364 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% 0.87% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 259 294 325
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,078 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% +14.16% +11.11%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,750 £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 33,562 41,867 90,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.71% 43.01% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 26,942 43,619
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 £53,772 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 28 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 28 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 +84 347 £48,500 -20.73% 83
UK excluding London +78 300 £48,500 -3.00% 66
Work from Home +31 191 £50,000 -28.00% 31
Midlands +43 78 £50,000 +17.65% 12
South East +38 68 £54,000 +8.00% 20
North of England +42 65 £50,000 -8.90% 18
London +48 56 £55,000 -48.84% 17
East of England +36 47 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North West +33 46 £52,500 +52.17% 12
West Midlands +31 39 £55,000 +22.22% 10
East Midlands +12 39 £47,500 +18.75% 2
South West -25 33 £32,500 -35.00% 10
Yorkshire +43 16 £47,500 -22.36% 3
Scotland -54 6 £47,500 -13.45%
Wales -9 3 £32,500 -27.78% 1
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 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.56%) IIS
3 22 (6.08%) Apache
4 9 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) Liferay
6 2 (0.55%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.55%) 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 (8.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 42 (11.60%) Endur
2 9 (2.49%) Shopify
3 5 (1.38%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.55%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.55%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.55%) Azure
2 33 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (8.84%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (6.91%) Entra ID
4 25 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (4.70%) Azure Storage
7 10 (2.76%) AWS
7 10 (2.76%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.66%) GitHub
9 5 (1.38%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.55%) npm
10 2 (0.55%) PaaS
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.28%) Firebase
11 1 (0.28%) GCP
11 1 (0.28%) SaaS
11 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.63%) DNS
2 23 (6.35%) DHCP
3 17 (4.70%) Firewall
4 13 (3.59%) Internet
5 8 (2.21%) 5G
5 8 (2.21%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.21%) WAN
6 5 (1.38%) HTTP
6 5 (1.38%) Wireless
7 4 (1.10%) FTP
7 4 (1.10%) Profibus
8 3 (0.83%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.83%) Modbus
8 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) 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 (45.30%) SQL Server
2 49 (13.54%) Relational Database
3 42 (11.60%) RDBMS
4 24 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.35%) Power BI
6 22 (6.08%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.25%) MS Access
7 19 (5.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (4.14%) MySQL
9 13 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.21%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.38%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.10%) Big Data
13 4 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.10%) Tableau
14 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.55%) DB2
14 2 (0.55%) DTS
Development Applications
1 44 (12.15%) Visual Studio
2 28 (7.73%) Jasmine
2 28 (7.73%) Karma Test Runner
3 17 (4.70%) JIRA
4 11 (3.04%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.66%) AdminStudio
5 6 (1.66%) Dreamweaver
5 6 (1.66%) MSI
6 5 (1.38%) Git
7 4 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.10%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.55%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.55%) Bower
8 2 (0.55%) gulp
8 2 (0.55%) Moq
8 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 86 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.71%) Marketing
4 45 (12.43%) Games
5 41 (11.33%) Finance
6 22 (6.08%) Retail
7 20 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.04%) Legal
8 11 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.76%) Law
9 10 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.49%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.49%) Electronics
11 7 (1.93%) Advertising
11 7 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.38%) Automotive
12 5 (1.38%) Police
13 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (32.04%) Developer
2 60 (16.57%) Senior
3 42 (11.60%) Support Engineer
4 30 (8.29%) C# Developer
5 26 (7.18%) Software Engineer
6 25 (6.91%) Software Support Engineer
7 23 (6.35%) Active Directory Specialist
7 23 (6.35%) Azure Specialist
7 23 (6.35%) Development Manager
7 23 (6.35%) Endur Manager
7 23 (6.35%) OpenLink Manager
8 21 (5.80%) Software Development Manager
8 21 (5.80%) Software Manager
9 20 (5.52%) Senior Manager
9 20 (5.52%) Software Developer
10 19 (5.25%) .NET Developer
10 19 (5.25%) Analyst
10 19 (5.25%) Senior Development Manager
11 17 (4.70%) Active Directory Support
11 17 (4.70%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (47.24%) .NET
2 72 (19.89%) ASP.NET
3 67 (18.51%) XML
4 63 (17.40%) Web Services
5 54 (14.92%) JSON
6 52 (14.36%) REST
7 51 (14.09%) HTML
7 51 (14.09%) SOAP
8 43 (11.88%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.73%) RxJS
9 28 (7.73%) Sass
9 28 (7.73%) XML Schema
10 18 (4.97%) CSS
11 17 (4.70%) ARM Templates
12 16 (4.42%) MFC
13 15 (4.14%) .NET Core
14 14 (3.87%) RESTful
15 13 (3.59%) HTML5
16 12 (3.31%) .NET Framework
17 11 (3.04%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.60%) Swaptions
2 38 (10.50%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (9.94%) PKI
4 28 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.42%) SCADA
6 15 (4.14%) Clustering
7 9 (2.49%) EPoS
7 9 (2.49%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.21%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.21%) FPGA
8 8 (2.21%) GNSS
8 8 (2.21%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.21%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.21%) Smart Meter
8 8 (2.21%) VHDL
9 6 (1.66%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.66%) Shadow IT
10 5 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.38%) Smart Energy
10 5 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (25.41%) Windows
2 79 (21.82%) Linux
3 45 (12.43%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.08%) AIX
4 22 (6.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (6.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (4.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (3.31%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.04%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.38%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.38%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (18.23%) Agile
3 63 (17.40%) SDLC
4 59 (16.30%) DevOps
5 56 (15.47%) Creative Thinking
6 51 (14.09%) Software Engineering
7 44 (12.15%) Data Modelling
8 42 (11.60%) Business Transformation
8 42 (11.60%) Customer Service
9 41 (11.33%) Project Management
10 40 (11.05%) Roadmaps
11 39 (10.77%) Strategic Roadmap
12 37 (10.22%) IT Strategy
12 37 (10.22%) Technology Strategy
12 37 (10.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 34 (9.39%) Release Management
14 31 (8.56%) Analytics
14 31 (8.56%) ERP
14 31 (8.56%) User Acceptance Testing
15 29 (8.01%) OO
Programming Languages
1 198 (54.70%) C#
2 185 (51.10%) SQL
3 79 (21.82%) JavaScript
4 67 (18.51%) VB.NET
5 65 (17.96%) Java
6 64 (17.68%) PowerShell
7 57 (15.75%) C
8 55 (15.19%) C++
9 48 (13.26%) T-SQL
10 46 (12.71%) VB6
11 41 (11.33%) VBScript
12 38 (10.50%) TypeScript
13 34 (9.39%) Python
14 23 (6.35%) VBA
15 17 (4.70%) ActionScript
15 17 (4.70%) Bicep
16 16 (4.42%) Assembly Language
16 16 (4.42%) PHP
17 11 (3.04%) Perl
18 9 (2.49%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 112 (30.94%) Degree
2 41 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.29%) DV Cleared
4 24 (6.63%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.49%) HNC
8 7 (1.93%) HND
9 5 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.10%) PhD
11 3 (0.83%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.15%) QA
2 12 (3.31%) SLA
3 5 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.38%) GDPR
4 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (14.36%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.97%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.59%) OpenSSH
5 13 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.59%) vSphere
5 13 (3.59%) XenApp
6 9 (2.49%) Docker
7 8 (2.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (2.21%) Firmware
8 6 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (6.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 23 (6.35%) SCCM
1 23 (6.35%) WSUS
2 21 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (4.70%) SCOM
4 13 (3.59%) IBM BigFix
4 13 (3.59%) PowerCLI
4 13 (3.59%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.28%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 129 (35.64%) Microsoft
2 76 (20.99%) Oracle
3 42 (11.60%) OpenLink
3 42 (11.60%) Sybase
3 42 (11.60%) TIBCO
4 19 (5.25%) VMware
5 13 (3.59%) Citrix
5 13 (3.59%) IBM
6 8 (2.21%) Altera
6 8 (2.21%) Green Hills
6 8 (2.21%) Motorola
6 8 (2.21%) SAP
6 8 (2.21%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.93%) Facebook
7 7 (1.93%) YouTube
8 6 (1.66%) Autodesk
8 6 (1.66%) Google
8 6 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.38%) Apple
10 4 (1.10%) Siemens