VB Jobs in England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 613 695
Rank change year-on-year +120 +82 -142
Permanent jobs citing VB 367 336 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.36% 0.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.33% 0.84% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 240 264 306
10th Percentile £29,625 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,289 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% +16.32% +11.93%
75th Percentile £59,000 £115,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £138,750 £132,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,580 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.74% +17.01% +11.76%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,645 39,981 70,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.40% 43.27% 53.50%
Number of salaries quoted 22,492 25,648 39,507
10th Percentile £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in England

VB
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VB in England

VB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Midlands +87 101 £50,000 +17.65% 29
North of England +35 65 £51,250 -6.62% 8
East Midlands +46 61 £47,500 +18.75% 8
London +34 61 £62,500 -45.65% 18
South East +40 59 £54,000 +9.92% 11
East of England +56 48 £40,000 -15.79% 10
North West +32 46 £52,500 +50.00% 6
West Midlands +40 40 £55,000 +22.22% 21
South West -24 33 £32,500 -35.00% 11
Yorkshire +35 16 £47,500 -22.36% 1
North East - 3 £47,500 - 1
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UK

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 56 (15.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.17%) IIS
3 18 (4.90%) Apache
4 9 (2.45%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.91%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.54%) CMS
6 2 (0.54%) Liferay
6 2 (0.54%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.54%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.54%) WinCC
7 1 (0.27%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) Documentum
Applications
1 26 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.54%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.54%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 42 (11.44%) Endur
2 9 (2.45%) Shopify
3 8 (2.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.54%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.54%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.16%) Azure
2 31 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
2 31 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (6.81%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.99%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (3.81%) Azure Storage
7 13 (3.54%) AWS
8 10 (2.72%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.63%) GitHub
10 5 (1.36%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.36%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.54%) npm
11 2 (0.54%) PaaS
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.27%) Firebase
12 1 (0.27%) GCP
12 1 (0.27%) SaaS
12 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.72%) WAN
2 24 (6.54%) LAN
3 21 (5.72%) DNS
4 20 (5.45%) DHCP
5 14 (3.81%) Firewall
6 10 (2.72%) Internet
7 8 (2.18%) 5G
7 8 (2.18%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.36%) HTTP
8 5 (1.36%) Wireless
9 4 (1.09%) FTP
10 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.27%) Intranet
11 1 (0.27%) Network Security
11 1 (0.27%) Profibus
11 1 (0.27%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (48.50%) SQL Server
2 49 (13.35%) Relational Database
3 42 (11.44%) RDBMS
4 23 (6.27%) Power BI
5 22 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (5.18%) MS Access
7 18 (4.90%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (4.63%) MySQL
9 12 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (3.00%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.91%) Big Data
13 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.09%) Tableau
15 2 (0.54%) DB2
15 2 (0.54%) DTS
15 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (11.99%) Visual Studio
2 27 (7.36%) Jasmine
2 27 (7.36%) Karma Test Runner
3 18 (4.90%) JIRA
4 9 (2.45%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.63%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.36%) Git
6 5 (1.36%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.09%) AdminStudio
7 4 (1.09%) MSI
8 2 (0.54%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.54%) Bower
8 2 (0.54%) gulp
8 2 (0.54%) Moq
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
General
1 78 (21.25%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (12.26%) Games
4 40 (10.90%) Marketing
5 36 (9.81%) Finance
6 22 (5.99%) Manufacturing
6 22 (5.99%) Retail
7 11 (3.00%) Legal
8 10 (2.72%) Law
9 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.45%) Electronics
10 8 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.91%) Advertising
11 7 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.36%) Automotive
12 5 (1.36%) Back Office
12 5 (1.36%) Police
13 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 140 (38.15%) Developer
2 62 (16.89%) Senior
3 45 (12.26%) Software Developer
4 32 (8.72%) Support Engineer
5 31 (8.45%) C# Developer
6 23 (6.27%) Development Manager
6 23 (6.27%) Software Engineer
7 22 (5.99%) Endur Manager
7 22 (5.99%) OpenLink Manager
8 21 (5.72%) Software Development Manager
8 21 (5.72%) Software Manager
9 20 (5.45%) Active Directory Specialist
9 20 (5.45%) Azure Specialist
10 18 (4.90%) .NET Developer
10 18 (4.90%) Analyst
10 18 (4.90%) Software Support Engineer
11 16 (4.36%) Lead
11 16 (4.36%) Senior Development Manager
11 16 (4.36%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.81%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (44.96%) .NET
2 92 (25.07%) XML
3 74 (20.16%) HTML
4 72 (19.62%) ASP.NET
5 65 (17.71%) AngularJS
6 58 (15.80%) Web Services
7 56 (15.26%) JSON
8 47 (12.81%) REST
9 46 (12.53%) SOAP
10 40 (10.90%) CSS
11 36 (9.81%) HTML5
12 31 (8.45%) React
13 30 (8.17%) Node.js
14 27 (7.36%) RxJS
14 27 (7.36%) Sass
14 27 (7.36%) XML Schema
15 23 (6.27%) Express.js
16 16 (4.36%) .NET Core
17 15 (4.09%) MFC
17 15 (4.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.44%) Swaptions
2 34 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (8.17%) PKI
4 23 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.81%) SCADA
6 12 (3.27%) Clustering
7 11 (3.00%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.45%) EPoS
8 9 (2.45%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (2.18%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.18%) FPGA
9 8 (2.18%) GNSS
9 8 (2.18%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.18%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.18%) Smart Meter
9 8 (2.18%) VHDL
10 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.63%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.36%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 80 (21.80%) Windows
2 74 (20.16%) Linux
3 39 (10.63%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 19 (5.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (4.90%) AIX
6 15 (4.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.00%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.72%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.63%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.36%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (17.71%) Agile
3 64 (17.44%) SDLC
4 56 (15.26%) Creative Thinking
5 55 (14.99%) DevOps
6 44 (11.99%) Software Engineering
7 42 (11.44%) Business Transformation
8 40 (10.90%) Data Modelling
9 39 (10.63%) Full Stack Development
10 36 (9.81%) Customer Service
10 36 (9.81%) Project Management
11 33 (8.99%) Roadmaps
11 33 (8.99%) Strategic Roadmap
12 31 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (8.45%) Data Science
12 31 (8.45%) IT Strategy
12 31 (8.45%) Technology Strategy
12 31 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
12 31 (8.45%) Workshop Facilitation
13 29 (7.90%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 199 (54.22%) SQL
2 189 (51.50%) C#
3 102 (27.79%) JavaScript
4 65 (17.71%) VB.NET
5 62 (16.89%) Java
6 58 (15.80%) Python
7 53 (14.44%) PowerShell
8 52 (14.17%) C
9 51 (13.90%) C++
10 46 (12.53%) T-SQL
11 45 (12.26%) VB6
12 39 (10.63%) PHP
13 38 (10.35%) VBScript
14 36 (9.81%) TypeScript
15 23 (6.27%) JSX
16 22 (5.99%) VBA
17 15 (4.09%) Assembly Language
18 14 (3.81%) ActionScript
18 14 (3.81%) Bicep
19 11 (3.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 121 (32.97%) Degree
2 33 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.81%) DV Cleared
4 18 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (2.72%) HNC
8 8 (2.18%) 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 9 (2.45%) SLA
3 5 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.09%) GDPR
5 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (12.26%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.54%) Docker
5 10 (2.72%) OpenSSH
5 10 (2.72%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (2.72%) vSphere
5 10 (2.72%) XenApp
6 8 (2.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (2.18%) Firmware
7 4 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (5.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (5.18%) SCCM
3 18 (4.90%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.90%) WSUS
4 14 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.81%) SCOM
5 10 (2.72%) IBM BigFix
5 10 (2.72%) PowerCLI
5 10 (2.72%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.54%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.54%) Wonderware InTouch
7 1 (0.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 148 (40.33%) Microsoft
2 72 (19.62%) Oracle
3 42 (11.44%) OpenLink
3 42 (11.44%) Sybase
3 42 (11.44%) TIBCO
4 14 (3.81%) VMware
5 10 (2.72%) Citrix
5 10 (2.72%) 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%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.91%) Facebook
7 7 (1.91%) YouTube
8 6 (1.63%) Google
9 5 (1.36%) Apple
9 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.36%) Siemens