The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Blackpool requiring VB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VB over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 31 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
51
19
-
Rank change year-on-year
-32
-
-
Permanent jobs citing VB
3
6
0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool
VB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Blackpool.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
90
22
1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool
33.09%
19.30%
2.56%
Number of salaries quoted
71
16
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
£47,683
£42,725
£56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£50,055
£61,994
£62,500
Median % change year-on-year
-19.26%
-0.81%
+12.23%
75th Percentile
£51,240
£84,964
£68,750
90th Percentile
£58,943
-
-
Lancashire median annual salary
£50,055
£50,000
£47,500
% change year-on-year
+0.11%
+5.26%
+5.56%
VB Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool
Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.
VB Salary Trend in Blackpool
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in Blackpool.
VB Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackpool
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, job vacancies citing VB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Blackpool region with a requirement for VB.
VB Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackpool 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:
