VB Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VB 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.43% - 1.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.06% - 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £31,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £40,000 £24,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +63.27% -53.33% +41.89%

All Programming Languages
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33 14 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 7.08% 5.65% 19.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 76
10th Percentile £30,500 £37,001 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £51,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -6.52% +31.28%
75th Percentile £47,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £51,250 £82,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

VB job vacancy trend in Cumbria

VB
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VB

VB
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £31,000 - 1
VB
North West

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Skype
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft