VB Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 167 163
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +73
Permanent jobs citing VB 7 16 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.16% 0.46% 0.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.30% 1.39% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 13
10th Percentile £25,250 - £23,000
25th Percentile £34,015 £37,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -30.43%
75th Percentile £43,389 £42,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £50,533 - -
England median annual salary £41,542 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% -7.41% +2.86%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 537 1,151 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.16% 33.29% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 416 537 1,065
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

VB job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VB

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VB in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Hertfordshire +5 7 £43,085 - 1
VB
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (57.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Google Workspace
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (57.14%) MS Access
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Toad
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Local Government
2 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Senior
3 4 (57.14%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Applications Support
3 4 (57.14%) Applications Support Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Applications Engineer
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Applications Support
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) IT Support
4 2 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 4 (57.14%) Unix
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 4 (57.14%) Digital Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
1 4 (57.14%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) Load Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) MVVM
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (57.14%) Shell Script
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) NEC
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
2 2 (28.57%) Google