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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Permanent jobs citing VB 11 0 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.18% - 0.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.35% - 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 30
10th Percentile - - £22,250
25th Percentile £25,250 - £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,739 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £53,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.09% -25.38%

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 813 788 1,830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.02% 26.22% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 549 635 1,493
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,300 £32,100
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,253 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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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 13 June 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 13 June 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 - 10 £43,250 - 2
Suffolk - 1 £47,739 -
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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Google Workspace
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Senior
1 5 (45.45%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
1 1 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Apple iOS
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
1 5 (45.45%) Time Management
2 1 (9.09%) Coaching
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (9.09%) Database Optimisation
2 1 (9.09%) Information Management
2 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 1 (9.09%) MVVM
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) SDLC
2 1 (9.09%) System Testing
2 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) VB.NET
2 1 (9.09%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Apple
1 5 (45.45%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft