VB Jobs in England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 546 755
Rank change year-on-year +16 +209 -110
Permanent jobs citing VB 287 304 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.43% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.23% 1.06% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 208 251 315
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,000 £105,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £138,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £64,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.10% +29.50% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 23,314 28,657 75,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.75% 40.31% 51.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,627 21,657 38,997
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £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 £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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
South East +44 80 £54,000 -0.92% 6
Midlands -1 54 £50,000 +17.65% 11
North of England +23 53 £50,000 -18.27% 8
North West +15 35 £52,500 +41.89% 7
South West +7 35 £32,500 -35.00% 5
London -35 34 £53,750 -48.81% 5
East of England +20 31 £34,500 -27.37% 4
West Midlands +1 27 £58,750 +27.72% 7
East Midlands -11 27 £47,500 +18.75% 4
Yorkshire +46 15 £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 40 (13.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (9.41%) IIS
3 18 (6.27%) Apache
4 7 (2.44%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) Mule
6 1 (0.35%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.35%) Documentum
Applications
1 29 (10.10%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (8.36%) Endur
2 7 (2.44%) Shopify
3 2 (0.70%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.00%) Azure
2 31 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
2 31 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 20 (6.97%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (5.57%) Azure Storage
5 16 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.79%) AWS
7 4 (1.39%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.39%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.35%) Firebase
9 1 (0.35%) GCP
9 1 (0.35%) GitHub
9 1 (0.35%) SaaS
9 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.97%) DHCP
1 20 (6.97%) DNS
2 17 (5.92%) Internet
3 16 (5.57%) Firewall
4 8 (2.79%) 5G
4 8 (2.79%) SD-WAN
4 8 (2.79%) WAN
5 5 (1.74%) HTTP
6 4 (1.39%) FTP
7 3 (1.05%) Wireless
8 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.35%) Intranet
9 1 (0.35%) Profibus
9 1 (0.35%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (42.51%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.45%) Relational Database
3 24 (8.36%) RDBMS
4 18 (6.27%) MongoDB
4 18 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.23%) Power BI
5 15 (5.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (3.14%) MS Access
8 8 (2.79%) MySQL
9 7 (2.44%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.09%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.39%) Tableau
12 3 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.70%) Big Data
13 2 (0.70%) Informix
13 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 1 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (11.85%) Visual Studio
2 27 (9.41%) Jasmine
2 27 (9.41%) Karma Test Runner
3 13 (4.53%) AdminStudio
3 13 (4.53%) InstallShield
3 13 (4.53%) MSI
4 11 (3.83%) JIRA
5 6 (2.09%) Dreamweaver
6 4 (1.39%) LabVIEW
7 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.70%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.35%) Selenium
9 1 (0.35%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.35%) TestNG
General
1 82 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (12.54%) Finance
4 32 (11.15%) Marketing
5 25 (8.71%) Games
6 20 (6.97%) Retail
7 17 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.18%) Law
10 10 (3.48%) Legal
11 8 (2.79%) Electronics
12 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.74%) Police
13 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.05%) Automotive
14 3 (1.05%) Aviation
14 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (32.06%) Developer
2 39 (13.59%) Senior
3 36 (12.54%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.41%) C# Developer
5 20 (6.97%) Active Directory Specialist
5 20 (6.97%) Azure Specialist
6 18 (6.27%) Software Developer
6 18 (6.27%) Software Support Engineer
7 17 (5.92%) Analyst
8 16 (5.57%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (5.57%) IT Technician
8 16 (5.57%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.57%) Support Specialist
9 15 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.23%) Infrastructure Support
9 15 (5.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 15 (5.23%) VMware Engineer
9 15 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (5.23%) VMware Support Engineer
10 13 (4.53%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (44.95%) .NET
2 56 (19.51%) ASP.NET
3 55 (19.16%) Web Services
4 51 (17.77%) XML
5 46 (16.03%) SOAP
6 45 (15.68%) REST
7 41 (14.29%) JSON
8 39 (13.59%) HTML
9 37 (12.89%) AngularJS
10 27 (9.41%) RxJS
10 27 (9.41%) Sass
10 27 (9.41%) XML Schema
11 18 (6.27%) CSS
12 16 (5.57%) ARM Templates
13 11 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 11 (3.83%) MFC
14 9 (3.14%) LAPP Stack
15 8 (2.79%) HTML5
15 8 (2.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 7 (2.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.89%) PKI
2 36 (12.54%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (8.36%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (8.36%) Swaptions
4 18 (6.27%) Clustering
5 13 (4.53%) Shadow IT
6 9 (3.14%) EPoS
7 8 (2.79%) FPGA
7 8 (2.79%) GNSS
7 8 (2.79%) MicroBlaze
7 8 (2.79%) SCADA
7 8 (2.79%) Smart Meter
7 8 (2.79%) VHDL
8 7 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.44%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.09%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.74%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.74%) Smart Energy
11 4 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 88 (30.66%) Windows
2 59 (20.56%) Linux
3 44 (15.33%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (6.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (6.27%) AIX
7 17 (5.92%) Windows 10
8 16 (5.57%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.39%) Unix
10 3 (1.05%) Android
10 3 (1.05%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (18.82%) DevOps
3 49 (17.07%) Agile
4 48 (16.72%) Project Management
5 41 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 38 (13.24%) Creative Thinking
7 36 (12.54%) SDLC
8 35 (12.20%) Release Management
9 29 (10.10%) ITIL
9 29 (10.10%) Service Management
9 29 (10.10%) Software Engineering
9 29 (10.10%) User Acceptance Testing
10 28 (9.76%) Data Modelling
11 27 (9.41%) Unit Testing
12 26 (9.06%) Analytics
13 24 (8.36%) Business Transformation
13 24 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (8.36%) ERP
14 23 (8.01%) IT Strategy
14 23 (8.01%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 164 (57.14%) C#
2 145 (50.52%) SQL
3 64 (22.30%) JavaScript
4 58 (20.21%) PowerShell
4 58 (20.21%) VB.NET
5 53 (18.47%) C++
6 46 (16.03%) C
7 42 (14.63%) Java
7 42 (14.63%) T-SQL
8 39 (13.59%) VB6
8 39 (13.59%) VBScript
9 37 (12.89%) TypeScript
10 23 (8.01%) Python
11 21 (7.32%) ActionScript
12 16 (5.57%) Bicep
13 14 (4.88%) Perl
14 13 (4.53%) VBA
15 11 (3.83%) Assembly Language
16 9 (3.14%) PHP
16 9 (3.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 105 (36.59%) Degree
2 37 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 33 (11.50%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.06%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.39%) HNC
8 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.05%) MBA
8 3 (1.05%) PhD
9 2 (0.70%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.29%) QA
2 15 (5.23%) SLA
3 5 (1.74%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (19.16%) Active Directory
2 30 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.92%) OpenSSH
3 17 (5.92%) VMware ESXi
3 17 (5.92%) vSphere
3 17 (5.92%) XenApp
4 16 (5.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (5.57%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (4.53%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (2.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (2.79%) Firmware
7 5 (1.74%) Docker
8 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 29 (10.10%) SCCM
1 29 (10.10%) WSUS
2 20 (6.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 20 (6.97%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.92%) IBM BigFix
3 17 (5.92%) PowerCLI
3 17 (5.92%) vCenter Server
4 16 (5.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (5.57%) SCOM
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 105 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 54 (18.82%) Oracle
3 30 (10.45%) VMware
4 24 (8.36%) OpenLink
4 24 (8.36%) Sybase
4 24 (8.36%) TIBCO
5 17 (5.92%) Citrix
5 17 (5.92%) IBM
6 13 (4.53%) Autodesk
6 13 (4.53%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.79%) Altera
7 8 (2.79%) Green Hills
7 8 (2.79%) Motorola
7 8 (2.79%) Xilinx
8 4 (1.39%) Google
8 4 (1.39%) SAP
9 3 (1.05%) Apple
9 3 (1.05%) EMC
10 2 (0.70%) Siemens
10 2 (0.70%) Sun