VB Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 253 252 314
Rank change year-on-year -1 +62 -50
Permanent jobs citing VB 54 35 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.46% 0.46% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.03% 1.36% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 49 21 49
10th Percentile £37,250 £30,500 £19,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £46,000 £50,000
90th Percentile - £48,750 £52,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.38% +30.00% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,656 2,569 4,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.86% 33.83% 39.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,020 1,692 3,206
10th Percentile £32,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,950
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.95% +7.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VB in the Midlands

VB
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in the Midlands.

Salary trend for VB in the Midlands

VB
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in the Midlands

VB
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +1 27 £58,750 +27.72% 7
East Midlands -11 27 £47,500 +18.75% 4
VB
England

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (20.37%) IIS
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) Azure
2 14 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.41%) PowerApps
4 3 (5.56%) AWS
4 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (57.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.41%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.41%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (7.41%) MySQL
2 4 (7.41%) NoSQL
3 3 (5.56%) Power BI
3 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (35.19%) Visual Studio
2 11 (20.37%) Jasmine
2 11 (20.37%) Karma Test Runner
3 2 (3.70%) Android Studio
3 2 (3.70%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 12 (22.22%) Law
2 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.26%) Police
5 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Advertising
6 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (59.26%) Developer
2 14 (25.93%) Software Developer
3 11 (20.37%) C# Developer
4 9 (16.67%) Embedded Developer
4 9 (16.67%) Embedded Software Developer
4 9 (16.67%) Software Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) .NET Developer
6 4 (7.41%) Head of Test
6 4 (7.41%) Power Apps Developer
7 3 (5.56%) .NET Software Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) SCADA Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) SCADA Software Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Software Support Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Web Developer
9 1 (1.85%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (83.33%) .NET
2 19 (35.19%) ASP.NET
3 15 (27.78%) Web Services
3 15 (27.78%) XML
4 13 (24.07%) AngularJS
4 13 (24.07%) REST
4 13 (24.07%) SOAP
5 12 (22.22%) HTML
6 11 (20.37%) JSON
6 11 (20.37%) MFC
6 11 (20.37%) RxJS
6 11 (20.37%) Sass
6 11 (20.37%) XML Schema
7 10 (18.52%) CSS
8 5 (9.26%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
9 4 (7.41%) Node.js
9 4 (7.41%) React
9 4 (7.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 4 (7.41%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) SCADA
2 4 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.85%) CCTV
4 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.07%) Linux
2 3 (5.56%) Android
3 2 (3.70%) AIX
4 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) DevOps
2 19 (35.19%) Software Engineering
3 14 (25.93%) Change Control
4 12 (22.22%) Agile
5 11 (20.37%) Customer Service
5 11 (20.37%) Fault Analysis
5 11 (20.37%) Unit Testing
5 11 (20.37%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (18.52%) Integration Testing
7 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.96%) ERP
8 7 (12.96%) MVC
9 6 (11.11%) Business Analysis
9 6 (11.11%) System Testing
10 4 (7.41%) DevSecOps
10 4 (7.41%) Functional Testing
10 4 (7.41%) Non-Functional Testing
10 4 (7.41%) Service Design
10 4 (7.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 52 (96.30%) C#
2 38 (70.37%) SQL
3 27 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 22 (40.74%) C++
5 21 (38.89%) TypeScript
6 16 (29.63%) VB.NET
7 14 (25.93%) C
8 13 (24.07%) VB6
9 11 (20.37%) Assembly Language
9 11 (20.37%) T-SQL
10 7 (12.96%) Python
11 4 (7.41%) Java
12 2 (3.70%) VBA
13 1 (1.85%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (1.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) HNC
2 1 (1.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (29.63%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (3.70%) Facebook
3 2 (3.70%) SAP
3 2 (3.70%) SYSPRO
3 2 (3.70%) YouTube