VB Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 213 178
Rank change year-on-year 0 -35 +111
Permanent jobs citing VB 8 29 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.10% 0.44% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.70% 1.66% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 18
10th Percentile £31,350 £34,000 £37,575
25th Percentile £36,125 £38,750 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +3.26% +2.22%
75th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £69,000
England median annual salary £43,085 £50,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -13.83% -11.54% +10.08%

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 1,143 1,747 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.65% 26.22% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 934 958 1,472
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VB job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VB
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VB

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VB in the Midlands

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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 1 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
East Midlands -18 6 £40,000 -9.09% 1
West Midlands +8 2 £27,500 -50.00% 2
VB
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
1 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (50.00%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Intelligent Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CCTV
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (25.00%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (25.00%) Network Design
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
2 1 (12.50%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) VBA
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) HND
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Blue Prism
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Symantec