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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 213 186
Rank change year-on-year +4 -27 +107
Permanent jobs citing VB 5 27 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.42% 0.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.45% 1.59% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 20
10th Percentile £29,650 £33,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £38,125 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £42,500 £59,375 £59,063
90th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £42,792 £50,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -14.42% -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 1,123 1,693 1,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.43% 26.59% 32.33%
Number of salaries quoted 913 917 1,636
10th Percentile £28,800 £32,500 £32,500
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 £65,250 £64,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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

VB
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 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 13 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 -20 4 £40,000 -7.51% 1
West Midlands +14 1 £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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CCTV
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (40.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) VBA
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HND
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec