VB Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 77 96
Rank change year-on-year -11 +19 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.084% 0.23% 0.079%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.68% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,055 £52,124
% change year-on-year -20.09% -3.97% -0.72%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 216 296 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 18.05% 34.58% 29.72%
Number of salaries quoted 163 149 337
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,789 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,790 £95,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

VB job vacancy trend in the North East

VB
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VB

VB
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the North East region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Northumberland - 1 - -
VB
England

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree