VB Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 280 324
Rank change year-on-year -35 +44 +25
Permanent jobs citing VB 23 15 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.12% 0.18% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.71% 0.57% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 53
10th Percentile £30,500 - £38,250
25th Percentile £37,188 £23,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £24,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.62% -50.50% -8.90%
75th Percentile - £44,743 £62,500
90th Percentile - £61,250 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.09% -25.38%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,249 2,637 5,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.41% 32.32% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 1,386 4,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,852 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VB job vacancy trend in the North of England

VB
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB

VB
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for VB in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
North West +1 17 £40,000 +63.27% 2
North East - 5 - -
Yorkshire -38 1 £29,330 +17.32% 1
VB
England

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.70%) Skype for Business
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
1 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
1 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (21.74%) Electronics
2 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Developer
2 12 (52.17%) .NET Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Test Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Automation Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (56.52%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET
2 2 (8.70%) jQuery
2 2 (8.70%) JSON
3 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
1 2 (8.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
2 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) User Experience
2 3 (13.04%) Workflow
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
3 2 (8.70%) Disk Encryption
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.35%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile First
4 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) C++
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
3 2 (8.70%) VBScript
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) HNC
2 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) BitLocker
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.04%) UiPath
2 1 (4.35%) Sage