VB Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 322 360
Rank change year-on-year +11 +38 +31
Permanent jobs citing VB 28 66 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.37% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.86% 1.30% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 22 53 56
10th Percentile £25,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £43,750 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +56.81%
75th Percentile £51,240 £62,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £58,173 - £68,750
England median annual salary £50,055 £48,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +3.21% -17.45% +17.50%

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 3,250 5,084 7,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.70% 28.75% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,866 4,194 3,573
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in the North of England.

Salary trend for VB in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

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 20 May 2025. 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 -30 25 £50,055 -4.66% 6
Yorkshire +58 3 £25,000 -47.37% 4
VB
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (3.57%) IIS
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Figma
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Power Query
1 4 (14.29%) PowerPivot
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (60.71%) JIRA
2 16 (57.14%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (53.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 15 (53.57%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.57%) Jasmine
4 1 (3.57%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Billing
4 2 (7.14%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Publishing
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Senior
2 15 (53.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 15 (53.57%) Senior Software Engineer
2 15 (53.57%) Software Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (7.14%) Developer
4 2 (7.14%) IT Support
4 2 (7.14%) Software Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Software Support Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) .NET
1 2 (7.14%) Sass
2 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) JSON
2 1 (3.57%) Laravel
2 1 (3.57%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) RxJS
2 1 (3.57%) SOAP
2 1 (3.57%) Vue
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) XML
2 1 (3.57%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.14%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.57%) NHS
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Android
2 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Agile
1 16 (57.14%) Configuration Management
1 16 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 15 (53.57%) Continuous Integration
2 15 (53.57%) Design Patterns
3 5 (17.86%) Analytics
4 4 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (14.29%) Economics
4 4 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
4 4 (14.29%) Pricing Strategy
4 4 (14.29%) Product Strategy
4 4 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
4 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 2 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.14%) Document Management
5 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) C#
2 16 (57.14%) Ada
2 16 (57.14%) C
2 16 (57.14%) Java
3 5 (17.86%) SQL
4 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.71%) VBA
6 1 (3.57%) C++
6 1 (3.57%) PHP
6 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.57%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) R
6 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.57%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.57%) VB6
6 1 (3.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (78.57%) Degree
2 15 (53.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) HNC
4 1 (3.57%) HND
4 1 (3.57%) MCP
4 1 (3.57%) MCSA
4 1 (3.57%) MCSE
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) NCSC
1 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) BitLocker
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Bloomberg
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Logitech
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe
3 1 (3.57%) McAfee
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Symantec
3 1 (3.57%) VMware