VB Jobs in Scotland

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 277 224
Rank change year-on-year +119 -53 +28
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.034% 0.088% 0.089%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.10% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - - £47,925
25th Percentile - £43,750 £50,437
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year - -13.45% +38.94%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £57,931
90th Percentile - £56,875 -
UK median annual salary £50,055 £48,500 £57,078
% change year-on-year +3.21% -15.03% +14.16%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 987 3,712 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.30% 54.66% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 674 1,139 1,031
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,800 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for VB in Scotland

VB
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in Scotland.

Salary trend for VB in Scotland

VB
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Dundee - 1 - - 1
VB
UK

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VxWorks
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware