VB Job Trends in Shropshire

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 21 26
Rank change year-on-year - +5 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire - 0.82% 2.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 2.94% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £38,850
25th Percentile - £51,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.53% -
75th Percentile - £53,750 £45,375
90th Percentile - - £45,750
West Midlands median annual salary £27,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +22.22% +5.88%

All Programming Languages
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 26 34 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 9.25% 27.87% 29.79%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 37
10th Percentile £37,125 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £56,563 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.26% -4.55%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

VB job vacancy trend in Shropshire

VB
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VB