VB Jobs in the South West

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 253 236
Rank change year-on-year +82 -17 +51
Permanent jobs citing VB 10 33 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.34% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.94% 1.08% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 27
10th Percentile £40,250 £30,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £31,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -35.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,625 £42,813 £57,403
90th Percentile £61,750 £51,250 £57,931
England median annual salary £50,055 £48,500 £61,180
% change year-on-year +3.21% -20.73% +22.36%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,060 3,055 2,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.11% 31.28% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 752 2,395 1,624
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for VB in the South West

VB
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in the South West.

Salary trend for VB in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VB in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Wiltshire +49 4 £58,750 +80.77% 2
Gloucestershire +58 3 £50,000 +53.85% 5
Devon +11 2 - - 4
Bristol +48 1 £32,500 -29.73% 2
VB
England

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 2 (20.00%) Tableau
2 2 (20.00%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (20.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior VHDL Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET Developer
2 2 (20.00%) VHDL Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) MI Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Pyramid
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) FPGA
1 2 (20.00%) GNSS
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) MicroBlaze
1 2 (20.00%) Satnav
1 2 (20.00%) VHDL
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Data Management
5 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (20.00%) DataOps
5 2 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (20.00%) FPGA Design
5 2 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) C
2 2 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (20.00%) Perl
2 2 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Tcl
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
2 2 (20.00%) VB6
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) MCP
2 2 (20.00%) MCSE
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Tableau Certification
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) MCSA
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware
2 1 (10.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Altera
2 2 (20.00%) Green Hills
2 2 (20.00%) Xilinx
3 1 (10.00%) McAfee
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec
3 1 (10.00%) VMware