VB Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 564 542
Rank change year-on-year +102 -22 -109
Permanent jobs citing VB 306 201 314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.33% 0.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.36% 0.80% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 234 154 185
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,931 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,313 £60,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.82% +15.79% +11.76%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

VB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,477 24,981 32,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.09% 40.42% 46.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,345 14,015 21,422
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,463
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VB in the UK excluding London

VB
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VB in the UK excluding London

VB
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in the UK excluding London

VB
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Midlands +76 95 £49,214 +15.80% 30
North of England +32 64 £52,500 -4.34% 4
East Midlands +37 60 £47,500 +18.75% 7
South East +62 58 £54,000 +12.79% 14
East of England +53 48 £40,000 -15.79% 11
North West +36 45 £52,500 +50.00% 2
West Midlands +44 35 £51,250 +13.89% 23
South West -6 31 £32,500 -35.00% 9
Yorkshire +47 16 £47,500 -18.23% 1
Scotland -61 6 £47,500 -13.45% 3
Wales +1 4 £32,500 -27.78% 3
North East - 3 £47,500 - 1
VB
UK

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (9.80%) IIS
2 21 (6.86%) Apache
3 14 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.61%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.65%) CMS
5 2 (0.65%) Liferay
5 2 (0.65%) Magnolia
5 2 (0.65%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Fusion 360
2 2 (0.65%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.94%) Shopify
2 2 (0.65%) DELMIA
2 2 (0.65%) SAP MII
2 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (22.22%) Azure
2 30 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.86%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.54%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.58%) Azure Storage
7 6 (1.96%) GitHub
7 6 (1.96%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.63%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.98%) AWS
10 2 (0.65%) npm
10 2 (0.65%) PaaS
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.33%) Firebase
11 1 (0.33%) GCP
11 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.33%) SaaS
11 1 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (10.13%) WAN
2 24 (7.84%) LAN
3 20 (6.54%) DHCP
3 20 (6.54%) DNS
4 14 (4.58%) Firewall
5 10 (3.27%) Internet
6 7 (2.29%) 5G
6 7 (2.29%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.63%) HTTP
7 5 (1.63%) Wireless
8 4 (1.31%) FTP
9 3 (0.98%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.65%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.33%) Profibus
11 1 (0.33%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (44.12%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.17%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (6.86%) MongoDB
4 19 (6.21%) Power BI
5 18 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (5.23%) MS Access
7 13 (4.25%) MySQL
8 12 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.29%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.63%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.31%) Tableau
13 2 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.65%) DB2
13 2 (0.65%) DTS
13 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 38 (12.42%) Visual Studio
2 28 (9.15%) Jasmine
2 28 (9.15%) Karma Test Runner
3 18 (5.88%) JIRA
4 9 (2.94%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.96%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.63%) Git
6 5 (1.63%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.31%) AdminStudio
7 4 (1.31%) MSI
8 2 (0.65%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.65%) Bower
8 2 (0.65%) gulp
8 2 (0.65%) Moq
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.33%) TestNG
General
1 68 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (7.19%) Retail
4 21 (6.86%) Finance
4 21 (6.86%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.94%) Law
5 9 (2.94%) Marketing
6 8 (2.61%) Electronics
6 8 (2.61%) Legal
6 8 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.29%) Advertising
7 7 (2.29%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.63%) Automotive
9 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.31%) Police
10 3 (0.98%) Games
10 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (42.81%) Developer
2 41 (13.40%) Software Developer
3 38 (12.42%) Support Engineer
4 31 (10.13%) C# Developer
5 25 (8.17%) Senior
6 24 (7.84%) Software Support Engineer
7 20 (6.54%) Active Directory Specialist
7 20 (6.54%) Azure Specialist
8 19 (6.21%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.56%) .NET Developer
10 15 (4.90%) Analyst
11 14 (4.58%) Active Directory Support
11 14 (4.58%) IT Technician
11 14 (4.58%) Support Specialist
12 12 (3.92%) Lead
12 12 (3.92%) Senior IT Technician
12 12 (3.92%) Senior Technician
13 10 (3.27%) Applications Developer
14 9 (2.94%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 9 (2.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (50.33%) .NET
2 82 (26.80%) XML
3 72 (23.53%) HTML
4 71 (23.20%) ASP.NET
5 66 (21.57%) AngularJS
6 61 (19.93%) Web Services
7 51 (16.67%) REST
8 50 (16.34%) JSON
8 50 (16.34%) SOAP
9 38 (12.42%) CSS
10 36 (11.76%) HTML5
11 30 (9.80%) Node.js
11 30 (9.80%) React
12 28 (9.15%) RxJS
12 28 (9.15%) Sass
12 28 (9.15%) XML Schema
13 23 (7.52%) Express.js
14 16 (5.23%) .NET Core
15 15 (4.90%) RESTful
16 14 (4.58%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.09%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (9.80%) PKI
3 23 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.92%) Clustering
5 11 (3.59%) SCADA
6 9 (2.94%) EPoS
6 9 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.61%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.61%) Smart Meter
8 7 (2.29%) FPGA
8 7 (2.29%) GNSS
8 7 (2.29%) MicroBlaze
8 7 (2.29%) VHDL
9 6 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.96%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.63%) CCTV
10 5 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.63%) Life Science
10 5 (1.63%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 82 (26.80%) Windows
2 69 (22.55%) Linux
3 38 (12.42%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.86%) AIX
5 19 (6.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (4.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.59%) Windows 10
8 10 (3.27%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.96%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.63%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.65%) Android
11 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (17.65%) Agile
3 52 (16.99%) DevOps
4 42 (13.73%) Software Engineering
5 38 (12.42%) Full Stack Development
6 37 (12.09%) Customer Service
6 37 (12.09%) Project Management
7 30 (9.80%) ERP
7 30 (9.80%) OO
8 29 (9.48%) Web Development
9 28 (9.15%) Analytics
9 28 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (9.15%) Unit Testing
9 28 (9.15%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (8.50%) Release Management
11 23 (7.52%) Computer Science
12 22 (7.19%) B2B
13 21 (6.86%) MVC
14 20 (6.54%) Log Analytics
15 19 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 190 (62.09%) SQL
2 179 (58.50%) C#
3 100 (32.68%) JavaScript
4 65 (21.24%) VB.NET
5 54 (17.65%) PowerShell
6 53 (17.32%) C
7 51 (16.67%) Python
8 47 (15.36%) T-SQL
9 45 (14.71%) C++
10 43 (14.05%) VB6
11 38 (12.42%) PHP
11 38 (12.42%) VBScript
12 36 (11.76%) TypeScript
13 23 (7.52%) JSX
14 21 (6.86%) Java
15 17 (5.56%) VBA
16 14 (4.58%) ActionScript
16 14 (4.58%) Assembly Language
16 14 (4.58%) Bicep
17 11 (3.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 114 (37.25%) Degree
2 31 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.17%) DV Cleared
4 18 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (2.61%) HNC
8 6 (1.96%) HND
9 5 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.31%) PhD
11 3 (0.98%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.38%) QA
2 9 (2.94%) SLA
3 5 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.31%) GDPR
5 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (14.38%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.27%) OpenSSH
3 10 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (3.27%) vSphere
3 10 (3.27%) XenApp
4 7 (2.29%) Docker
4 7 (2.29%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (2.29%) Firmware
5 4 (1.31%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (6.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (6.21%) SCCM
3 18 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.88%) WSUS
4 14 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (4.58%) SCOM
5 10 (3.27%) IBM BigFix
5 10 (3.27%) PowerCLI
5 10 (3.27%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 138 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.82%) Oracle
3 14 (4.58%) VMware
4 10 (3.27%) Citrix
4 10 (3.27%) IBM
5 8 (2.61%) SAP
6 7 (2.29%) Altera
6 7 (2.29%) Facebook
6 7 (2.29%) Green Hills
6 7 (2.29%) Motorola
6 7 (2.29%) Xilinx
6 7 (2.29%) YouTube
7 6 (1.96%) Google
8 5 (1.63%) Apple
8 5 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.31%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.31%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.98%) Siemens
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco
11 2 (0.65%) Epicor