VB Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 525 581
Rank change year-on-year +71 +56 -92
Permanent jobs citing VB 266 156 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.46% 0.89% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 212 129 216
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £39,688 £40,000 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,313 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £74,250 £60,625
UK median annual salary £48,500 £64,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.10% +29.50% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,228 17,552 34,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.93% 36.46% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,662 11,914 21,248
10th Percentile £33,250 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,231 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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
South East +44 80 £54,000 -0.92% 6
Midlands -1 54 £50,000 +17.65% 11
North of England +23 53 £50,000 -18.27% 8
North West +15 35 £52,500 +41.89% 7
South West +7 35 £32,500 -35.00% 5
East of England +20 31 £34,500 -27.37% 4
West Midlands +1 27 £58,750 +27.72% 7
East Midlands -11 27 £47,500 +18.75% 4
Yorkshire +46 15 £47,500 -22.36% 1
Scotland - 10 £47,500 -
Wales +24 3 £32,500 -23.53% 2
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 28 (10.53%) IIS
2 21 (7.89%) Apache
3 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.75%) Mule
Applications
1 28 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.63%) Shopify
2 2 (0.75%) SAP MII
2 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.19%) Azure
2 32 (12.03%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (11.28%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 20 (7.52%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (6.02%) Azure Storage
7 15 (5.64%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.01%) AWS
9 4 (1.50%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.13%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.13%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.38%) Firebase
11 1 (0.38%) GCP
11 1 (0.38%) GitHub
11 1 (0.38%) SaaS
11 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.52%) DHCP
1 20 (7.52%) DNS
2 17 (6.39%) Internet
3 16 (6.02%) Firewall
4 8 (3.01%) 5G
4 8 (3.01%) SD-WAN
4 8 (3.01%) WAN
5 5 (1.88%) HTTP
6 4 (1.50%) FTP
7 3 (1.13%) Bluetooth
7 3 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.13%) Wireless
8 2 (0.75%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.38%) Profibus
9 1 (0.38%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (38.35%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (7.89%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.26%) Power BI
4 14 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.38%) MySQL
7 7 (2.63%) MS Access
7 7 (2.63%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.88%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.50%) Tableau
11 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.75%) Informix
11 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (12.41%) Visual Studio
2 28 (10.53%) Jasmine
2 28 (10.53%) Karma Test Runner
3 13 (4.89%) AdminStudio
3 13 (4.89%) InstallShield
3 13 (4.89%) JIRA
3 13 (4.89%) MSI
4 6 (2.26%) Dreamweaver
5 4 (1.50%) LabVIEW
6 3 (1.13%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.13%) HP UFT
6 3 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.75%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 76 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (12.03%) Finance
4 20 (7.52%) Retail
5 17 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.51%) Law
8 9 (3.38%) Marketing
9 8 (3.01%) Electronics
9 8 (3.01%) Legal
10 7 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.88%) Police
12 3 (1.13%) Automotive
12 3 (1.13%) Aviation
12 3 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 94 (35.34%) Developer
2 42 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 28 (10.53%) C# Developer
4 24 (9.02%) Software Support Engineer
5 20 (7.52%) Active Directory Specialist
5 20 (7.52%) Azure Specialist
5 20 (7.52%) Senior
6 18 (6.77%) Software Developer
7 16 (6.02%) Active Directory Support
7 16 (6.02%) Analyst
7 16 (6.02%) IT Technician
7 16 (6.02%) Software Engineer
7 16 (6.02%) Support Specialist
8 15 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) Infrastructure Support
8 15 (5.64%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) VMware Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.64%) VMware Support Engineer
9 13 (4.89%) Applications Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (50.38%) .NET
2 59 (22.18%) Web Services
3 56 (21.05%) ASP.NET
4 50 (18.80%) SOAP
4 50 (18.80%) XML
5 49 (18.42%) REST
6 40 (15.04%) JSON
7 39 (14.66%) HTML
8 38 (14.29%) AngularJS
9 28 (10.53%) RxJS
9 28 (10.53%) Sass
9 28 (10.53%) XML Schema
10 18 (6.77%) CSS
11 16 (6.02%) ARM Templates
12 11 (4.14%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 11 (4.14%) MFC
13 9 (3.38%) LAPP Stack
14 8 (3.01%) HTML5
14 8 (3.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 7 (2.63%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.91%) PKI
2 36 (13.53%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (10.15%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (6.77%) Clustering
5 13 (4.89%) Shadow IT
6 9 (3.38%) EPoS
7 8 (3.01%) FPGA
7 8 (3.01%) GNSS
7 8 (3.01%) MicroBlaze
7 8 (3.01%) SCADA
7 8 (3.01%) Smart Meter
7 8 (3.01%) VHDL
8 7 (2.63%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.26%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.88%) Smart Energy
11 4 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 91 (34.21%) Windows
2 61 (22.93%) Linux
3 44 (16.54%) Windows Server
4 21 (7.89%) AIX
5 20 (7.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (6.39%) Windows 10
8 16 (6.02%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.50%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.50%) Unix
10 3 (1.13%) Android
10 3 (1.13%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (20.68%) DevOps
3 52 (19.55%) Agile
4 47 (17.67%) Project Management
5 42 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 33 (12.41%) Release Management
7 32 (12.03%) Software Engineering
8 29 (10.90%) Analytics
8 29 (10.90%) ITIL
8 29 (10.90%) Service Management
9 28 (10.53%) ERP
9 28 (10.53%) Unit Testing
9 28 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 24 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (7.89%) OO
12 20 (7.52%) CI/CD
12 20 (7.52%) Log Analytics
13 17 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (6.39%) Computer Science
13 17 (6.39%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 168 (63.16%) C#
2 145 (54.51%) SQL
3 65 (24.44%) JavaScript
4 60 (22.56%) PowerShell
5 58 (21.80%) VB.NET
6 56 (21.05%) C++
7 49 (18.42%) C
8 44 (16.54%) T-SQL
9 42 (15.79%) VBScript
10 38 (14.29%) TypeScript
10 38 (14.29%) VB6
11 24 (9.02%) Java
12 21 (7.89%) ActionScript
13 20 (7.52%) Python
14 16 (6.02%) Bicep
15 13 (4.89%) Perl
16 11 (4.14%) Assembly Language
16 11 (4.14%) VBA
17 9 (3.38%) PHP
17 9 (3.38%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 107 (40.23%) Degree
2 37 (13.91%) Security Cleared
3 33 (12.41%) DV Cleared
4 26 (9.77%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.50%) HNC
8 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.13%) MBA
8 3 (1.13%) PhD
9 2 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.79%) QA
2 15 (5.64%) SLA
3 4 (1.50%) GDPR
4 3 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (20.68%) Active Directory
2 30 (11.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.39%) OpenSSH
3 17 (6.39%) VMware ESXi
3 17 (6.39%) vSphere
3 17 (6.39%) XenApp
4 16 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (4.89%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (3.01%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (3.01%) Firmware
7 4 (1.50%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 29 (10.90%) SCCM
1 29 (10.90%) WSUS
2 20 (7.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 20 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.39%) IBM BigFix
3 17 (6.39%) PowerCLI
3 17 (6.39%) vCenter Server
4 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (6.02%) SCOM
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 102 (38.35%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.41%) Oracle
3 30 (11.28%) VMware
4 17 (6.39%) Citrix
4 17 (6.39%) IBM
5 13 (4.89%) Autodesk
5 13 (4.89%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.01%) Altera
6 8 (3.01%) Green Hills
6 8 (3.01%) Motorola
6 8 (3.01%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.50%) Google
7 4 (1.50%) SAP
8 3 (1.13%) Apple
8 3 (1.13%) EMC
9 2 (0.75%) AVEVA
9 2 (0.75%) Facebook
9 2 (0.75%) Siemens
9 2 (0.75%) Sun
9 2 (0.75%) SYSPRO