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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 486 561
Rank change year-on-year -48 +75 -8
Permanent jobs citing VB 54 293 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.41% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.51% 1.30% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39 241 152
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.74% -3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,000 £57,931
90th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,070
UK median annual salary £50,055 £48,500 £56,159
% change year-on-year +3.21% -13.64% +18.23%

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 10,621 22,464 23,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.64% 31.41% 40.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 16,334 13,300
10th Percentile £33,425 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,938 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 18 May 2025.

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 18 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
North of England +7 28 £50,055 +0.11% 14
North West -23 25 £50,055 -4.66% 6
South West +91 15 £50,000 +53.85% 7
Midlands -8 6 £56,250 +12.50% 30
Yorkshire +53 3 £25,000 -47.37% 4
South East +33 3 £39,500 -26.85% 29
West Midlands +11 3 £60,000 +9.09% 25
East Midlands -12 3 £55,000 +15.79% 3
Scotland +108 2 £37,500 -21.05% 8
East of England -7 1 £40,000 - 10
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 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) IIS
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.85%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) AWS
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.85%) Figma
6 1 (1.85%) OCI
6 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) DNS
1 1 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.85%) tcpdump
1 1 (1.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.41%) Power Query
2 4 (7.41%) PowerPivot
3 3 (5.56%) Power BI
4 2 (3.70%) MySQL
4 2 (3.70%) Tableau
4 2 (3.70%) ThoughtSpot
5 1 (1.85%) Crystal Enterprise
5 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.85%) MS Access
5 1 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (31.48%) JIRA
2 16 (29.63%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (27.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 15 (27.78%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.85%) GDB
5 1 (1.85%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (1.85%) Jasmine
5 1 (1.85%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (1.85%) WinDbg
General
1 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Electronics
4 5 (9.26%) Finance
5 4 (7.41%) Billing
6 2 (3.70%) Automotive
6 2 (3.70%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Publishing
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
7 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (50.00%) Senior
2 16 (29.63%) Senior Software Engineer
2 16 (29.63%) Software Engineer
3 15 (27.78%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 12 (22.22%) Developer
5 5 (9.26%) Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) FPGA Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Senior VHDL Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) VHDL Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.70%) C# Developer
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 2 (3.70%) Software Support Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) VB.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) .NET
2 4 (7.41%) XML
3 3 (5.56%) Blazor
3 3 (5.56%) HTML
4 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.70%) Middleware
4 2 (3.70%) Pyramid
4 2 (3.70%) Sass
4 2 (3.70%) WPF
5 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.85%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.85%) JSON
5 1 (1.85%) Laravel
5 1 (1.85%) libvirt
5 1 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.85%) REST
5 1 (1.85%) RxJS
5 1 (1.85%) Vue
5 1 (1.85%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) FPGA
1 5 (9.26%) GNSS
1 5 (9.26%) MicroBlaze
1 5 (9.26%) Satnav
1 5 (9.26%) VHDL
2 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Clustering
5 1 (1.85%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.93%) Windows
2 8 (14.81%) Linux
3 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.56%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.56%) Windows 8
5 2 (3.70%) Android
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.85%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.85%) VxWorks
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Agile
2 18 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 17 (31.48%) Configuration Management
4 15 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (27.78%) Design Patterns
5 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.96%) DevOps
7 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 6 (11.11%) SDLC
8 5 (9.26%) Analytics
8 5 (9.26%) B2B
8 5 (9.26%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (9.26%) Decision-Making
8 5 (9.26%) Defect Tracking
8 5 (9.26%) FPGA Design
8 5 (9.26%) Innovative Thinking
8 5 (9.26%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (9.26%) Signal Processing
9 4 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (7.41%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) C#
2 24 (44.44%) C
3 17 (31.48%) Java
4 16 (29.63%) Ada
5 15 (27.78%) SQL
6 10 (18.52%) C++
6 10 (18.52%) Python
7 9 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 6 (11.11%) MATLAB
9 5 (9.26%) Perl
9 5 (9.26%) Tcl
10 4 (7.41%) T-SQL
10 4 (7.41%) VBA
11 3 (5.56%) PHP
11 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
11 3 (5.56%) VB.NET
11 3 (5.56%) VB6
12 2 (3.70%) VBScript
13 1 (1.85%) Pascal
13 1 (1.85%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (57.41%) Degree
2 15 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.41%) MCP
4 4 (7.41%) MCSE
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.70%) Tableau Certification
7 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.85%) HNC
7 1 (1.85%) HND
7 1 (1.85%) MCSA
7 1 (1.85%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) ECSS
2 1 (1.85%) NCSC
2 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (11.11%) Firmware
2 5 (9.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.70%) Docker
4 1 (1.85%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.85%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) SCCM
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.56%) WMI
3 1 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Altera
2 5 (9.26%) Green Hills
2 5 (9.26%) Xilinx
3 4 (7.41%) Bloomberg
4 3 (5.56%) Remedy
4 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Logitech
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe
6 1 (1.85%) Epicor
6 1 (1.85%) Intapp
6 1 (1.85%) McAfee
6 1 (1.85%) Symantec
6 1 (1.85%) VMware