Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 528 627
Rank change year-on-year -20 +99 +68
Permanent jobs citing VB 130 354 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.84% 1.10% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 92 224 314
10th Percentile £33,875 £26,250 £34,075
25th Percentile £45,383 £36,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.90% +15.54%
75th Percentile £52,813 £62,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £72,480 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% +17.65%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,385 32,248 48,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.47% 34.93% 43.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11,503 24,662 30,613
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,529 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +3.14%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for VB in the UK

VB
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 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
England -38 122 £47,500 -5.00% 112
UK excluding London +52 104 £47,500 -2.06% 85
North of England +103 61 £45,383 -13.56% 18
North West +63 56 £45,383 -13.56% 8
Work from Home +47 54 £45,383 -15.96% 51
South West +100 25 £50,000 +53.85% 6
London +35 18 £62,250 -0.40% 42
Midlands -17 13 £47,500 - 23
East Midlands 0 8 £40,000 -17.28% 2
Yorkshire +58 5 £25,000 -58.33% 5
West Midlands +16 5 £57,500 +27.78% 21
South East +61 3 £41,250 -25.68% 23
Scotland +116 2 £37,500 -21.05% 11
East of England +13 1 £40,000 +11.11% 3

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (27.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.15%) Kinematics
3 5 (3.85%) WinCC
4 3 (2.31%) IIS
4 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.77%) SAS
5 1 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (23.85%) Adobe Illustrator
1 31 (23.85%) Photoshop
2 25 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (8.46%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.54%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.00%) Azure
2 11 (8.46%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.08%) Figma
5 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
5 4 (3.08%) SaaS
6 3 (2.31%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.54%) AWS
7 2 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.54%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.54%) GitHub
7 2 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.54%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.54%) Slack
8 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.77%) DNS
2 1 (0.77%) tcpdump
2 1 (0.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.31%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.62%) Power Query
3 5 (3.85%) MS Access
3 5 (3.85%) Power BI
4 4 (3.08%) PowerPivot
5 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.31%) MySQL
5 3 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.54%) Tableau
7 1 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.77%) Crystal Enterprise
7 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.77%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 31 (23.85%) Dreamweaver
2 20 (15.38%) JIRA
3 17 (13.08%) Bitbucket
4 16 (12.31%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (11.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (3.85%) Git
6 5 (3.85%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.54%) git-flow
7 2 (1.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.77%) GDB
8 1 (0.77%) GitLab
8 1 (0.77%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.77%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.77%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.77%) WinDbg
General
1 62 (47.69%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 31 (23.85%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (13.08%) Manufacturing
5 12 (9.23%) Aerospace
6 11 (8.46%) Aviation
6 11 (8.46%) Electronics
7 8 (6.15%) Aeronautics
8 7 (5.38%) Finance
9 6 (4.62%) Law
9 6 (4.62%) Retail
10 5 (3.85%) French Language
10 5 (3.85%) German Language
11 4 (3.08%) Billing
11 4 (3.08%) Legal
12 2 (1.54%) Advertising
12 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.77%) Banking
13 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (26.15%) Senior
2 31 (23.85%) Information Specialist
2 31 (23.85%) MIS Specialist
3 30 (23.08%) Developer
4 17 (13.08%) Software Engineer
5 16 (12.31%) Senior Software Engineer
6 15 (11.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 11 (8.46%) Support Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Technical Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Technical Support
7 11 (8.46%) Technical Support Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Analyst
9 9 (6.92%) FPGA Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) Senior FPGA Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) Senior VHDL Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) VHDL Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) .NET Developer
11 6 (4.62%) C# Developer
11 6 (4.62%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (27.69%) HTML
2 21 (16.15%) .NET
3 10 (7.69%) XML
4 8 (6.15%) WPF
5 6 (4.62%) JSON
6 5 (3.85%) ASP.NET
6 5 (3.85%) WinForms
7 3 (2.31%) Blazor
7 3 (2.31%) Middleware
7 3 (2.31%) Sass
7 3 (2.31%) Web Services
8 2 (1.54%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.54%) COM
8 2 (1.54%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.54%) Laravel
8 2 (1.54%) Preactjs
8 2 (1.54%) PySpark
8 2 (1.54%) React
8 2 (1.54%) SignalR
8 2 (1.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (26.15%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.92%) FPGA
2 9 (6.92%) GNSS
2 9 (6.92%) MicroBlaze
2 9 (6.92%) Satnav
2 9 (6.92%) VHDL
3 5 (3.85%) SCADA
3 5 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.08%) NHS
4 4 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.31%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.77%) Clustering
7 1 (0.77%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.77%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.38%) Windows
2 17 (13.08%) Linux
3 6 (4.62%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.85%) Windows 7
4 5 (3.85%) Windows 8
5 3 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.54%) Android
7 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.77%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (44.62%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (29.23%) Customer Requirements
3 22 (16.92%) Agile
4 21 (16.15%) Software Engineering
5 17 (13.08%) Configuration Management
5 17 (13.08%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (11.54%) Design Patterns
7 13 (10.00%) CAD
7 13 (10.00%) ERP
8 12 (9.23%) Computer Science
9 10 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (6.92%) B2B
10 9 (6.92%) Creative Thinking
10 9 (6.92%) Defect Tracking
10 9 (6.92%) FPGA Design
10 9 (6.92%) Innovative Thinking
10 9 (6.92%) Requirements Analysis
10 9 (6.92%) Signal Processing
11 8 (6.15%) Decision-Making
11 8 (6.15%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (53.85%) SQL
2 51 (39.23%) C#
3 44 (33.85%) JavaScript
4 29 (22.31%) C
5 19 (14.62%) C++
6 18 (13.85%) Python
7 17 (13.08%) Java
8 16 (12.31%) Ada
9 10 (7.69%) MATLAB
10 9 (6.92%) Perl
10 9 (6.92%) Tcl
10 9 (6.92%) VB6
11 7 (5.38%) T-SQL
11 7 (5.38%) VBA
12 6 (4.62%) VB.NET
13 4 (3.08%) PHP
13 4 (3.08%) PowerShell
14 3 (2.31%) TypeScript
14 3 (2.31%) VBScript
15 2 (1.54%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (57.69%) Degree
2 15 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (9.23%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) MCP
4 6 (4.62%) MCSE
4 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.54%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.77%) HNC
7 1 (0.77%) HND
7 1 (0.77%) MCSA
7 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.77%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.77%) ECSS
2 1 (0.77%) NCSC
2 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 11 (8.46%) Firmware
2 10 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.54%) Docker
4 1 (0.77%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.77%) Xen
Systems Management
1 6 (4.62%) SCCM
2 5 (3.85%) Functional Safety
2 5 (3.85%) WMI
3 1 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 31 (23.85%) Citrix
3 12 (9.23%) SAP
4 9 (6.92%) Altera
4 9 (6.92%) Green Hills
4 9 (6.92%) Oracle
4 9 (6.92%) Xilinx
5 5 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.85%) Remedy
5 5 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.85%) Siemens
6 4 (3.08%) Bloomberg
7 3 (2.31%) Intapp
7 3 (2.31%) Twitter
8 2 (1.54%) Aderant
8 2 (1.54%) Adobe
8 2 (1.54%) iManage
8 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.54%) VMware
9 1 (0.77%) EMC