Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 545 629 736
Rank change year-on-year +84 +107 -186
Permanent jobs citing VB 381 368 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.15% 0.81% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 250 292 323
10th Percentile £29,625 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,875 £47,469 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,018 £138,750 £89,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in the UK

VB
Top 16 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 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
England +129 362 £48,500 -15.03% 87
UK excluding London +102 306 £47,500 -5.00% 73
Work from Home +61 187 £50,000 -23.08% 31
Midlands +76 95 £49,214 +15.80% 30
London +52 66 £62,500 -45.65% 18
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% 15
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% 2
North East - 3 £47,500 - 1

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 62 (16.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.14%) IIS
3 22 (5.77%) Apache
4 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.10%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) CMS
6 2 (0.52%) Liferay
6 2 (0.52%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.52%) WinCC
7 1 (0.26%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) Documentum
Applications
1 29 (7.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.52%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 48 (12.60%) Endur
2 9 (2.36%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 9 (2.36%) Shopify
3 2 (0.52%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.52%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (18.37%) Azure
2 31 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 21 (5.51%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (3.67%) Azure Storage
8 10 (2.62%) AWS
9 7 (1.84%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.57%) GitHub
11 5 (1.31%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.52%) npm
12 2 (0.52%) PaaS
13 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.26%) Firebase
13 1 (0.26%) GCP
13 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.26%) SaaS
13 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.14%) WAN
2 24 (6.30%) LAN
3 21 (5.51%) DNS
4 20 (5.25%) DHCP
5 14 (3.67%) Firewall
6 10 (2.62%) Internet
7 7 (1.84%) 5G
7 7 (1.84%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.31%) HTTP
8 5 (1.31%) Wireless
9 4 (1.05%) FTP
9 4 (1.05%) Profibus
10 3 (0.79%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.79%) Modbus
10 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.26%) Intranet
12 1 (0.26%) Network Security
12 1 (0.26%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (49.61%) SQL Server
2 55 (14.44%) Relational Database
3 48 (12.60%) RDBMS
4 26 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.77%) MongoDB
6 20 (5.25%) Power BI
7 19 (4.99%) MS Access
8 18 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (3.67%) MySQL
10 13 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (3.15%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.10%) Big Data
12 8 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.31%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.05%) Tableau
15 2 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.52%) DB2
15 2 (0.52%) DTS
15 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (10.24%) Visual Studio
2 28 (7.35%) Jasmine
2 28 (7.35%) Karma Test Runner
3 18 (4.72%) JIRA
4 9 (2.36%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.57%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.31%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.31%) Git
6 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.05%) AdminStudio
7 4 (1.05%) MSI
8 2 (0.52%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Bower
8 2 (0.52%) gulp
8 2 (0.52%) Moq
8 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 81 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (13.39%) Games
4 44 (11.55%) Marketing
5 41 (10.76%) Finance
6 22 (5.77%) Retail
7 21 (5.51%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.89%) Legal
9 10 (2.62%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.36%) Law
11 8 (2.10%) Electronics
11 8 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.84%) Advertising
12 7 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.57%) Back Office
14 5 (1.31%) Automotive
15 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 137 (35.96%) Developer
2 67 (17.59%) Senior
3 45 (11.81%) Software Developer
4 39 (10.24%) Support Engineer
5 33 (8.66%) C# Developer
6 26 (6.82%) Endur Manager
6 26 (6.82%) OpenLink Manager
7 25 (6.56%) Development Manager
7 25 (6.56%) Software Engineer
7 25 (6.56%) Software Support Engineer
8 23 (6.04%) Software Development Manager
8 23 (6.04%) Software Manager
9 20 (5.25%) Active Directory Specialist
9 20 (5.25%) Azure Specialist
10 19 (4.99%) .NET Developer
10 19 (4.99%) Analyst
10 19 (4.99%) Senior Manager
11 17 (4.46%) Senior Development Manager
12 16 (4.20%) Lead
13 15 (3.94%) Endur Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (44.36%) .NET
2 91 (23.88%) XML
3 73 (19.16%) HTML
4 72 (18.90%) ASP.NET
5 66 (17.32%) AngularJS
6 62 (16.27%) Web Services
7 59 (15.49%) JSON
8 52 (13.65%) REST
9 51 (13.39%) SOAP
10 38 (9.97%) CSS
11 37 (9.71%) HTML5
12 30 (7.87%) Node.js
12 30 (7.87%) React
13 28 (7.35%) RxJS
13 28 (7.35%) Sass
13 28 (7.35%) XML Schema
14 23 (6.04%) Express.js
15 16 (4.20%) .NET Core
16 15 (3.94%) RESTful
17 14 (3.67%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.60%) Swaptions
2 38 (9.97%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (7.87%) PKI
4 24 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.20%) SCADA
6 13 (3.41%) Virtual Team
7 12 (3.15%) Clustering
8 9 (2.36%) EPoS
8 9 (2.36%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (2.10%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.10%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.10%) Smart Meter
10 7 (1.84%) FPGA
10 7 (1.84%) GNSS
10 7 (1.84%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (1.84%) VHDL
11 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.57%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.31%) CCTV
12 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 86 (22.57%) Windows
2 78 (20.47%) Linux
3 39 (10.24%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.77%) AIX
5 19 (4.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (4.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (3.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (2.89%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.62%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.57%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (18.64%) SDLC
3 63 (16.54%) Agile
4 61 (16.01%) Creative Thinking
5 52 (13.65%) DevOps
6 48 (12.60%) Business Transformation
6 48 (12.60%) Software Engineering
7 44 (11.55%) Data Modelling
8 40 (10.50%) Customer Service
9 39 (10.24%) Project Management
9 39 (10.24%) Roadmaps
10 38 (9.97%) Full Stack Development
11 37 (9.71%) Strategic Roadmap
12 35 (9.19%) Data Science
12 35 (9.19%) IT Strategy
12 35 (9.19%) Technology Strategy
12 35 (9.19%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (8.40%) OO
13 32 (8.40%) User Acceptance Testing
14 31 (8.14%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 209 (54.86%) SQL
2 195 (51.18%) C#
3 101 (26.51%) JavaScript
4 72 (18.90%) Java
5 65 (17.06%) VB.NET
6 61 (16.01%) Python
7 56 (14.70%) PowerShell
8 54 (14.17%) C
9 48 (12.60%) C++
10 47 (12.34%) T-SQL
10 47 (12.34%) VB6
11 39 (10.24%) PHP
12 38 (9.97%) VBScript
13 36 (9.45%) TypeScript
14 24 (6.30%) VBA
15 23 (6.04%) JSX
16 14 (3.67%) ActionScript
16 14 (3.67%) Assembly Language
16 14 (3.67%) Bicep
17 11 (2.89%) Perl
Qualifications
1 124 (32.55%) Degree
2 38 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.56%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.25%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (2.62%) HNC
8 8 (2.10%) HND
9 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.05%) PhD
11 3 (0.79%) MBA
12 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.81%) QA
2 9 (2.36%) SLA
3 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.05%) GDPR
5 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (11.81%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (3.67%) Docker
3 14 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.62%) OpenSSH
4 10 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.62%) vSphere
4 10 (2.62%) XenApp
5 7 (1.84%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (1.84%) Firmware
6 4 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (5.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (4.99%) SCCM
3 18 (4.72%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.72%) WSUS
4 14 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.67%) SCOM
5 10 (2.62%) IBM BigFix
5 10 (2.62%) PowerCLI
5 10 (2.62%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.52%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.52%) Wonderware InTouch
7 1 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 145 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 79 (20.73%) Oracle
3 48 (12.60%) OpenLink
3 48 (12.60%) Sybase
3 48 (12.60%) TIBCO
4 14 (3.67%) VMware
5 10 (2.62%) Citrix
5 10 (2.62%) IBM
6 8 (2.10%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.10%) SAP
7 7 (1.84%) Altera
7 7 (1.84%) Facebook
7 7 (1.84%) Green Hills
7 7 (1.84%) Motorola
7 7 (1.84%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.84%) YouTube
8 6 (1.57%) Google
9 5 (1.31%) Apple
9 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.31%) Siemens