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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 545 641
Rank change year-on-year -63 +96 +80
Permanent jobs citing VB 84 380 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 1.14% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 55 252 289
10th Percentile £32,250 £30,075 £37,350
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -11.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -5.00% +11.11%

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 15,622 33,278 45,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.02% 33.79% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,533 25,047 28,788
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +2.33%

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 May 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 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
England -79 77 £50,055 +3.21% 80
UK excluding London -25 61 £50,055 +5.38% 60
North of England +49 28 £50,055 -4.66% 12
North West +11 24 £50,055 -4.66% 7
South West +94 19 £48,750 +50.00% 10
Work from Home +34 19 £50,000 - 35
London +66 18 £65,000 +4.00% 26
Midlands -6 9 £48,750 -1.73% 15
East Midlands -4 6 £48,750 +2.63% 4
Yorkshire +64 4 £25,000 -47.37% 2
South East +54 3 £41,250 -23.61% 15
West Midlands +16 3 - - 9
Scotland +128 2 £37,500 -21.05% 7
East of England +10 1 £40,000 - 4

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 8 (9.52%) Kinematics
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.57%) IIS
4 3 (3.57%) WinCC
5 1 (1.19%) SAS
5 1 (1.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (26.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (13.10%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.38%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.29%) Azure
2 9 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.76%) Figma
5 4 (4.76%) SaaS
6 3 (3.57%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.57%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.38%) AWS
7 2 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub
7 2 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (2.38%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.38%) Slack
8 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.19%) DNS
2 1 (1.19%) tcpdump
2 1 (1.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (22.62%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.95%) Power BI
2 5 (5.95%) Power Query
3 4 (4.76%) PowerPivot
4 3 (3.57%) MS Access
4 3 (3.57%) RDBMS
4 3 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.57%) Tableau
5 2 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.38%) MySQL
5 2 (2.38%) ThoughtSpot
6 1 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.19%) Crystal Enterprise
6 1 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (23.81%) JIRA
2 17 (20.24%) Bitbucket
3 16 (19.05%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (17.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (5.95%) Visual Studio
6 2 (2.38%) Git
6 2 (2.38%) git-flow
6 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (1.19%) GDB
7 1 (1.19%) GitLab
7 1 (1.19%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (1.19%) Jasmine
7 1 (1.19%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (1.19%) WinDbg
General
1 34 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 27 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 12 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 11 (13.10%) Aviation
6 9 (10.71%) Electronics
7 8 (9.52%) Aeronautics
8 5 (5.95%) Finance
8 5 (5.95%) French Language
8 5 (5.95%) German Language
8 5 (5.95%) Law
8 5 (5.95%) Retail
9 4 (4.76%) Billing
10 3 (3.57%) Legal
11 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.19%) Banking
12 1 (1.19%) Publishing
12 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (39.29%) Senior
2 18 (21.43%) Developer
3 16 (19.05%) Senior Software Engineer
3 16 (19.05%) Software Engineer
4 15 (17.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 11 (13.10%) Support Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Technical Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Technical Support
5 11 (13.10%) Technical Support Engineer
6 9 (10.71%) Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) FPGA Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Senior VHDL Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) VHDL Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Senior Developer
10 4 (4.76%) .NET Developer
10 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Developer
10 4 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (3.57%) Senior Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.48%) .NET
2 5 (5.95%) XML
3 4 (4.76%) HTML
4 3 (3.57%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.57%) Blazor
4 3 (3.57%) Middleware
4 3 (3.57%) Sass
4 3 (3.57%) Web Services
4 3 (3.57%) WPF
5 2 (2.38%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.38%) CSS
5 2 (2.38%) Entity Framework
5 2 (2.38%) Laravel
5 2 (2.38%) Preactjs
5 2 (2.38%) Pyramid
5 2 (2.38%) PySpark
5 2 (2.38%) React
5 2 (2.38%) SignalR
5 2 (2.38%) Vue
6 1 (1.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) FPGA
1 8 (9.52%) GNSS
1 8 (9.52%) MicroBlaze
1 8 (9.52%) Satnav
1 8 (9.52%) VHDL
2 5 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.76%) NHS
3 4 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.57%) SCADA
4 3 (3.57%) Swaptions
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.19%) Clustering
6 1 (1.19%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) IoT
6 1 (1.19%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.24%) Windows
2 14 (16.67%) Linux
3 5 (5.95%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.76%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.76%) Windows 8
5 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.38%) Android
7 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.19%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.19%) VxWorks
7 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.00%) Agile
3 20 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 17 (20.24%) Configuration Management
4 17 (20.24%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (17.86%) Design Patterns
6 13 (15.48%) ERP
7 11 (13.10%) CAD
7 11 (13.10%) Computer Science
8 10 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (11.90%) SDLC
9 9 (10.71%) DevOps
10 8 (9.52%) Decision-Making
10 8 (9.52%) Defect Tracking
10 8 (9.52%) Finite Element Analysis
10 8 (9.52%) FPGA Design
10 8 (9.52%) Innovative Thinking
10 8 (9.52%) Lean Manufacturing
10 8 (9.52%) Requirements Analysis
10 8 (9.52%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 42 (50.00%) C#
2 28 (33.33%) SQL
3 27 (32.14%) C
4 20 (23.81%) Java
5 16 (19.05%) Ada
5 16 (19.05%) Python
6 15 (17.86%) C++
7 12 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 9 (10.71%) MATLAB
9 8 (9.52%) Perl
9 8 (9.52%) Tcl
10 5 (5.95%) T-SQL
11 4 (4.76%) PHP
11 4 (4.76%) VB.NET
11 4 (4.76%) VB6
11 4 (4.76%) VBA
12 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
12 3 (3.57%) TypeScript
12 3 (3.57%) VBScript
13 1 (1.19%) CodeQL
Qualifications
1 43 (51.19%) Degree
2 15 (17.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) MCP
4 5 (5.95%) MCSE
4 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.38%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.38%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (1.19%) HNC
8 1 (1.19%) HND
8 1 (1.19%) MCSA
8 1 (1.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.19%) ECSS
2 1 (1.19%) NCSC
2 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 9 (10.71%) Active Directory
1 9 (10.71%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (10.71%) Firmware
2 2 (2.38%) Docker
3 1 (1.19%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (5.95%) SCCM
2 4 (4.76%) WMI
3 3 (3.57%) Functional Safety
4 1 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (36.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.10%) SAP
3 9 (10.71%) Oracle
4 8 (9.52%) Altera
4 8 (9.52%) Green Hills
4 8 (9.52%) Xilinx
5 4 (4.76%) Bloomberg
5 4 (4.76%) Remedy
5 4 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.57%) Intapp
6 3 (3.57%) OpenLink
6 3 (3.57%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.57%) Siemens
6 3 (3.57%) Sybase
6 3 (3.57%) TIBCO
6 3 (3.57%) Twitter
7 2 (2.38%) Aderant
7 2 (2.38%) Adobe
7 2 (2.38%) iManage
8 1 (1.19%) Epicor