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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 424 642 567
Rank change year-on-year +218 -75 -29
Permanent jobs citing VB 332 471 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.54% 0.83% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 132 343 320
10th Percentile £36,150 £27,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,439 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £108,750 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £47,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.14% +19.38% -

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 21,547 56,460 66,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 45.96% 52.08%
Number of salaries quoted 16,785 35,996 45,555
10th Percentile £39,730 £38,442 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,788 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +230 324 £55,000 +10.00% 97
UK excluding London +155 198 £54,500 +14.14% 75
Work from Home +183 137 £55,000 +10.00% 40
South East +200 130 £56,525 +10.08% 11
London +256 124 £64,750 -19.06% 23
Midlands +111 43 £46,000 +2.22% 36
East Midlands +61 28 £52,500 +10.53% 9
West Midlands +98 14 £46,000 +2.22% 27
North of England +82 11 £42,500 -5.56% 17
South West +26 11 £47,500 +58.33% 7
North West +82 7 £58,750 +30.56% 12
Yorkshire +78 4 £40,000 -13.98% 5
East of England +106 2 £32,000 -41.82% 4
Wales +12 1 £24,000 - 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 10 (3.01%) Apache Spark
1 10 (3.01%) WinCC
2 7 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.90%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 23 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 70 (21.08%) Endur
2 5 (1.51%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 3 (0.90%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.05%) Azure
2 27 (8.13%) Entra ID
3 21 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
3 21 (6.33%) Azure Storage
3 21 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.82%) AWS
6 12 (3.61%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.51%) GCP
8 3 (0.90%) BlazeMeter
9 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.30%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.30%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.53%) LAN
2 24 (7.23%) DHCP
2 24 (7.23%) DNS
2 24 (7.23%) Firewall
2 24 (7.23%) WAN
3 4 (1.20%) Wireless
4 3 (0.90%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (37.65%) SQL Server
2 70 (21.08%) RDBMS
2 70 (21.08%) Relational Database
3 18 (5.42%) Power BI
4 10 (3.01%) Big Data
4 10 (3.01%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.81%) MySQL
6 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.60%) MS Access
9 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 81 (24.40%) LabVIEW
2 18 (5.42%) MSI
3 16 (4.82%) AdminStudio
3 16 (4.82%) InstallShield
4 10 (3.01%) Axure RP
5 6 (1.81%) JIRA
6 5 (1.51%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.20%) Git
8 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.90%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.90%) eggPlant
8 3 (0.90%) JMeter
8 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.90%) Postman
8 3 (0.90%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.90%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.90%) The Grinder
9 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 83 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 69 (20.78%) Games
3 61 (18.37%) Social Skills
4 28 (8.43%) Finance
5 23 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (6.63%) Marketing
7 19 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.31%) Aerospace
8 11 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.71%) Banking
10 5 (1.51%) Back Office
11 4 (1.20%) Automotive
11 4 (1.20%) Law
12 3 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Legal
13 1 (0.30%) Local Government
13 1 (0.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 78 (23.49%) Systems Engineer
2 77 (23.19%) Developer
3 51 (15.36%) Senior
4 48 (14.46%) Test Engineer
5 44 (13.25%) Software Developer
6 35 (10.54%) Graduate
7 32 (9.64%) Systems Test Engineer
8 23 (6.93%) Senior Developer
9 22 (6.63%) Endur Manager
9 22 (6.63%) OpenLink Manager
10 18 (5.42%) Applications Packager
10 18 (5.42%) Software Manager
11 17 (5.12%) .NET Developer
11 17 (5.12%) Development Manager
11 17 (5.12%) Software Development Manager
12 16 (4.82%) Graduate Systems Engineer
12 16 (4.82%) Graduate Test Engineer
13 15 (4.52%) Software Engineer
14 14 (4.22%) Senior Manager
15 13 (3.92%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.36%) .NET
2 50 (15.06%) XML
3 33 (9.94%) HTML
4 30 (9.04%) CSS
5 24 (7.23%) HTML5
6 23 (6.93%) AngularJS
6 23 (6.93%) Express.js
6 23 (6.93%) Node.js
6 23 (6.93%) React
7 16 (4.82%) ARM Templates
7 16 (4.82%) JSON
8 11 (3.31%) Pandas
9 10 (3.01%) ASP.NET
10 9 (2.71%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.41%) WPF
12 7 (2.11%) Web Services
13 5 (1.51%) RESTful
13 5 (1.51%) SOAP
14 4 (1.20%) .NET Core
14 4 (1.20%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.70%) Raspberry Pi
2 81 (24.40%) Arduino
3 70 (21.08%) Swaptions
4 48 (14.46%) Virtual Team
5 32 (9.64%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (6.33%) PKI
7 16 (4.82%) Shadow IT
8 13 (3.92%) SCADA
9 7 (2.11%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.90%) Clustering
13 2 (0.60%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.60%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
14 1 (0.30%) Driving Licence
14 1 (0.30%) Educational Technology
14 1 (0.30%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 63 (18.98%) Windows
2 27 (8.13%) Linux
3 22 (6.63%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.02%) Windows Server
5 19 (5.72%) Windows 7
6 14 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.71%) Android
9 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.90%) SUSE
11 3 (0.90%) VMS
11 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.90%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.30%) MVS
13 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.30%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (39.46%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (32.23%) Agile
3 81 (24.40%) Design for Manufacturing
4 78 (23.49%) SDLC
5 70 (21.08%) Creative Thinking
6 69 (20.78%) Business Transformation
7 68 (20.48%) Data Science
8 64 (19.28%) Data Modelling
9 44 (13.25%) Service Management
10 42 (12.65%) ETRM
11 41 (12.35%) Release Management
12 40 (12.05%) Customer Experience
13 39 (11.75%) ITIL
14 36 (10.84%) Web Development
15 33 (9.94%) IT Strategy
16 31 (9.34%) Roadmaps
17 29 (8.73%) Full Stack Development
18 25 (7.53%) Analytics
19 24 (7.23%) Customer Service
20 23 (6.93%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 172 (51.81%) SQL
2 137 (41.27%) Python
3 108 (32.53%) C#
4 78 (23.49%) Java
5 67 (20.18%) PowerShell
6 40 (12.05%) VBScript
7 36 (10.84%) JavaScript
8 24 (7.23%) PHP
9 23 (6.93%) JSX
10 19 (5.72%) C++
11 17 (5.12%) VB.NET
12 14 (4.22%) T-SQL
13 13 (3.92%) Bicep
14 11 (3.31%) PL/SQL
15 10 (3.01%) C
16 9 (2.71%) VB6
17 6 (1.81%) VBA
18 3 (0.90%) Embedded C
18 3 (0.90%) R
19 1 (0.30%) F#
Qualifications
1 84 (25.30%) HNC
2 73 (21.99%) Degree
3 56 (16.87%) Security Cleared
4 44 (13.25%) SC Cleared
5 40 (12.05%) DV Cleared
6 23 (6.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (3.01%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.90%) HND
9 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.30%) CCA
10 1 (0.30%) CEH
10 1 (0.30%) CISM
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
10 1 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ISACA
10 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.30%) MCP
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.60%) QA
2 1 (0.30%) IEC 61131
2 1 (0.30%) JTAG
2 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (15.66%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (6.33%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (4.82%) Microsoft App-V
6 13 (3.92%) Docker
7 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.60%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.30%) XenApp
9 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (13.55%) SCCM
2 39 (11.75%) WSUS
3 26 (7.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (7.23%) Kubernetes
5 23 (6.93%) SCOM
6 21 (6.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (3.01%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.90%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.90%) HP SIM
8 3 (0.90%) OpenView
8 3 (0.90%) Wonderware InTouch
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.30%) Ansible
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.30%) Terraform
10 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 90 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 86 (25.90%) Oracle
3 70 (21.08%) OpenLink
3 70 (21.08%) Sybase
3 70 (21.08%) TIBCO
4 25 (7.53%) VMware
5 18 (5.42%) Autodesk
5 18 (5.42%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.01%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.01%) Siemens
7 6 (1.81%) HP
8 5 (1.51%) Unisys
9 4 (1.20%) SAP
10 3 (0.90%) AVEVA
10 3 (0.90%) Blue Prism
10 3 (0.90%) Citrix
10 3 (0.90%) Rockwell
10 3 (0.90%) Wonderware
11 2 (0.60%) ABBYY
12 1 (0.30%) Okta