Hybrid/Remote VB Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 401 329
Rank change year-on-year -6 -72 +274
Permanent jobs citing VB 12 59 176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.073% 0.30% 0.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.24% 0.71% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12 18 115
10th Percentile - £45,990 £46,000
25th Percentile £23,750 £48,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,292 £50,250 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.79% -22.09% +29.00%
75th Percentile £43,389 £56,144 £80,000
90th Percentile £61,714 £56,975 £131,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

VB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,939 8,344 10,584
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.08% 41.85% 47.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,254 5,314 8,933
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VB and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VB job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

VB salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (8.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) Serverless
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (33.33%) MS Access
2 4 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (16.67%) MySQL
3 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (8.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Toad
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Automotive
2 5 (41.67%) Local Government
3 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 4 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 4 (33.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Applications Support
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Unix
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Asset Management
3 5 (41.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 4 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Workflow
5 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 2 (16.67%) Front End Development
5 2 (16.67%) Kanban
5 2 (16.67%) Microservices
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Project Management
6 1 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
1 5 (41.67%) VBA
2 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 3 (25.00%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) DBS Check
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Logitech
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) NEC
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) ESRI