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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 412 337
Rank change year-on-year +43 -75 +238
Permanent jobs citing VB 8 47 141
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.25% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.19% 0.59% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 73
10th Percentile £38,871 £45,903 £45,000
25th Percentile £42,780 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.17% -11.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £55,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £84,000
UK median annual salary £44,000 £48,500 £56,525
% change year-on-year -9.28% -14.20% +13.05%

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 4,123 7,959 9,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.96% 42.32% 46.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,162 5,149 8,179
10th Percentile £35,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £100,837
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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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 12 December 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 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (12.50%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Serverless
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (50.00%) MS Access
2 4 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 5 (62.50%) Local Government
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (50.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Applications Support
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
4 1 (12.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Unix
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Workflow
3 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (25.00%) Kanban
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Load Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) SDLC
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (37.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 1 (12.50%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) NEC
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) ESRI