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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 388 341
Rank change year-on-year -20 -47 +297
Permanent jobs citing VB 13 109 186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.080% 0.47% 0.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 1.20% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13 56 145
10th Percentile - £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £23,750 £43,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £48,500 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.17% -34.01% +47.00%
75th Percentile £43,389 £56,525 £112,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £62,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% -25.38% +34.02%

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 5,114 9,060 11,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.38% 38.65% 47.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,449 6,205 10,006
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

VB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VB
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing VB

VB
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VB over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

VB salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (30.77%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (7.69%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (30.77%) MS Access
2 4 (30.77%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (7.69%) GIS
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI
4 1 (7.69%) Tableau
4 1 (7.69%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Toad
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Automotive
2 5 (38.46%) Local Government
3 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) 1st Line Support
1 5 (38.46%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Support
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Applications Support
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (7.69%) MI Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
3 1 (7.69%) Pyramid
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Public Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Unix
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 6 (46.15%) Migration
4 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
4 5 (38.46%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (38.46%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
5 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Workflow
6 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
6 2 (15.38%) Front End Development
6 2 (15.38%) Kanban
6 2 (15.38%) Microservices
7 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (7.69%) Data Architecture
7 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
7 1 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (7.69%) DataOps
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
1 5 (38.46%) VBA
2 4 (30.77%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) DBS Check
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Logitech
3 4 (30.77%) NEC
3 4 (30.77%) Oracle
3 4 (30.77%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) ESRI