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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 407 397
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing VB 12 14 192
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.060% 0.091% 0.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.23% 0.24% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 136
10th Percentile £40,120 - £39,375
25th Percentile £50,179 £23,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -31.97%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.09% -20.73%

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 5,254 5,828 14,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.45% 38.06% 40.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,884 4,036 11,613
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,289 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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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 15 June 2026.

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 1 (8.33%) IIS
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) Azure API Management
3 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Functions
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) GitHub
3 2 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (16.67%) Serverless
4 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Power BI
2 5 (41.67%) Tableau
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Legal
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Senior
2 5 (41.67%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Software Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Integration Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Systems Developer
5 1 (8.33%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (8.33%) XML Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) .NET
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (16.67%) CSS3
3 2 (16.67%) HTML5
3 2 (16.67%) jQuery
3 2 (16.67%) LESS
3 2 (16.67%) OpenAPI
3 2 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (16.67%) RESTful
3 2 (16.67%) Sass
3 2 (16.67%) Swagger
4 1 (8.33%) Middleware
4 1 (8.33%) WPF
4 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Unix
3 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (41.67%) Asset Management
2 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (41.67%) Contract Management
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (41.67%) KYC
2 5 (41.67%) Software Asset Management
2 5 (41.67%) Software Licensing
2 5 (41.67%) Task Automation
2 5 (41.67%) Validation
2 5 (41.67%) Visualisation
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) API Management
4 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) VBA
1 6 (50.00%) VBScript
2 5 (41.67%) Python
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (25.00%) C#
4 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
5 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 1 (8.33%) Bash
6 1 (8.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Adobe
2 5 (41.67%) IBM
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) Snow
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) iManage