VB Jobs in England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 595 728
Rank change year-on-year +84 +133 -166
Permanent jobs citing VB 347 334 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 0.90% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 246 268 306
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £61,180 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +22.36% +11.11%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £138,750 £84,375
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,078 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.03% +14.16% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 28,024 37,268 74,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.54% 43.05% 53.52%
Number of salaries quoted 22,545 24,192 38,932
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VB in England

VB
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB in England.

Salary trend for VB in England

VB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Midlands +43 78 £50,000 +17.65% 12
South East +38 68 £54,000 +8.00% 20
North of England +42 65 £50,000 -8.90% 18
London +48 56 £55,000 -48.84% 17
East of England +36 47 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North West +33 46 £52,500 +52.17% 12
West Midlands +31 39 £55,000 +22.22% 10
East Midlands +12 39 £47,500 +18.75% 2
South West -25 33 £32,500 -35.00% 10
Yorkshire +43 16 £47,500 -22.36% 3
North East - 3 £47,500 - 3
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UK

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 58 (16.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (8.65%) IIS
3 18 (5.19%) Apache
4 9 (2.59%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.58%) CMS
6 2 (0.58%) Liferay
6 2 (0.58%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Documentum
7 1 (0.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 26 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.58%) Fusion 360
3 2 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 41 (11.82%) Endur
2 9 (2.59%) Shopify
3 5 (1.44%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.58%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.58%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (22.19%) Azure
2 33 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (7.20%) Entra ID
4 25 (7.20%) Power Platform
5 23 (6.63%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (4.90%) Azure Storage
7 10 (2.88%) AWS
7 10 (2.88%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.73%) GitHub
9 5 (1.44%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.58%) npm
10 2 (0.58%) PaaS
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.29%) Firebase
11 1 (0.29%) GCP
11 1 (0.29%) SaaS
11 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.92%) DNS
2 23 (6.63%) DHCP
3 17 (4.90%) Firewall
4 13 (3.75%) Internet
5 8 (2.31%) 5G
5 8 (2.31%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.31%) WAN
6 5 (1.44%) HTTP
6 5 (1.44%) Wireless
7 4 (1.15%) FTP
8 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.29%) Intranet
9 1 (0.29%) Network Security
9 1 (0.29%) Profibus
9 1 (0.29%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (44.38%) SQL Server
2 48 (13.83%) Relational Database
3 41 (11.82%) RDBMS
4 23 (6.63%) Power BI
5 20 (5.76%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (5.48%) MS Access
6 19 (5.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (5.19%) MongoDB
8 15 (4.32%) MySQL
9 13 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.31%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.44%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.15%) Big Data
13 4 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.15%) Tableau
14 2 (0.58%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.58%) DB2
14 2 (0.58%) DTS
Development Applications
1 44 (12.68%) Visual Studio
2 27 (7.78%) Jasmine
2 27 (7.78%) Karma Test Runner
3 17 (4.90%) JIRA
4 11 (3.17%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.73%) AdminStudio
5 6 (1.73%) Dreamweaver
5 6 (1.73%) MSI
6 5 (1.44%) Git
7 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.58%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.58%) Bower
8 2 (0.58%) gulp
8 2 (0.58%) Moq
8 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 84 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (12.97%) Marketing
4 44 (12.68%) Games
5 37 (10.66%) Finance
6 22 (6.34%) Retail
7 20 (5.76%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.17%) Legal
9 10 (2.88%) Law
9 10 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.59%) Electronics
11 8 (2.31%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.02%) Advertising
12 7 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.44%) Automotive
13 5 (1.44%) Police
14 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 114 (32.85%) Developer
2 58 (16.71%) Senior
3 35 (10.09%) Support Engineer
4 29 (8.36%) C# Developer
5 23 (6.63%) Active Directory Specialist
5 23 (6.63%) Azure Specialist
5 23 (6.63%) Development Manager
6 22 (6.34%) Endur Manager
6 22 (6.34%) OpenLink Manager
6 22 (6.34%) Software Engineer
7 21 (6.05%) Software Development Manager
7 21 (6.05%) Software Manager
8 20 (5.76%) Software Developer
9 19 (5.48%) Senior Development Manager
9 19 (5.48%) Senior Manager
10 18 (5.19%) .NET Developer
10 18 (5.19%) Analyst
10 18 (5.19%) Software Support Engineer
11 17 (4.90%) Active Directory Support
11 17 (4.90%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (46.69%) .NET
2 71 (20.46%) ASP.NET
3 66 (19.02%) XML
4 58 (16.71%) Web Services
5 53 (15.27%) JSON
6 51 (14.70%) HTML
7 47 (13.54%) REST
8 46 (13.26%) SOAP
9 42 (12.10%) AngularJS
10 27 (7.78%) RxJS
10 27 (7.78%) Sass
10 27 (7.78%) XML Schema
11 18 (5.19%) CSS
12 17 (4.90%) ARM Templates
13 16 (4.61%) MFC
14 15 (4.32%) .NET Core
15 14 (4.03%) RESTful
16 13 (3.75%) HTML5
17 12 (3.46%) .NET Framework
18 11 (3.17%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.82%) Swaptions
2 36 (10.37%) PKI
3 34 (9.80%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (8.07%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.32%) Clustering
6 13 (3.75%) SCADA
7 9 (2.59%) EPoS
7 9 (2.59%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.31%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.31%) FPGA
8 8 (2.31%) GNSS
8 8 (2.31%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.31%) Smart Meter
8 8 (2.31%) VHDL
9 6 (1.73%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.73%) Shadow IT
10 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.44%) Smart Energy
10 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (24.78%) Windows
2 75 (21.61%) Linux
3 45 (12.97%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (6.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (5.19%) AIX
5 18 (5.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (3.46%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.17%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.44%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (18.73%) Agile
3 61 (17.58%) SDLC
4 58 (16.71%) DevOps
5 55 (15.85%) Creative Thinking
6 44 (12.68%) Software Engineering
7 43 (12.39%) Data Modelling
8 41 (11.82%) Business Transformation
9 39 (11.24%) Project Management
10 38 (10.95%) Customer Service
10 38 (10.95%) Roadmaps
10 38 (10.95%) Strategic Roadmap
11 36 (10.37%) IT Strategy
11 36 (10.37%) Technology Strategy
11 36 (10.37%) Workshop Facilitation
12 34 (9.80%) Release Management
13 30 (8.65%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (8.07%) Analytics
16 27 (7.78%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 186 (53.60%) C#
2 175 (50.43%) SQL
3 78 (22.48%) JavaScript
4 66 (19.02%) VB.NET
5 61 (17.58%) PowerShell
6 60 (17.29%) Java
7 53 (15.27%) C
8 51 (14.70%) C++
9 46 (13.26%) T-SQL
10 45 (12.97%) VB6
11 41 (11.82%) VBScript
12 37 (10.66%) TypeScript
13 33 (9.51%) Python
14 21 (6.05%) VBA
15 17 (4.90%) ActionScript
15 17 (4.90%) Bicep
16 16 (4.61%) Assembly Language
16 16 (4.61%) PHP
17 11 (3.17%) Perl
18 9 (2.59%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 105 (30.26%) Degree
2 37 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.65%) DV Cleared
4 23 (6.63%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.59%) HNC
8 7 (2.02%) HND
9 5 (1.44%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.15%) PhD
11 3 (0.86%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.39%) QA
2 12 (3.46%) SLA
3 5 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.44%) GDPR
4 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (14.99%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.75%) OpenSSH
5 13 (3.75%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.75%) vSphere
5 13 (3.75%) XenApp
6 9 (2.59%) Docker
7 8 (2.31%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (2.31%) Firmware
8 6 (1.73%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (6.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 23 (6.63%) SCCM
1 23 (6.63%) WSUS
2 21 (6.05%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (4.90%) SCOM
4 13 (3.75%) IBM BigFix
4 13 (3.75%) PowerCLI
4 13 (3.75%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.29%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 128 (36.89%) Microsoft
2 70 (20.17%) Oracle
3 41 (11.82%) OpenLink
3 41 (11.82%) Sybase
3 41 (11.82%) TIBCO
4 19 (5.48%) VMware
5 13 (3.75%) Citrix
5 13 (3.75%) IBM
6 8 (2.31%) Altera
6 8 (2.31%) Green Hills
6 8 (2.31%) Motorola
6 8 (2.31%) SAP
6 8 (2.31%) Xilinx
7 7 (2.02%) Facebook
7 7 (2.02%) YouTube
8 6 (1.73%) Autodesk
8 6 (1.73%) Google
8 6 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.44%) Apple
10 4 (1.15%) Siemens