VB Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 242 285 307
Rank change year-on-year +43 +22 -60
Permanent jobs citing VB 78 30 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.34% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.41% 0.94% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 75 19 34
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,208 £19,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £37,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +15.65% -8.13%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,250 - £52,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £61,180 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.73% +22.36% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,233 3,191 4,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.48% 35.99% 40.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,679 1,747 3,103
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +14.13%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £67,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in the Midlands

VB
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for VB in the Midlands

VB
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for VB in the Midlands

VB
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +31 39 £55,000 +22.22% 9
East Midlands +12 39 £47,500 +18.75% 2
VB
England

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (2.56%) Apache
2 2 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (2.56%) Liferay
2 2 (2.56%) Magnolia
2 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.49%) Azure
2 14 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.13%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.85%) AWS
5 3 (3.85%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.56%) npm
6 2 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (51.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.41%) Power BI
3 5 (6.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.13%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (5.13%) MySQL
4 4 (5.13%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.56%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.56%) DB2
5 2 (2.56%) DTS
5 2 (2.56%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.56%) MS Access
5 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (34.62%) Visual Studio
2 11 (14.10%) Jasmine
2 11 (14.10%) Karma Test Runner
3 3 (3.85%) Bitbucket
3 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.85%) JIRA
4 2 (2.56%) Android Studio
4 2 (2.56%) Bower
4 2 (2.56%) gulp
4 2 (2.56%) Moq
General
1 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 10 (12.82%) Law
3 9 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.97%) Advertising
5 5 (6.41%) Police
6 4 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Automotive
7 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.28%) Electronics
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (56.41%) Developer
2 17 (21.79%) Software Developer
3 14 (17.95%) .NET Developer
4 13 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 9 (11.54%) Software Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Embedded Developer
6 8 (10.26%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Embedded Software Developer
7 4 (5.13%) .NET Software Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Head of Test
7 4 (5.13%) Power Apps Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Project Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Analyst
8 3 (3.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Lead
8 3 (3.85%) SCADA Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) SCADA Software Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.56%) Senior
9 2 (2.56%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (83.33%) .NET
2 33 (42.31%) ASP.NET
3 20 (25.64%) AngularJS
4 19 (24.36%) HTML
5 17 (21.79%) XML
6 16 (20.51%) MFC
6 16 (20.51%) Web Services
7 15 (19.23%) JSON
7 15 (19.23%) REST
8 14 (17.95%) .NET Core
9 13 (16.67%) SOAP
10 12 (15.38%) CSS
11 11 (14.10%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (14.10%) RESTful
11 11 (14.10%) RxJS
11 11 (14.10%) Sass
11 11 (14.10%) XML Schema
12 9 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (11.54%) LINQ
13 8 (10.26%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (11.54%) SCADA
2 5 (6.41%) CCTV
2 5 (6.41%) Legacy Applications
2 5 (6.41%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (2.56%) AIX
2 2 (2.56%) Android
2 2 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Software Engineering
2 23 (29.49%) DevOps
3 21 (26.92%) Agile
4 19 (24.36%) Change Control
5 18 (23.08%) MVC
6 16 (20.51%) Fault Analysis
7 11 (14.10%) Customer Service
7 11 (14.10%) Unit Testing
7 11 (14.10%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (12.82%) Integration Testing
9 9 (11.54%) ERP
9 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.26%) Full Stack Development
11 7 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (8.97%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
11 7 (8.97%) Microservices
11 7 (8.97%) Multithreading
11 7 (8.97%) Project Management
12 6 (7.69%) Business Analysis
12 6 (7.69%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (96.15%) C#
2 50 (64.10%) SQL
3 34 (43.59%) JavaScript
4 24 (30.77%) C
4 24 (30.77%) VB.NET
5 21 (26.92%) TypeScript
6 18 (23.08%) C++
7 16 (20.51%) Assembly Language
7 16 (20.51%) VB6
8 13 (16.67%) T-SQL
9 9 (11.54%) Python
10 6 (7.69%) Java
11 5 (6.41%) Ladder Logic
11 5 (6.41%) VBA
12 2 (2.56%) Go
12 2 (2.56%) Kotlin
12 2 (2.56%) PHP
12 2 (2.56%) PowerShell
12 2 (2.56%) XAML
13 1 (1.28%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (25.64%) Degree
2 8 (10.26%) HNC
3 5 (6.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.51%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.97%) Facebook
2 7 (8.97%) YouTube
3 6 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (2.56%) DevExpress
4 2 (2.56%) Epicor
4 2 (2.56%) MuleSoft
4 2 (2.56%) OpenText
4 2 (2.56%) Pega
4 2 (2.56%) SAP
4 2 (2.56%) Sitecore
4 2 (2.56%) SYSPRO