Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 556 | 629 | 723 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +94 | -180 |
| Permanent jobs citing VB | 377 | 366 | 544 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.38% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.14% | 0.81% | 0.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 250 | 290 | 325 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,625 | £37,425 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,875 | £47,406 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.82% | +15.79% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,000 | £112,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,018 | £138,750 | £89,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +11.11% | +12.50% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,114 | 45,223 | 82,728 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.75% | 43.47% | 53.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,936 | 28,811 | 44,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,635 | £55,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.48% | +2.80% | +7.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB.
VB
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
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Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 |
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| England | +126 | 358 | £48,500 | -13.64% | 91 |
| UK excluding London | +85 | 306 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 77 |
| Work from Home | +49 | 184 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 33 |
| Midlands | +67 | 95 | £49,214 | +15.80% | 32 |
| North of England | +17 | 64 | £52,500 | -4.34% | 4 |
| London | +52 | 62 | £62,500 | -45.65% | 19 |
| East Midlands | +39 | 60 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 8 |
| South East | +52 | 58 | £54,000 | +12.79% | 14 |
| East of England | +53 | 48 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 11 |
| North West | +40 | 45 | £52,500 | +50.00% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +44 | 35 | £51,250 | +13.89% | 24 |
| South West | -23 | 31 | £32,500 | -35.00% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +47 | 16 | £47,500 | -18.23% | 1 |
| Scotland | -58 | 6 | £47,500 | -13.45% | 4 |
| Wales | +2 | 4 | £32,500 | -27.78% | 3 |
| North East | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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