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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 642 772
Rank change year-on-year +92 +130 -218
Permanent jobs citing VB 364 356 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 0.83% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 256 287 316
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £56,159 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +18.23% +6.74%
75th Percentile £59,000 £112,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,375 £138,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,250 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.50% +11.11% +8.43%

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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VB in the UK

VB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VB in the UK

VB
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 18 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
England +106 348 £48,500 -19.17% 91
UK excluding London +61 293 £48,250 -3.50% 71
Work from Home +42 190 £50,000 -23.49% 33
Midlands +40 78 £50,000 +17.65% 20
North of England +45 66 £50,000 -8.90% 14
London +26 64 £62,500 -43.18% 22
South East +33 60 £54,000 +8.00% 20
East of England +44 47 £40,000 -15.79% 7
North West +32 47 £52,500 +50.00% 12
West Midlands +35 40 £55,000 +18.92% 15
East Midlands +18 38 £47,500 +18.75% 5
South West -24 33 £32,500 -35.00% 9
Yorkshire +46 16 £47,500 -22.36% 1
Scotland -60 6 £47,500 -13.45% 3
Wales -5 3 £32,500 -27.78%
North East - 3 £47,500 - 1

VB
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:

Application Platforms
1 60 (16.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (8.52%) IIS
3 22 (6.04%) Apache
4 9 (2.47%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.65%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) Liferay
6 2 (0.55%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.55%) WinCC
7 1 (0.27%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) Documentum
Applications
1 30 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.55%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (12.64%) Endur
2 9 (2.47%) Shopify
3 6 (1.65%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.55%) DELMIA
4 2 (0.55%) SAP MII
4 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.88%) Azure
2 32 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (6.87%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.04%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (3.85%) Azure Storage
8 12 (3.30%) AWS
9 10 (2.75%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.65%) GitHub
11 5 (1.37%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.37%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.55%) npm
12 2 (0.55%) PaaS
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.27%) Firebase
13 1 (0.27%) GCP
13 1 (0.27%) SaaS
13 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.77%) DNS
2 20 (5.49%) DHCP
3 14 (3.85%) Firewall
4 11 (3.02%) Internet
5 8 (2.20%) 5G
5 8 (2.20%) SD-WAN
5 8 (2.20%) WAN
6 5 (1.37%) HTTP
6 5 (1.37%) Wireless
7 4 (1.10%) FTP
7 4 (1.10%) Profibus
8 3 (0.82%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.82%) Modbus
8 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.55%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.27%) Intranet
10 1 (0.27%) Network Security
10 1 (0.27%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (46.43%) SQL Server
2 53 (14.56%) Relational Database
3 46 (12.64%) RDBMS
4 25 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.32%) Power BI
6 22 (6.04%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.22%) MS Access
7 19 (5.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (4.67%) MySQL
9 14 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.75%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.65%) Big Data
13 5 (1.37%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.10%) Tableau
15 2 (0.55%) DB2
15 2 (0.55%) DTS
15 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (12.09%) Visual Studio
2 28 (7.69%) Jasmine
2 28 (7.69%) Karma Test Runner
3 18 (4.95%) JIRA
4 9 (2.47%) InstallShield
5 6 (1.65%) Dreamweaver
6 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.37%) Git
6 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.10%) AdminStudio
7 4 (1.10%) MSI
8 2 (0.55%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.55%) Bower
8 2 (0.55%) gulp
8 2 (0.55%) Moq
8 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
General
1 82 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (13.46%) Games
4 48 (13.19%) Marketing
5 40 (10.99%) Finance
6 22 (6.04%) Retail
7 21 (5.77%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.02%) Legal
9 10 (2.75%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.75%) Law
10 9 (2.47%) Electronics
10 9 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.92%) Advertising
12 7 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.37%) Automotive
13 5 (1.37%) Police
14 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 117 (32.14%) Developer
2 65 (17.86%) Senior
3 40 (10.99%) Support Engineer
4 32 (8.79%) C# Developer
5 27 (7.42%) Software Engineer
6 25 (6.87%) Development Manager
6 25 (6.87%) Endur Manager
6 25 (6.87%) OpenLink Manager
6 25 (6.87%) Software Support Engineer
7 23 (6.32%) Software Development Manager
7 23 (6.32%) Software Manager
8 21 (5.77%) Senior Manager
9 20 (5.49%) Active Directory Specialist
9 20 (5.49%) Azure Specialist
9 20 (5.49%) Senior Development Manager
9 20 (5.49%) Software Developer
10 19 (5.22%) .NET Developer
10 19 (5.22%) Analyst
11 17 (4.67%) Architect
11 17 (4.67%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (47.53%) .NET
2 73 (20.05%) ASP.NET
3 69 (18.96%) XML
4 63 (17.31%) Web Services
5 56 (15.38%) JSON
6 52 (14.29%) REST
7 51 (14.01%) HTML
7 51 (14.01%) SOAP
8 43 (11.81%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.69%) RxJS
9 28 (7.69%) Sass
9 28 (7.69%) XML Schema
10 17 (4.67%) CSS
11 16 (4.40%) .NET Core
12 15 (4.12%) MFC
12 15 (4.12%) RESTful
13 14 (3.85%) .NET Framework
13 14 (3.85%) ARM Templates
13 14 (3.85%) HTML5
14 11 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.64%) Swaptions
2 38 (10.44%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (8.52%) PKI
4 24 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.67%) SCADA
6 13 (3.57%) Clustering
7 9 (2.47%) EPoS
7 9 (2.47%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.20%) FPGA
8 8 (2.20%) GNSS
8 8 (2.20%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.20%) Smart Meter
8 8 (2.20%) VHDL
9 7 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.65%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.37%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 86 (23.63%) Windows
2 77 (21.15%) Linux
3 40 (10.99%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.04%) AIX
5 19 (5.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.02%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.75%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.65%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.37%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (18.96%) SDLC
3 65 (17.86%) Agile
4 60 (16.48%) Creative Thinking
5 56 (15.38%) DevOps
6 51 (14.01%) Software Engineering
7 47 (12.91%) Data Modelling
8 46 (12.64%) Business Transformation
9 43 (11.81%) Roadmaps
10 41 (11.26%) Strategic Roadmap
11 40 (10.99%) Customer Service
11 40 (10.99%) Project Management
12 39 (10.71%) IT Strategy
12 39 (10.71%) Technology Strategy
12 39 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (8.79%) User Acceptance Testing
14 31 (8.52%) ERP
14 31 (8.52%) OO
15 30 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (7.97%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 198 (54.40%) C#
2 188 (51.65%) SQL
3 79 (21.70%) JavaScript
4 71 (19.51%) Java
5 66 (18.13%) VB.NET
6 57 (15.66%) PowerShell
7 56 (15.38%) C
8 55 (15.11%) C++
9 48 (13.19%) T-SQL
10 46 (12.64%) VB6
11 38 (10.44%) VBScript
12 37 (10.16%) TypeScript
13 36 (9.89%) Python
14 24 (6.59%) VBA
15 17 (4.67%) PHP
16 15 (4.12%) ActionScript
16 15 (4.12%) Assembly Language
17 14 (3.85%) Bicep
18 11 (3.02%) Perl
19 9 (2.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 107 (29.40%) Degree
2 38 (10.44%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.87%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.49%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (2.75%) HNC
7 8 (2.20%) HND
8 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.10%) PhD
10 3 (0.82%) MBA
11 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.36%) QA
2 10 (2.75%) SLA
3 5 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.37%) GDPR
4 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.82%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 46 (12.64%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (3.30%) Docker
5 11 (3.02%) OpenSSH
5 11 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.02%) vSphere
5 11 (3.02%) XenApp
6 8 (2.20%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (2.20%) Firmware
7 4 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (5.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (5.22%) SCCM
3 18 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.95%) WSUS
4 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.85%) SCOM
5 11 (3.02%) IBM BigFix
5 11 (3.02%) PowerCLI
5 11 (3.02%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.55%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.55%) Wonderware InTouch
7 1 (0.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 127 (34.89%) Microsoft
2 81 (22.25%) Oracle
3 46 (12.64%) OpenLink
3 46 (12.64%) Sybase
3 46 (12.64%) TIBCO
4 15 (4.12%) VMware
5 11 (3.02%) Citrix
5 11 (3.02%) IBM
6 8 (2.20%) Altera
6 8 (2.20%) Green Hills
6 8 (2.20%) Motorola
6 8 (2.20%) SAP
6 8 (2.20%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.92%) Facebook
7 7 (1.92%) YouTube
8 6 (1.65%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.65%) Google
9 5 (1.37%) Apple
9 5 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.37%) Siemens