VB Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring VB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VB over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 277 321
Rank change year-on-year +13 +44 -71
Permanent jobs citing VB 79 29 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.56% 0.34% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.28% 0.97% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 74 16 35
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,146 £19,000
25th Percentile £37,813 £35,938 £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 £63,375 - £52,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.38% +30.00% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

VB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,463 2,979 4,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.66% 35.08% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,775 1,742 3,095
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,850
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,399
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,500
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 12 June 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 12 June 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
East Midlands +1 41 £47,500 +18.75% 6
West Midlands +10 38 £55,000 +29.41% 6
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 (16.46%) IIS
2 2 (2.53%) Apache
2 2 (2.53%) CMS
2 2 (2.53%) Liferay
2 2 (2.53%) Magnolia
2 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.53%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.11%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.80%) AWS
5 3 (3.80%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.53%) npm
6 2 (2.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (53.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.33%) Power BI
3 5 (6.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.06%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (5.06%) MySQL
4 4 (5.06%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.53%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.53%) DB2
5 2 (2.53%) DTS
5 2 (2.53%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.53%) MS Access
5 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (35.44%) Visual Studio
2 11 (13.92%) Jasmine
2 11 (13.92%) Karma Test Runner
3 2 (2.53%) Android Studio
3 2 (2.53%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.53%) Bower
3 2 (2.53%) gulp
3 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.53%) JIRA
3 2 (2.53%) Moq
General
1 12 (15.19%) Manufacturing
2 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Law
4 7 (8.86%) Advertising
5 5 (6.33%) Police
6 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Automotive
7 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.27%) Electronics
8 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (55.70%) Developer
2 16 (20.25%) Software Developer
3 14 (17.72%) .NET Developer
4 12 (15.19%) C# Developer
5 10 (12.66%) Software Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Embedded Developer
6 8 (10.13%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Embedded Software Developer
7 4 (5.06%) .NET Software Developer
7 4 (5.06%) Head of Test
7 4 (5.06%) Power Apps Developer
7 4 (5.06%) Project Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Lead
8 3 (3.80%) SCADA Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) SCADA Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.53%) Senior
9 2 (2.53%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (82.28%) .NET
2 32 (40.51%) ASP.NET
3 20 (25.32%) AngularJS
4 19 (24.05%) HTML
5 17 (21.52%) Web Services
5 17 (21.52%) XML
6 16 (20.25%) MFC
7 15 (18.99%) JSON
7 15 (18.99%) REST
8 13 (16.46%) .NET Core
8 13 (16.46%) SOAP
9 12 (15.19%) CSS
10 11 (13.92%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (13.92%) RxJS
10 11 (13.92%) Sass
10 11 (13.92%) XML Schema
11 10 (12.66%) RESTful
12 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (11.39%) LINQ
13 7 (8.86%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (11.39%) SCADA
2 5 (6.33%) CCTV
2 5 (6.33%) Legacy Applications
3 4 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.78%) Linux
2 3 (3.80%) Android
3 2 (2.53%) AIX
3 2 (2.53%) Windows
4 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (37.97%) Software Engineering
2 23 (29.11%) DevOps
3 20 (25.32%) Agile
4 19 (24.05%) Change Control
5 17 (21.52%) MVC
6 16 (20.25%) Fault Analysis
7 11 (13.92%) Customer Service
7 11 (13.92%) Unit Testing
7 11 (13.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (11.39%) ERP
8 9 (11.39%) Full Stack Development
8 9 (11.39%) Integration Testing
8 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (8.86%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
9 7 (8.86%) Microservices
9 7 (8.86%) Multithreading
9 7 (8.86%) Project Management
10 6 (7.59%) Business Analysis
10 6 (7.59%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (96.20%) C#
2 50 (63.29%) SQL
3 34 (43.04%) JavaScript
4 24 (30.38%) C
4 24 (30.38%) VB.NET
5 21 (26.58%) TypeScript
6 19 (24.05%) C++
7 16 (20.25%) Assembly Language
7 16 (20.25%) VB6
8 13 (16.46%) T-SQL
9 9 (11.39%) Python
10 6 (7.59%) Java
11 5 (6.33%) Ladder Logic
11 5 (6.33%) VBA
12 2 (2.53%) Go
12 2 (2.53%) Kotlin
12 2 (2.53%) PHP
12 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
12 2 (2.53%) XAML
13 1 (1.27%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (25.32%) Degree
2 8 (10.13%) HNC
3 5 (6.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (48.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Facebook
2 7 (8.86%) YouTube
3 6 (7.59%) Oracle
4 2 (2.53%) DevExpress
4 2 (2.53%) Epicor
4 2 (2.53%) MuleSoft
4 2 (2.53%) OpenText
4 2 (2.53%) Pega
4 2 (2.53%) SAP
4 2 (2.53%) Sitecore
4 2 (2.53%) SYSPRO