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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 551 | 639 | 760 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +121 | -181 |
| Permanent jobs citing VB | 363 | 358 | 538 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.36% | 0.36% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.09% | 0.83% | 0.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 255 | 289 | 322 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £37,500 | £30,250 |
| 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% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,000 | £112,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,750 | £138,750 | £83,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
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 | 33,218 | 43,078 | 87,895 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.25% | 43.31% | 53.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,863 | 27,599 | 43,697 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,375 | £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% |
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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.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 20 May 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 20 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 |
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| England | +102 | 347 | £48,500 | -17.45% | 90 |
| UK excluding London | +75 | 293 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 72 |
| Work from Home | +54 | 190 | £50,000 | -23.49% | 34 |
| Midlands | +42 | 78 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 19 |
| North of England | +28 | 65 | £51,250 | -6.62% | 16 |
| London | +24 | 63 | £62,500 | -43.18% | 18 |
| South East | +42 | 61 | £54,000 | +8.00% | 18 |
| East of England | +46 | 47 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 8 |
| North West | +25 | 46 | £52,500 | +50.00% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +36 | 40 | £55,000 | +18.92% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 38 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 5 |
| South West | -20 | 33 | £32,500 | -35.00% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +45 | 16 | £47,500 | -22.36% | 2 |
| Scotland | -62 | 6 | £47,500 | -13.45% | 3 |
| Wales | -3 | 3 | £32,500 | -27.78% | |
| 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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