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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 551 | 639 | 744 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +105 | -195 |
| Permanent jobs citing VB | 385 | 366 | 537 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.39% | 0.35% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.16% | 0.82% | 0.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 256 | 290 | 322 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,375 | £37,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,188 | £47,500 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | £55,580 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.74% | +17.01% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,000 | £112,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £64,375 | £138,750 | £89,875 |
| 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 | 33,269 | 44,878 | 84,325 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.74% | 43.24% | 53.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,012 | 28,616 | 44,114 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,171 |
| 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 | £54,000 | £55,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +1.85% | +8.00% |
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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 3 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 3 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 | +120 | 367 | £48,500 | -15.34% | 86 |
| UK excluding London | +111 | 316 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 74 |
| Work from Home | +55 | 184 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 30 |
| Midlands | +87 | 101 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 29 |
| North of England | +35 | 65 | £51,250 | -6.62% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +46 | 61 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 8 |
| London | +34 | 61 | £62,500 | -45.65% | 17 |
| South East | +40 | 59 | £54,000 | +9.92% | 12 |
| East of England | +56 | 48 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 10 |
| North West | +32 | 46 | £52,500 | +50.00% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +40 | 40 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 21 |
| South West | -24 | 33 | £32,500 | -35.00% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 16 | £47,500 | -22.36% | 1 |
| Scotland | -61 | 6 | £47,500 | -13.45% | 4 |
| Wales | -4 | 4 | £32,500 | -27.78% | 2 |
| 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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