VB Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring VB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 76 91
Rank change year-on-year - +15 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh - 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.44% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - £47,500

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 128 229 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.08% 30.01% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 89 109 291
10th Percentile - £28,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.41% -15.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £96,500 £89,000 £88,750
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

VB job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

VB
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VB