VB Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring VB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VB over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 136 189
Rank change year-on-year +3 +53 -2
Contract jobs citing VB 5 7 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.25% 0.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.79% 1.07% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 16
10th Percentile - £433 £475
25th Percentile - £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -5.00% +50.38%
75th Percentile £468 £561 £550
90th Percentile £544 £606 -
England median daily rate £390 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -29.09% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £56.25 £70.00 £53.99
% change year-on-year -19.64% +29.67% +30.98%

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 contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 633 657 1,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.81% 23.69% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 476 1,048
10th Percentile £313 £310 £325
25th Percentile £375 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £553
90th Percentile £626 £688 £625
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.18% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 12
10th Percentile £26.32 £17.43 £16.93
25th Percentile £33.93 £17.63 £18.58
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.28 £25.83
Median % change year-on-year +57.13% -13.77% -23.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.00 £59.61
90th Percentile £69.00 £58.80 £59.99
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.83
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.53% +32.28%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for VB in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VB in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for VB in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +1 5 £340 -28.42% 9
VB
England

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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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Maya
2 2 (40.00%) NUKE
2 2 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Hub
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Tools Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (40.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Content Development
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (40.00%) Use Case
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Perforce
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Talend