VB Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring VB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VB 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.47% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £675 - -

All Programming Languages
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 52 50 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 24.19% 33.33% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 32
10th Percentile £311 £225 £201
25th Percentile £400 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £606 £506 £500
90th Percentile £689 £575 £583
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £51.25 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +217.93% +19.41%
County Antrim median hourly rate - £51.25 £16.12
% change year-on-year - +217.93% +19.41%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

VB job vacancy trend in Belfast

VB
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing VB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing VB

VB
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing VB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing VB

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle