VB Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring VB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 94 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing VB 1 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.079% 0.68% 0.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 2.89% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 14
10th Percentile - - £567
25th Percentile £425 £603 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% -0.82% +19.61%
75th Percentile £475 £608 £615
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £508 £605 £610
% change year-on-year -16.12% -0.82% +32.61%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 322 381 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 25.52% 23.46% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 239 269
10th Percentile £375 £389 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £570 £643 £638
90th Percentile £620 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £492 £513 £528
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.84% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 8
10th Percentile £24.38 £50.25 -
25th Percentile £32.81 £55.87 £48.40
Median hourly rate £47.25 £58.49 £52.15
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +12.17% -34.82%
75th Percentile £61.31 £69.69 £58.17
90th Percentile £69.53 £77.39 £72.23
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £67.02 £55.00
% change year-on-year -17.93% +21.85% -12.23%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

VB job vacancy trend in Berkshire

VB
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VB

VB
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VB

VB
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
Wokingham - 1 £450 - 1
VB
South East

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP