The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for VB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VB over the 6 months to 17 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
VB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
191
434
440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
33.45%
38.54%
33.26%
Number of daily rates quoted
139
324
306
Median daily rate
£375
£450
£419
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.67%
+7.46%
+4.69%
10th Percentile
£213
£300
£292
90th Percentile
£575
£575
£550
West Midlands median daily rate
£388
£438
£425
% change year-on-year
-11.43%
+2.94%
+12.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
2
10
Median hourly rate
£40.00
£26.25
£41.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38%
-36.36%
+1.85%
10th Percentile
£16.78
£12.23
£15.25
90th Percentile
£46.38
£40.48
£45.25
Median hourly rate
£43.75
£42.50
£45.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94%
-5.56%
+44.79%
VB Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
VB Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB in Birmingham.
VB Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB in Birmingham.
VB Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 17 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing VB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for VB.
VB Co-occurring IT Skills in Birmingham by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
