VB Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring VB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing VB 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.25% 1.58% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.74% 27.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £538 - -
25th Percentile £595 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £690 £356 -
% change year-on-year +93.82% - -

All Programming Languages
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 23 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 14.94% 5.79% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 0 10
10th Percentile £408 - £461
25th Percentile £457 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - £473
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile £486 - £518
90th Percentile £538 - £543
North West median daily rate £447 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -0.67% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38.39
Median hourly rate - - £41.23
75th Percentile - - £44.07
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.15% +40.75% +15.45%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

VB job vacancy trend in Cumbria

VB
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VB

VB
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB in Cumbria over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VB in Cumbria

VB
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VB

VB
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +4 5 £690 - 2
VB
North West

VB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow