VB Contracts in London

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 248 507
Rank change year-on-year -102 +259 -126
Contract jobs citing VB 43 249 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.98% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 2.44% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 233 81
10th Percentile £313 - £350
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £625 £440
Median % change year-on-year -39.20% +42.05% -2.22%
75th Percentile £400 £810 £575
90th Percentile £495 £863 £650
England median daily rate £413 £625 £440
% change year-on-year -34.00% +42.05% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £32.05
25th Percentile - - £37.75
Median hourly rate - - £51.00
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - £73.95
England median hourly rate £36.00 £40.59 £34.50
% change year-on-year -11.31% +17.65% -23.33%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,498 10,198 16,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.23% 40.07% 41.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,961 7,674 12,403
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £543 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -3.98% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 75 103
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.75 £31.05
25th Percentile £36.91 £41.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +20.04% +11.08%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.00 £76.77
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +21.39%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for VB in London

VB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for VB in London

VB
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VB in London

VB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for VB in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Central London +44 5 £550 -4.35% 1
East London -9 2 £338 -15.63% 3
West London +25 1 - -
VB
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (39.53%) IIS
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (69.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) Azure
1 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Internet
2 5 (11.63%) Network Security
3 4 (9.30%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (55.81%) Oracle Database
2 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.30%) Relational Database
4 3 (6.98%) RDBMS
5 2 (4.65%) KNIME
5 2 (4.65%) MS Access
5 2 (4.65%) Tableau
6 1 (2.33%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.33%) DB2
6 1 (2.33%) Power BI
6 1 (2.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) MSI
General
1 22 (51.16%) Finance
2 11 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Games
4 1 (2.33%) Banking
4 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (62.79%) Developer
2 23 (53.49%) C# Developer
3 12 (27.91%) .NET Developer
3 12 (27.91%) C# .NET Developer
4 11 (25.58%) C# WCF Developer
4 11 (25.58%) C# WPF Developer
4 11 (25.58%) WCF Developer
4 11 (25.58%) WPF Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.98%) Data Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Applications Packager
7 2 (4.65%) Applications Support Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Remote Support Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Server Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) VB Developer
8 1 (2.33%) Senior
8 1 (2.33%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (72.09%) .NET
2 24 (55.81%) .NET Framework
3 12 (27.91%) WinForms
3 12 (27.91%) WPF
4 11 (25.58%) WCF
5 7 (16.28%) ASP.NET
6 2 (4.65%) ActiveX
6 2 (4.65%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
7 1 (2.33%) AWT
7 1 (2.33%) Java RMI
7 1 (2.33%) JSON
7 1 (2.33%) MDX
7 1 (2.33%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.65%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (2.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (62.79%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.65%) Linux
4 1 (2.33%) OS/390
4 1 (2.33%) Solaris
4 1 (2.33%) Unix
4 1 (2.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Data Analysis
2 17 (39.53%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (18.60%) DevOps
3 8 (18.60%) OO
3 8 (18.60%) OOP
3 8 (18.60%) Web Application Development
4 4 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.98%) Analytics
5 3 (6.98%) Migration
5 3 (6.98%) Workflow
6 2 (4.65%) Agile
6 2 (4.65%) Application Packaging
6 2 (4.65%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.65%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.65%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (4.65%) ITIL
6 2 (4.65%) Mathematics
6 2 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (4.65%) Service Management
7 1 (2.33%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (74.42%) SQL
2 28 (65.12%) VBA
3 24 (55.81%) C#
4 23 (53.49%) PL/SQL
5 17 (39.53%) T-SQL
6 12 (27.91%) VB.NET
7 8 (18.60%) PowerShell
8 4 (9.30%) Python
9 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
10 2 (4.65%) Java
10 2 (4.65%) R
11 1 (2.33%) VBScript
11 1 (2.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) CISA
1 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (4.65%) CRISC
1 2 (4.65%) Degree
1 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (39.53%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Oracle
2 17 (39.53%) Citrix
3 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.33%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.33%) IBM
4 1 (2.33%) Informatica