Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring VB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing VB | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | - | - | 0.066% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £690 | £356 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +93.82% | - | - |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 387 | 282 | 469 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 32.60% | 26.83% | 30.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 270 | 206 | 381 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £363 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £529 | £525 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £588 | £650 |
| North West median daily rate | £445 | £450 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.11% | -6.25% | -4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £60.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £64.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £68.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | -5.45% | +44.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.50 | - | £77.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | - | £79.88 |
| North West median hourly rate | £61.00 | £65.00 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.15% | +40.75% | +16.91% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VB.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VB.
