VB Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 152 160
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -20
Contract jobs citing VB 1 11 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.037% 0.32% 0.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 1.21% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 27
10th Percentile - £261 £373
25th Percentile - - £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £460
Median % change year-on-year - -18.48% +58.62%
75th Percentile - £400 £500
90th Percentile - £483 -
England median daily rate £400 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -33.33% +41.18% -

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 623 912 1,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.79% 26.72% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 676 989
10th Percentile £260 £313 £313
25th Percentile £350 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £538
90th Percentile £638 £656 £613
England median daily rate £542 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.13% +2.69% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 17
10th Percentile £22.42 £19.74 £16.87
25th Percentile £27.38 £24.16 £20.25
Median hourly rate £51.78 £29.93 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.99% -14.48% -9.68%
75th Percentile £58.75 £54.69 -
90th Percentile £60.13 £88.88 £45.67
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% +14.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VB in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VB in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
East Midlands - 1 - - 8
VB
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Control
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle