VB Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring VB skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VB 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.95% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
75th Percentile £483 - -
90th Percentile £486 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £268 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -27.27%

All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 263 145 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 41.48% 32.44% 25.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 99 76
10th Percentile £317 £375 £306
25th Percentile £389 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £587
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -10.63% +6.81%
75th Percentile £538 £597 £626
90th Percentile £626 £646 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £493 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.33% +1.94%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VB in South Yorkshire

VB
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VB

VB
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VB in South Yorkshire

VB
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing VB

VB
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. 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
Sheffield - 6 £268 - 1
VB
Yorkshire

VB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) PMO Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 6 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Business Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft