VB Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring VB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing VB 9 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 2.03% - 0.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.87% - 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.18%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £605
% change year-on-year -4.55% -9.09% +218.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 131 106 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 29.57% 29.94% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 67 114
10th Percentile £204 £213 £261
25th Percentile £286 £400 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £671 £658 £684
South East median daily rate £492 £502 £525
% change year-on-year -1.89% -4.48% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 11
10th Percentile £47.50 - £44.60
25th Percentile £52.50 £13.25 £50.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £13.50 £67.27
Median % change year-on-year +307.41% -79.93% +34.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £13.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £67.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year -10.57% +4.24% +7.27%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

VB job vacancy trend in Surrey

VB
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VB

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Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VB

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) CAFM
1 9 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 9 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL