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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 51 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 -2
Contract jobs citing VB 18 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 4.88% 0.87% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.95% 2.34% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
South East median daily rate £508 £605 £610
% change year-on-year -16.12% -0.82% +32.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +118.18% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +118.18% -

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 139 171 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 37.67% 37.34% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 115 155
10th Percentile - - £284
25th Percentile £204 £203 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £538 £534 £600
90th Percentile £600 £575 £672
South East median daily rate £483 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -5.27% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 15
10th Percentile - £13.25 £37.55
25th Percentile £52.50 £35.38 £45.42
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +37.61% +70.31%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £76.53
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% +17.75% -12.64%

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

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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 18 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 18 (100.00%) Agile
1 18 (100.00%) CAFM
1 18 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 18 (100.00%) Scrum
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 18 (100.00%) TDD
1 18 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 18 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) SQL