Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 512 | 425 | 588 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -87 | +163 | -107 |
| Contract jobs citing VB | 86 | 314 | 267 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.53% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.67% | 1.50% | 0.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 64 | 257 | 204 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | - | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £385 | £400 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £600 | £420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.25% | +42.86% | +4.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £564 | £738 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £863 | £551 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £605 | £422 | £420 |
| % change year-on-year | +43.53% | +0.36% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £29.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.50 | £37.80 | £30.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £40.59 | £34.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.31% | +17.65% | -19.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.50 | £47.57 | £57.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.08 | £70.35 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.00 | £40.59 | £34.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.31% | +17.65% | -19.18% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB.
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Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -64 | 75 | £400 | -33.33% | 86 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 39 | £605 | +18.05% | 31 |
| London | -67 | 39 | £400 | -36.25% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +26 | 35 | £605 | +43.53% | 73 |
| South East | +48 | 31 | £605 | +96.75% | 14 |
| East of England | +11 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Midlands | +10 | 1 | - | - | 30 |
| North of England | +8 | 1 | £180 | -64.00% | 4 |
| North East | - | 1 | £180 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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