VB Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VB over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 288 280
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 +247
Contract jobs citing VB 21 47 165
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.36% 0.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.56% 1.03% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 150
10th Percentile £313 £300 -
25th Percentile £442 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £565 £579
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -2.33% +36.92%
75th Percentile £664 £608 £863
90th Percentile £813 - -
UK median daily rate £408 £400 £580
% change year-on-year +1.88% -30.97% +31.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 £37.80
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year - +47.82% -32.35%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £43.39
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year - +47.82% -14.10%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

VB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,757 4,570 7,870
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.82% 34.71% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,610 3,303 5,779
10th Percentile £343 £338 £369
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £674
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 86 181
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.50 £26.75
25th Percentile £48.99 £37.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +10.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £85.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +11.11%

VB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VB trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VB.

VB daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VB over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

VB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VB.

VB hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) IIS
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Endur
2 1 (4.76%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Pipelines
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Storage
3 1 (4.76%) Boomi
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) DHCP
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) HTTP
2 1 (4.76%) HTTPS
2 1 (4.76%) SMTP
2 1 (4.76%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) RDBMS
2 3 (14.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (9.52%) InterSystems Cache
3 2 (9.52%) Power BI
4 1 (4.76%) DB2
4 1 (4.76%) MS Access
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
1 3 (14.29%) MSI
1 3 (14.29%) QARun
1 3 (14.29%) WinRunner
2 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.76%) JIRA
3 1 (4.76%) Postman
3 1 (4.76%) Subversion
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Advertising
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Front Office
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Consultant
2 3 (14.29%) Endur Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (14.29%) OpenLink Developer
2 3 (14.29%) SCCM Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) UAT Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) UAT Test Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) PMO Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) CyberArk Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) LDAP
2 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Swaptions
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) PKI
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (14.29%) Linux
3 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.76%) AIX
4 1 (4.76%) OpenVMS
4 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Solaris
4 1 (4.76%) Unix
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) DevOps
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
4 4 (19.05%) Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (19.05%) Logistics
4 4 (19.05%) SDLC
4 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
4 4 (19.05%) Workflow
5 3 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 3 (14.29%) ETRM
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Security Patching
5 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 3 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) C#
2 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 6 (28.57%) Python
3 5 (23.81%) Java
3 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 4 (19.05%) VB6
5 2 (9.52%) VBScript
6 1 (4.76%) Bash
6 1 (4.76%) Bicep
6 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.76%) Perl
6 1 (4.76%) PHP
6 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
6 1 (4.76%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CCDE
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) SCOM
2 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) OpenLink
2 3 (14.29%) Sybase
2 3 (14.29%) TIBCO
3 2 (9.52%) InterSystems
4 1 (4.76%) Cognos
4 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) HP
4 1 (4.76%) IBM
4 1 (4.76%) Kronos