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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 514 | 415 | 599 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -99 | +184 | -122 |
| Contract jobs citing VB | 84 | 315 | 258 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.53% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.65% | 1.51% | 0.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 60 | 260 | 196 |
| 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% | +1.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £738 | £496 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £863 | £550 |
| 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 | 12,860 | 20,852 | 32,210 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.56% | 35.04% | 36.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,134 | 15,041 | 23,457 |
| 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 | £763 | £776 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 467 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.63 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.50 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.83% | +20.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.59 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.18 | £49.52 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +23.54% | +16.52% |
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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 1 May 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 11 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 1 May 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 | -69 | 72 | £400 | -33.33% | 98 |
| Work from Home | +12 | 38 | £605 | +15.24% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +11 | 36 | £605 | +43.53% | 83 |
| London | -68 | 36 | £400 | -36.25% | 21 |
| South East | +40 | 31 | £605 | +96.75% | 22 |
| East of England | +3 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| Scotland | +26 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | +17 | 1 | - | - | 32 |
| North of England | +5 | 1 | £180 | -64.00% | 6 |
| North East | - | 1 | £180 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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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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