VB Contracts in England

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 348 601
Rank change year-on-year -105 +253 -153
Contract jobs citing VB 89 319 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.67% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.80% 1.94% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 277 143
10th Percentile £351 - £320
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £625 £440
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +42.05% +3.53%
75th Percentile £608 £738 £501
90th Percentile - £863 £623
UK median daily rate £425 £600 £440
% change year-on-year -29.17% +36.36% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £28.56 £29.05
25th Percentile £35.50 £32.02 £30.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £40.59 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% +17.65% -23.33%
75th Percentile £49.50 £43.39 £57.75
90th Percentile £57.30 - £70.35
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £40.59 £34.50
% change year-on-year -11.31% +17.65% -23.33%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,133 16,431 25,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.15% 34.41% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,040 12,043 19,088
10th Percentile £350 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 394 438
10th Percentile £35.50 £26.48 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.84 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.77% +17.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £62.23
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.12
% change year-on-year -0.80% +22.26% +14.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VB in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB in England.

Daily rate trend for VB in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VB in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB in England.

Hourly rate trend for VB in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VB in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VB in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London -91 44 £380 -39.20% 22
South East +36 37 £605 +96.75% 24
North of England +1 3 £290 -35.56% 15
Midlands +22 2 £580 +36.47% 11
East of England +3 2 - - 5
North West -7 2 £400 -11.11% 11
North East +12 1 £180 - 3
West Midlands +11 1 £580 +36.47% 9
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (19.10%) IIS
3 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.12%) Site Server
4 1 (1.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (35.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (1.12%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.83%) Azure
2 25 (28.09%) Entra ID
3 21 (23.60%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (22.47%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (22.47%) Azure Storage
5 5 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.12%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.09%) DNS
2 22 (24.72%) Firewall
3 20 (22.47%) DHCP
4 11 (12.36%) Internet
5 6 (6.74%) Network Security
6 1 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.12%) NAS
6 1 (1.12%) SAN
6 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (29.21%) Oracle Database
2 21 (23.60%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.62%) Power BI
4 4 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.49%) MySQL
4 4 (4.49%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (4.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (3.37%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.25%) KNIME
6 2 (2.25%) MS Access
6 2 (2.25%) Tableau
7 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.12%) DB2
7 1 (1.12%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (4.49%) MSI
2 2 (2.25%) AdminStudio
2 2 (2.25%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.12%) Git
3 1 (1.12%) Subversion
General
1 37 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.84%) Finance
3 6 (6.74%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.37%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.37%) French Language
4 3 (3.37%) Games
5 2 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Automotive
5 2 (2.25%) Military
5 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Banking
6 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.12%) Marketing
6 1 (1.12%) Retail
6 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (38.20%) Developer
2 23 (25.84%) C# Developer
3 20 (22.47%) Active Directory Support
4 15 (16.85%) Support Specialist
5 14 (15.73%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (15.73%) Azure Specialist
6 12 (13.48%) .NET Developer
6 12 (13.48%) C# .NET Developer
7 11 (12.36%) C# WCF Developer
7 11 (12.36%) C# WPF Developer
7 11 (12.36%) WCF Developer
7 11 (12.36%) WPF Developer
8 9 (10.11%) Support Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Analyst
9 7 (7.87%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (6.74%) Active Directory Engineer
10 6 (6.74%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 5 (5.62%) Senior
12 4 (4.49%) Applications Packager
12 4 (4.49%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (37.08%) .NET
2 24 (26.97%) .NET Framework
3 21 (23.60%) ARM Templates
4 12 (13.48%) WinForms
4 12 (13.48%) WPF
5 11 (12.36%) WCF
6 7 (7.87%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (2.25%) ActiveX
8 2 (2.25%) ADO
9 1 (1.12%) AWT
9 1 (1.12%) Java RMI
9 1 (1.12%) JSON
9 1 (1.12%) MDX
9 1 (1.12%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 29 (32.58%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (22.47%) PKI
3 5 (5.62%) Device Driver
4 3 (3.37%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.37%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.12%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.12%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 58 (65.17%) Windows
2 26 (29.21%) Windows Server
3 22 (24.72%) Linux
4 21 (23.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (22.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.25%) Unix
8 1 (1.12%) OS/390
8 1 (1.12%) Solaris
8 1 (1.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (31.46%) DevOps
2 27 (30.34%) Agile
3 23 (25.84%) Analytics
4 22 (24.72%) ITIL
4 22 (24.72%) Service Management
5 21 (23.60%) Release Management
6 20 (22.47%) CI/CD
6 20 (22.47%) Data Analysis
6 20 (22.47%) Identity Management
6 20 (22.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (22.47%) Log Analytics
6 20 (22.47%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 20 (22.47%) Privileged Identity Management
6 20 (22.47%) RBAC
7 17 (19.10%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (12.36%) SDLC
9 8 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (8.99%) OO
9 8 (8.99%) OOP
9 8 (8.99%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (50.56%) C#
2 44 (49.44%) SQL
3 38 (42.70%) PowerShell
4 30 (33.71%) VBScript
5 29 (32.58%) PL/SQL
5 29 (32.58%) VBA
6 21 (23.60%) T-SQL
7 20 (22.47%) Bicep
8 12 (13.48%) VB.NET
9 6 (6.74%) Java
9 6 (6.74%) Python
10 4 (4.49%) C
10 4 (4.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (3.37%) JavaScript
12 2 (2.25%) R
13 1 (1.12%) VC++
Qualifications
1 27 (30.34%) Degree
2 23 (25.84%) Security Cleared
3 22 (24.72%) SC Cleared
4 20 (22.47%) DV Cleared
4 20 (22.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.25%) CISA
6 2 (2.25%) CRISC
6 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.12%) MCSE
7 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (24.72%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (31.46%) Active Directory
2 24 (26.97%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (22.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (4.49%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.25%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (30.34%) SCCM
2 24 (26.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (23.60%) WSUS
4 20 (22.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (22.47%) Kubernetes
4 20 (22.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 39 (43.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (31.46%) Oracle
3 17 (19.10%) Citrix
4 2 (2.25%) Micro Focus
4 2 (2.25%) SAP
5 1 (1.12%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.12%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.12%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.12%) IBM
5 1 (1.12%) Informatica
5 1 (1.12%) Mavenir
5 1 (1.12%) Nokia
5 1 (1.12%) Talend
5 1 (1.12%) VMware