The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank - 30 -
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 2.128% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 8.824% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £403 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
55 68 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 29.73% 24.11% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 31 36
Average daily rate £338 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 8
Average hourly rate £24.38 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.06% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bedfordshire VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB.NET across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VB.NET also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB.NET.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) LINQ

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VB.NET also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL