VB Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 75 97 53
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -44
Contract jobs citing VB 48 39 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.957% 1.216% 2.837%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.383% 5.424% 9.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 42
Average daily rate £342 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £268 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £489 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 9
Average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £42.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -29.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.25 £30.00 £38.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £62.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.42% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 752 719 921
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 30.66% 22.41% 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 341 370
Average daily rate £375 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 12 91
Average hourly rate £34.00 £36.25 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.20% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.80 £18.50 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -5 11 - -
Bracknell -6 8 £321 -
Reading -8 2 £300 -22.58%
Maidenhead -6 1 £525 -
Newbury - 1 £235 -
Windsor - 1 - -
VB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VB 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.

1 56 (54.90%) SQL
2 52 (50.98%) Windows
3 42 (41.18%) .NET
3 42 (41.18%) Microsoft
4 35 (34.31%) Active Directory
5 32 (31.37%) Windows XP
6 31 (30.39%) SQL Server
6 31 (30.39%) C#
7 29 (28.43%) T-SQL
7 29 (28.43%) ASP
8 28 (27.45%) Citrix
9 27 (26.47%) SCCM
10 26 (25.49%) Security Cleared
11 25 (24.51%) SC Cleared
12 23 (22.55%) XML
12 23 (22.55%) VBScript
12 23 (22.55%) HTML
13 19 (18.63%) VMware
14 17 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
14 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
14 17 (16.67%) Windows 7
15 15 (14.71%) MS Excel
15 15 (14.71%) Telecoms
16 13 (12.75%) Windows Server 2003
16 13 (12.75%) ASP.NET
17 12 (11.76%) COM+
17 12 (11.76%) VB.NET
17 12 (11.76%) MS Access
17 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
17 12 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VB 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 42 (41.18%) .NET
2 29 (28.43%) ASP
3 23 (22.55%) XML
3 23 (22.55%) HTML
4 13 (12.75%) ASP.NET
5 12 (11.76%) COM+
6 10 (9.804%) .NET Framework
7 8 (7.843%) jQuery
8 7 (6.863%) XSL
9 3 (2.941%) JSON
10 2 (1.961%) CSS
10 2 (1.961%) SOAP
10 2 (1.961%) Web Services
10 2 (1.961%) DHTML
10 2 (1.961%) soapUI
10 2 (1.961%) REST
11 1 (0.980%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 1 (0.980%) WCF
11 1 (0.980%) WPF
11 1 (0.980%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 11 (10.78%) Exchange Server 2003
2 11 (10.78%) MS Exchange
2 11 (10.78%) IIS
3 1 (0.980%) WordPress
3 1 (0.980%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (0.980%) Joomla!
3 1 (0.980%) Kentico
3 1 (0.980%) CMS
3 1 (0.980%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.980%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 15 (14.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.922%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.980%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.980%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (9.804%) Pivotal CRM
2 3 (2.941%) HFM
2 3 (2.941%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.980%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.824%) SAN
2 5 (4.902%) 3G
2 5 (4.902%) Wireless
2 5 (4.902%) LAN
2 5 (4.902%) WAN
3 3 (2.941%) GSM
4 2 (1.961%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.961%) HTTP
4 2 (1.961%) VoIP
4 2 (1.961%) Internet
4 2 (1.961%) LTE
4 2 (1.961%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.961%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.980%) RNC
5 1 (0.980%) RANAP
5 1 (0.980%) NBAP
5 1 (0.980%) MPLS
5 1 (0.980%) SS7
5 1 (0.980%) Intranet
5 1 (0.980%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (30.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (11.76%) MS Access
3 11 (10.78%) Crystal Reports
4 10 (9.804%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (5.882%) DTS
6 2 (1.961%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.961%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.980%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (7.843%) MSI
2 4 (3.922%) InstallShield
2 4 (3.922%) Wise Package Studio
3 3 (2.941%) StarTeam
4 2 (1.961%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.961%) Selenium
5 1 (0.980%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 7 (6.863%) Finance
3 5 (4.902%) Retail
3 5 (4.902%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.922%) Publishing
5 3 (2.941%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 40 (39.22%) Developer
2 11 (10.78%) Analyst
3 10 (9.804%) CRM Developer
4 8 (7.843%) Pivotal CRM Developer
5 7 (6.863%) Integration Engineer
5 7 (6.863%) Applications Packager
6 6 (5.882%) .NET Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Database Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Team Leader
7 5 (4.902%) SQL Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Applications Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.922%) Database Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Consultant
8 4 (3.922%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 4 (3.922%) Systems Developer
8 4 (3.922%) Developer Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Server Engineer
8 4 (3.922%) Development Team Leader
8 4 (3.922%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.882%) Blackberry
2 4 (3.922%) Statistics
3 2 (1.961%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.961%) SCADA
3 2 (1.961%) Replication
4 1 (0.980%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.980%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (0.980%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.980%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.980%) AS400
4 1 (0.980%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 52 (50.98%) Windows
2 32 (31.37%) Windows XP
3 17 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 13 (12.75%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.961%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.961%) Android
6 2 (1.961%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (10.78%) Migration
2 10 (9.804%) CRM
3 8 (7.843%) Validation
4 7 (6.863%) Change Control
4 7 (6.863%) Configuration Management
4 7 (6.863%) Change Management
5 6 (5.882%) Project Management
5 6 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (3.922%) ERP
6 4 (3.922%) Service Management
6 4 (3.922%) Unit Testing
7 3 (2.941%) SAP Security
7 3 (2.941%) Quality Management
7 3 (2.941%) Analytics
7 3 (2.941%) Metadata Management
8 2 (1.961%) Software Deployment
8 2 (1.961%) OO
8 2 (1.961%) ITIL
8 2 (1.961%) PRINCE2
8 2 (1.961%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 56 (54.90%) SQL
2 31 (30.39%) C#
3 29 (28.43%) T-SQL
4 23 (22.55%) VBScript
5 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 12 (11.76%) VB.NET
7 11 (10.78%) JavaScript
8 10 (9.804%) VBA
9 8 (7.843%) C++
9 8 (7.843%) VB6
10 5 (4.902%) Java
11 2 (1.961%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.961%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.980%) Perl
12 1 (0.980%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 25 (24.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.941%) CCNA
3 3 (2.941%) MCSE
4 2 (1.961%) PMP
4 2 (1.961%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.961%) CISA
4 2 (1.961%) CISSP
5 1 (0.980%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.980%) ACCA
5 1 (0.980%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.824%) QA
2 3 (2.941%) Data Quality
System Software
1 35 (34.31%) Active Directory
2 17 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.863%) VMware Workstation
4 6 (5.882%) Xen
5 5 (4.902%) XenApp
6 2 (1.961%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 27 (26.47%) SCCM
2 8 (7.843%) SCOM
3 6 (5.882%) MIMEsweeper
4 3 (2.941%) Opalis
5 2 (1.961%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 1 (0.980%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.980%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 28 (27.45%) Citrix
3 19 (18.63%) VMware
4 7 (6.863%) SAP
5 6 (5.882%) Peregrine
5 6 (5.882%) Altiris
6 5 (4.902%) CA
6 5 (4.902%) Oracle
7 3 (2.941%) JD Edwards
7 3 (2.941%) Hyperion
8 2 (1.961%) Siemens
8 2 (1.961%) Wonderware
9 1 (0.980%) Google
9 1 (0.980%) Ektron
9 1 (0.980%) Lotus
9 1 (0.980%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.980%) ESRI
9 1 (0.980%) IBM
9 1 (0.980%) HP
9 1 (0.980%) Intel
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