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This section looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Visual Basic Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.450 %0.103 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£360
Average daily rate£200£360
% change on same period last year-44.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£278
% change on same period last year-6.20 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£24.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.91£30.41
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads666972
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.879 %0.968 %
Daily rates quoted165236
Average minimum daily rate£296£329
Average daily rate£321£357
% change on same period last year-10.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted62148
Average minimum hourly rate£20.58£15.86
Average hourly rate£22.24£16.85
% change on same period last year+32.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.90£17.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
VB Developer West MidlandsVB Developer
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham VB Developer Demand Trend

VB Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham VB Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham VB Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB Developer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title.

19 (100.00 %)VB
28 (88.89 %)VB6
28 (88.89 %)SQL Server
36 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
36 (66.67 %)SQL
44 (44.44 %)Business Analysis
44 (44.44 %)Data Modelling
53 (33.33 %)ADO
62 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (22.22 %)ActiveX
62 (22.22 %)Finance
62 (22.22 %)DAO
71 (11.11 %)Migration
71 (11.11 %)Banking
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (11.11 %)DTS
71 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
71 (11.11 %)Java
71 (11.11 %)Microsoft
71 (11.11 %)ASP
71 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
71 (11.11 %)COM
71 (11.11 %)OOP
71 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
71 (11.11 %).NET

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %)ADO
22 (22.22 %)ActiveX
22 (22.22 %)DAO
31 (11.11 %)ASP
31 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
31 (11.11 %)COM
31 (11.11 %).NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)SQL Server
26 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
32 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (11.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (11.11 %)DTS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Banking
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Business Analysis
14 (44.44 %)Data Modelling
21 (11.11 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)OOP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)VB
28 (88.89 %)VB6
36 (66.67 %)SQL
41 (11.11 %)Java
41 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft