The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Brighton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 30 26 18
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing VB 2 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 1.075% 4.138% 5.660%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.961% 11.54% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 9
Average daily rate £255 £443 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.37% +21.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
Brighton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
102 104 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Brighton 54.84% 35.86% 45.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 42 46
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £210 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £465 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
East Sussex

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brighton VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Brighton 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) VB6