The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 69 43 63
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +20
Contract jobs citing VB 6 31 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.657% 3.243% 1.742%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.091% 11.31% 6.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 9
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
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 - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
287 274 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 31.43% 28.66% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 132 133
Average daily rate £335 £313 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.20% -9.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £27.76
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +26.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £42.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -10 4 £350 +4.47% 2
Bletchley - - - - 1
Amersham - - - - 1
Aylesbury - - - -
Chesham - - - - 3
High Wycombe - - - -
Marlow - - - -
VB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) VBA
3 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 3 (33.33%) VBScript
4 3 (33.33%) MCP
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
5 2 (22.22%) VMware
5 2 (22.22%) VMware ESX
5 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
5 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) vSphere
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix
6 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
6 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (22.22%) Application Packaging
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (11.11%) InstallShield
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Database Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Applications Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Packager
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
1 1 (11.11%) Replication
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (11.11%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
1 4 (44.44%) VBA
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 3 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 3 (33.33%) VBScript
3 1 (11.11%) VB6
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) MCP
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) MCPD
3 1 (11.11%) MCAD
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware ESX
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
3 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (11.11%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (11.11%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Veeam
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) BMC
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