Buckinghamshire VB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Addlestone Amersham Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Falkirk Farnborough Farnham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grangemouth Greenford Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Peak Highland Hitchin Hungerford Huntingdon Inverness Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Rochdale Rochester Ruislip Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Stanmore Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wirral Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	37	50
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	61	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.078 %	0.043 %
As % of the category below	13.32 %	7.466 %
Daily rates quoted	14	8
Average minimum daily rate	£258	£328
Average daily rate	£295	£349
% change on same period last year	-15.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£302	£318
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£16.17	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-19.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.33	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.22	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+3.39 %
Programming Languages Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	458	509
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.588 %	0.572 %
Daily rates quoted	138	117
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£303
Average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£332
% change on same period last year	+2.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	55
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.48	£30.57
Average hourly rate	£30.75	£31.89
% change on same period last year	-3.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.02	£33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.36	£32.37
% change on same period last year	+3.05 %
VB South East

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VB across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Buckinghamshire region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing VB across the Buckinghamshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Buckinghamshire region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Buckinghamshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Milton Keynes	-2	40	£284	-26.53 %
2	Amersham	-	3	£300	-
3	Aylesbury	-	1	£250	-

VB South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.

1 46 (50.00 %) SQL 2 45 (48.91 %) SQL Server 3 38 (41.30 %) .NET 4 36 (39.13 %) VB6 5 28 (30.43 %) ASP 6 27 (29.35 %) XML 7 26 (28.26 %) VB.NET 8 25 (27.17 %) Windows 9 24 (26.09 %) HTML 9 24 (26.09 %) MS Office 10 23 (25.00 %) SQL Server 7 10 23 (25.00 %) SQL Server 2000 11 22 (23.91 %) Windows NT 12 19 (20.65 %) Government 13 18 (19.57 %) Transact-SQL

14 16 (17.39 %) C# 14 16 (17.39 %) Internet 14 16 (17.39 %) Requirements Analysis 15 15 (16.30 %) VBScript 15 15 (16.30 %) Oracle 16 14 (15.22 %) Cognos 16 14 (15.22 %) Cognos Powerplay 16 14 (15.22 %) Cognos Impromptu 16 14 (15.22 %) Datawarehouse 16 14 (15.22 %) DTS 16 14 (15.22 %) Business Intelligence 16 14 (15.22 %) DecisionStream 17 13 (14.13 %) SSADM 18 11 (11.96 %) Microsoft 18 11 (11.96 %) Business Analysis

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VB also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 38 (41.30 %) .NET 2 28 (30.43 %) ASP 3 27 (29.35 %) XML 4 24 (26.09 %) HTML 5 8 (8.696 %) .NET Framework 6 7 (7.609 %) Middleware 7 6 (6.522 %) ArcObjects 7 6 (6.522 %) XSL 8 4 (4.348 %) WebServices 8 4 (4.348 %) ASP.NET 9 2 (2.174 %) XSD 10 1 (1.087 %) ADSI 10 1 (1.087 %) XML Schema 10 1 (1.087 %) WinForms 10 1 (1.087 %) COM+ 10 1 (1.087 %) CSS 10 1 (1.087 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 7 (7.609 %) Tuxedo 1 7 (7.609 %) MQSeries 2 5 (5.435 %) ArcSDE 3 2 (2.174 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (1.087 %) ArcGIS 4 1 (1.087 %) IIS
Applications 1 24 (26.09 %) MS Office 2 9 (9.783 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.174 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (3.261 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 16 (17.39 %) Internet 2 3 (3.261 %) Intranet 3 2 (2.174 %) DNS 4 1 (1.087 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 45 (48.91 %) SQL Server 2 23 (25.00 %) SQL Server 7 2 23 (25.00 %) SQL Server 2000 3 14 (15.22 %) DecisionStream 3 14 (15.22 %) Cognos Powerplay 3 14 (15.22 %) Cognos Impromptu 3 14 (15.22 %) Datawarehouse 3 14 (15.22 %) DTS 4 7 (7.609 %) GIS 5 5 (5.435 %) Oracle Reports 6 4 (4.348 %) Data Mining 7 3 (3.261 %) SQL Server 2005 8 2 (2.174 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 1 (1.087 %) MS Access 9 1 (1.087 %) DB2 9 1 (1.087 %) Crystal Reports 9 1 (1.087 %) ETL 9 1 (1.087 %) RDBMS 9 1 (1.087 %) MySQL 9 1 (1.087 %) ReportNet
Development Applications 1 2 (2.174 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (1.087 %) Visual Studio	General 1 19 (20.65 %) Government 2 10 (10.87 %) Finance 3 5 (5.435 %) Financial Institution 4 4 (4.348 %) Marketing 5 3 (3.261 %) Pensions 5 3 (3.261 %) Banking 6 2 (2.174 %) Retail 6 2 (2.174 %) Electric 7 1 (1.087 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 60 (65.22 %) Developer 2 22 (23.91 %) Applications Developer 3 18 (19.57 %) Analyst 4 12 (13.04 %) Team Leader 5 7 (7.609 %) .NET Developer 6 6 (6.522 %) GIS Developer 7 5 (5.435 %) Business Intelligence Specialist 7 5 (5.435 %) Business Consultant 7 5 (5.435 %) Consultant 7 5 (5.435 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 7 5 (5.435 %) Applications Support 8 4 (4.348 %) Support Analyst 8 4 (4.348 %) Data Analyst 8 4 (4.348 %) VB.NET Developer 9 3 (3.261 %) VB Developer 9 3 (3.261 %) SQL Developer 9 3 (3.261 %) Lead Developer 9 3 (3.261 %) Test Analyst 9 3 (3.261 %) Cognos Consultant 9 3 (3.261 %) Developer Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.348 %) Replication 2 2 (2.174 %) PDA 2 2 (2.174 %) Credit Risk 2 2 (2.174 %) NHS 3 1 (1.087 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 25 (27.17 %) Windows 2 22 (23.91 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.087 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (17.39 %) Requirements Analysis 2 14 (15.22 %) Business Intelligence 3 13 (14.13 %) SSADM 4 11 (11.96 %) Business Analysis 5 9 (9.783 %) DSDM 5 9 (9.783 %) PRINCE2 5 9 (9.783 %) RAD 6 8 (8.696 %) Agile Software Development 6 8 (8.696 %) Project Management 7 5 (5.435 %) Data Analysis 8 4 (4.348 %) Regression Testing 8 4 (4.348 %) System Testing 9 2 (2.174 %) Performance Management 9 2 (2.174 %) Web Design 10 1 (1.087 %) ITSM 10 1 (1.087 %) Validation 10 1 (1.087 %) Change Management 10 1 (1.087 %) Software Testing 10 1 (1.087 %) ITIL 10 1 (1.087 %) UML
Programming Languages 1 46 (50.00 %) SQL 2 36 (39.13 %) VB6 3 26 (28.26 %) VB.NET 4 18 (19.57 %) Transact-SQL 5 16 (17.39 %) C# 6 15 (16.30 %) VBScript 7 9 (9.783 %) C++ 8 8 (8.696 %) VBA 9 3 (3.261 %) JavaScript 10 2 (2.174 %) VC++ 11 1 (1.087 %) PHP 11 1 (1.087 %) Java	Qualifications 1 6 (6.522 %) Degree 2 2 (2.174 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (1.087 %) CNE 3 1 (1.087 %) Novell Certification 3 1 (1.087 %) MCSD 3 1 (1.087 %) MCSE 3 1 (1.087 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.087 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (2.174 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 15 (16.30 %) Oracle 2 14 (15.22 %) Cognos 3 11 (11.96 %) Microsoft 4 2 (2.174 %) Cisco 5 1 (1.087 %) Citrix 5 1 (1.087 %) ESRI