The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 38 39 26
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -13
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 1 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.298% 2.651% 2.893%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.546% 4.151% 4.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 7
Average daily rate £325 £275 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
183 265 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 54.46% 63.86% 59.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 137 72
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £213 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £416 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 31 23
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £17.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
Cambridgeshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing VB.NET 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.NET.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (25.00%) WCF
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
4 1 (25.00%) HTML5
4 1 (25.00%) MVVM
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (25.00%) C

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing VB.NET 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.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) WCF
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (25.00%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) C
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft