Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank273755
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads161320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire3.846 %2.544 %1.776 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.400 %5.221 %3.824 %
Daily rates quoted924
Average daily rate£325£223£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.06 %-47.64 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£300£300
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-
Hourly rates quoted331
Average hourly rate£26.50£32.50£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.46 %+41.30 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£24.75£30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.070 %-17.50 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
250249523
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire60.10 %48.73 %46.45 %
Daily rates quoted8878106
Average daily rate£275£290£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-20.05 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£160£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6040103
Average hourly rate£34.50£35.00£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.420 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£24.50£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

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.

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridgeshire VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire VB Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeUp+313£325+44.44 %
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

113 (56.52 %)C#
211 (47.83 %).NET
310 (43.48 %)VB6
49 (39.13 %)Oracle
58 (34.78 %)SQL Server
58 (34.78 %)SQL
67 (30.43 %)XML
76 (26.09 %)Automated Testing
85 (21.74 %)XSL
85 (21.74 %)Windows
85 (21.74 %)PL/SQL
85 (21.74 %)COM+
94 (17.39 %)ITIL
94 (17.39 %)MCSE
94 (17.39 %)Microsoft
94 (17.39 %)HP
94 (17.39 %)Microsoft Certification
94 (17.39 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (17.39 %)Internet
94 (17.39 %)Test Scripting
103 (13.04 %)Rational Functional Tester
103 (13.04 %)QA
103 (13.04 %)Mac OS
103 (13.04 %)Agile Software Development
103 (13.04 %)Active Directory
103 (13.04 %)UNIX
103 (13.04 %)Java
112 (8.696 %)C
112 (8.696 %)C++
112 (8.696 %)MFC

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (47.83 %).NET
27 (30.43 %)XML
35 (21.74 %)XSL
35 (21.74 %)COM+
42 (8.696 %)MFC
51 (4.348 %)Silverlight
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (8.696 %)IIS
21 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (4.348 %)BizTalk Server
21 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.348 %)SAS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Excel
11 (4.348 %)MS Office
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (17.39 %)Internet
22 (8.696 %)DHCP
22 (8.696 %)RIP
22 (8.696 %)VPN
22 (8.696 %)DNS
22 (8.696 %)SAN
22 (8.696 %)Firewall
31 (4.348 %)Intranet
31 (4.348 %)VoIP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (34.78 %)SQL Server
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (4.348 %)DTS
21 (4.348 %)Oracle Reports
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (13.04 %)Rational Functional Tester
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Aerospace
21 (4.348 %)Finance
21 (4.348 %)Automotive
21 (4.348 %)Construction
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (30.43 %)Developer
26 (26.09 %)Analyst
26 (26.09 %)C# Developer
35 (21.74 %)C# Software Developer
35 (21.74 %)Software Developer
44 (17.39 %)Tester
44 (17.39 %)Test Analyst
44 (17.39 %)Software Tester
52 (8.696 %)Software Engineer
52 (8.696 %)Consultant
52 (8.696 %)Service Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Software Test Analyst
52 (8.696 %)VB Software Engineer
52 (8.696 %)Virtualisation Consultant
61 (4.348 %).NET Developer
61 (4.348 %)VB6 Developer
61 (4.348 %)Technical Services Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Junior Test Analyst
61 (4.348 %)SQL Server DBA
61 (4.348 %)VB.NET Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)Amazon EC2
12 (8.696 %)Cloud Computing
21 (4.348 %)Clustering
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (21.74 %)Windows
24 (17.39 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (13.04 %)Mac OS
33 (13.04 %)UNIX
42 (8.696 %)VxWorks
42 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2008
42 (8.696 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (26.09 %)Automated Testing
24 (17.39 %)ITIL
24 (17.39 %)Test Scripting
33 (13.04 %)Agile Software Development
42 (8.696 %)UML
42 (8.696 %)Configuration Management
51 (4.348 %)Change Management
51 (4.348 %)Project Management
51 (4.348 %)Business Intelligence
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (56.52 %)C#
210 (43.48 %)VB6
38 (34.78 %)SQL
45 (21.74 %)PL/SQL
53 (13.04 %)Java
62 (8.696 %)C
62 (8.696 %)C++
62 (8.696 %)VC++
62 (8.696 %)PowerShell
71 (4.348 %)Pascal
71 (4.348 %)T-SQL
71 (4.348 %)VB.NET
71 (4.348 %)VBA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (17.39 %)MCSE
14 (17.39 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (8.696 %)MCSA
31 (4.348 %)ITIL Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (13.04 %)QA
22 (8.696 %)ISO27001
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (13.04 %)Active Directory
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (8.696 %)HP Data Protector
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (39.13 %)Oracle
24 (17.39 %)Microsoft
24 (17.39 %)HP
32 (8.696 %)Cisco
32 (8.696 %)Avaya
32 (8.696 %)CheckPoint