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This section looks at the demand for the VB.NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VB.NET Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4432
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads1544
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.044 %
As % of the category below2.269 %4.593 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£320£340
Average daily rate£320£345
% change on same period last year-7.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£289£298
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£33.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.08£33.32
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads661958
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.881 %0.956 %
Daily rates quoted135198
Average minimum daily rate£300£314
Average daily rate£322£330
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted115153
Average minimum hourly rate£18.28£26.03
Average hourly rate£19.94£27.48
% change on same period last year-27.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.60£28.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
VB.NET Developer East of EnglandVB.NET Developer
East of England

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.NET Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Developer Demand Trend

VB.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
PeterboroughDown-711£320-
CambridgeUp+113--
VB.NET Developer East of EnglandVB.NET Developer
East of England

VB.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited VB.NET Developer in their job title 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 with VB.NET Developer in their job title.

134 (100.00 %)VB.NET
134 (100.00 %).NET
229 (85.29 %)SQL Server
324 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
423 (67.65 %)XML
519 (55.88 %)WCF
618 (52.94 %)WPF
618 (52.94 %)OO
618 (52.94 %)SQL
717 (50.00 %)CSS
816 (47.06 %)VB
816 (47.06 %)JavaScript
816 (47.06 %)CRM
915 (44.12 %)Finance
915 (44.12 %)UML
915 (44.12 %)Transact-SQL
915 (44.12 %)Agile Software Development
915 (44.12 %)ASP
1014 (41.18 %)VB6
1014 (41.18 %)SQL Server 2005
1014 (41.18 %)WinForms
1113 (38.24 %)XSLT
1212 (35.29 %)Banking
139 (26.47 %)C#
147 (20.59 %)N-Tier
155 (14.71 %)Visual Studio
164 (11.76 %)TDD
164 (11.76 %)Microsoft
164 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
173 (8.824 %)OOD

VB.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited VB.NET Developer in their job title 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 with VB.NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (100.00 %).NET
224 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
323 (67.65 %)XML
419 (55.88 %)WCF
518 (52.94 %)WPF
617 (50.00 %)CSS
715 (44.12 %)ASP
814 (41.18 %)WinForms
913 (38.24 %)XSLT
103 (8.824 %)WebServices
103 (8.824 %).NET Framework
111 (2.941 %)HTML
111 (2.941 %)COM+
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.941 %)IIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.941 %)SMS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (85.29 %)SQL Server
214 (41.18 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (14.71 %)Visual Studio
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (44.12 %)Finance
212 (35.29 %)Banking
32 (5.882 %)Telecoms
41 (2.941 %)Animation
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (20.59 %)N-Tier
22 (5.882 %)Arabic Language
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.882 %)Windows
21 (2.941 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (52.94 %)OO
216 (47.06 %)CRM
315 (44.12 %)UML
315 (44.12 %)Agile Software Development
44 (11.76 %)TDD
53 (8.824 %)OOD
53 (8.824 %)Performance Testing
62 (5.882 %)Web Development
71 (2.941 %)OOA/OOD
71 (2.941 %)SOA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (100.00 %)VB.NET
218 (52.94 %)SQL
316 (47.06 %)JavaScript
316 (47.06 %)VB
415 (44.12 %)Transact-SQL
514 (41.18 %)VB6
69 (26.47 %)C#
71 (2.941 %)C++
71 (2.941 %)C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.76 %)Microsoft