Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank-26
Matching contract IT job ads042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire-4.536 %
As % of the Programming Languages category-10.10 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average daily rate-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300
Hourly rates quoted01
Average hourly rate-£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.40£32.50
% change on same period last year-24.92 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
187416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire50.68 %44.92 %
Daily rates quoted7882
Average daily rate£275£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£448
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted2536
Average hourly rate£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.80£51.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
VB.NET East of EnglandVB.NET
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.NET
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

18 (100.00 %).NET
27 (87.50 %)SQL Server
35 (62.50 %)SQL
35 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (50.00 %)C#
44 (50.00 %)Oracle
44 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (37.50 %)MCP
53 (37.50 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (37.50 %)Replication
53 (37.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (37.50 %)DTS
53 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
53 (37.50 %)OLTP
53 (37.50 %)Microsoft
53 (37.50 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (37.50 %)VB
62 (25.00 %)VB6
62 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (25.00 %)CRM
62 (25.00 %)SharePoint
62 (25.00 %)WinForms
62 (25.00 %)Microsoft CRM
62 (25.00 %)Navision
62 (25.00 %)COM+
62 (25.00 %)SOAP
62 (25.00 %)WebServices
62 (25.00 %)XML
62 (25.00 %)Crystal Reports

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (25.00 %)COM+
32 (25.00 %)SOAP
32 (25.00 %)WebServices
32 (25.00 %)XML
32 (25.00 %)WinForms
32 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (12.50 %).NET Framework
41 (12.50 %)WCF
41 (12.50 %)WPF
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)SharePoint
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (25.00 %)Navision
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (87.50 %)SQL Server
25 (62.50 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (37.50 %)SQL Server Integration Services
33 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2008
33 (37.50 %)DTS
33 (37.50 %)OLTP
33 (37.50 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (25.00 %)Crystal Reports
42 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Team Foundation Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Developer
15 (62.50 %).NET Developer
23 (37.50 %)Database Designer
23 (37.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (25.00 %)VB6 Developer
32 (25.00 %)VB Developer
41 (12.50 %)WinForms Developer
41 (12.50 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)Oracle Developer
41 (12.50 %)C# Developer
41 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)Replication
21 (12.50 %)N-Tier
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
22 (25.00 %)CRM
31 (12.50 %)Scrum
31 (12.50 %)Extreme Programming
31 (12.50 %)TDD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)SQL
24 (50.00 %)C#
33 (37.50 %)VB
42 (25.00 %)VB6
42 (25.00 %)Java
42 (25.00 %)T-SQL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (37.50 %)MCP
13 (37.50 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (12.50 %)MCAD
21 (12.50 %)MCSD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Oracle
23 (37.50 %)Microsoft