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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Canary Wharf 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3444
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads1521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.021 %
As % of the category below7.653 %6.563 %
Daily rates quoted710
Average minimum daily rate£343£512
Average daily rate£364£524
% change on same period last year-30.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£535
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£312
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.26£29.59
% change on same period last year+12.40 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads196320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.261 %0.319 %
Daily rates quoted104168
Average minimum daily rate£465£489
Average daily rate£483£512
% change on same period last year-5.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£501£534
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£7.50
Average hourly rate£30.50£8.38
% change on same period last year+264.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£9.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.25£32.93
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
VB LondonVB
London

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Canary Wharf VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 (48.15 %)Windows
210 (37.04 %)Banking
38 (29.63 %)Windows XP
38 (29.63 %)IBM
47 (25.93 %)C#
47 (25.93 %)C++
47 (25.93 %)Java
47 (25.93 %)SQL Server
56 (22.22 %)MS Office
56 (22.22 %)SQL
56 (22.22 %)ITIL
56 (22.22 %)Oracle
56 (22.22 %)Microsoft
56 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (22.22 %)Finance
65 (18.52 %)Investment Banking
65 (18.52 %)VB6
65 (18.52 %)MS Excel
65 (18.52 %).NET
74 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
74 (14.81 %)VB.NET
74 (14.81 %)VBA
74 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
74 (14.81 %)HP
74 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (14.81 %)Client/Server
83 (11.11 %)Shell Script
83 (11.11 %)Perforce
83 (11.11 %)VMware

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (18.52 %).NET
24 (14.81 %)ASP.NET
33 (11.11 %)XML
42 (7.407 %).NET Remoting
42 (7.407 %)COM+
42 (7.407 %)ASP
42 (7.407 %)WebServices
51 (3.704 %)HTML
51 (3.704 %)DCOM
51 (3.704 %)SOAP
51 (3.704 %)FIX Protocol
51 (3.704 %)ODBC
51 (3.704 %)ActiveX
51 (3.704 %)JAXB
51 (3.704 %)EntireX
51 (3.704 %)Middleware
51 (3.704 %)Spring
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.407 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (7.407 %)WebLogic
22 (7.407 %)IIS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (22.22 %)MS Office
25 (18.52 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.407 %)TCP/IP
21 (3.704 %)DNS
21 (3.704 %)SAN
21 (3.704 %)Internet
21 (3.704 %)LDAP
21 (3.704 %)SMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (25.93 %)SQL Server
24 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (7.407 %)Oracle 9i
32 (7.407 %)MS Access
32 (7.407 %)Oracle 10g
41 (3.704 %)DTS
41 (3.704 %)Adabas
41 (3.704 %)SQL Navigator
41 (3.704 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.407 %)Ant
12 (7.407 %)Visual Studio
12 (7.407 %)PVCS
12 (7.407 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (7.407 %)MSI
12 (7.407 %)Subversion
21 (3.704 %)NUnit
21 (3.704 %)ClearCase
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (37.04 %)Banking
26 (22.22 %)Finance
35 (18.52 %)Investment Banking
41 (3.704 %)International Banking
41 (3.704 %)Back Office
41 (3.704 %)Telecoms
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (44.44 %)Analyst
26 (22.22 %)Developer
33 (11.11 %)Technical Analyst
42 (7.407 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (7.407 %)Release Analyst
42 (7.407 %).NET Developer
42 (7.407 %)Desktop Support
42 (7.407 %)Support Engineer
42 (7.407 %)Senior Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Access Developer
42 (7.407 %)Senior Technical Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Configuration Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Desktop Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Database Engineer
51 (3.704 %)Oracle Database Engineer
51 (3.704 %)Sybase Database Engineer
51 (3.704 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
51 (3.704 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (3.704 %)VB6 Developer
51 (3.704 %)Network Analyst
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (14.81 %)Client/Server
22 (7.407 %)N-Tier
31 (3.704 %)Mainframe
31 (3.704 %)Clustering
31 (3.704 %)PDA
31 (3.704 %)Derivative
31 (3.704 %)Contract for Difference
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (48.15 %)Windows
28 (29.63 %)Windows XP
36 (22.22 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
43 (11.11 %)Linux
43 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
43 (11.11 %)UNIX
52 (7.407 %)Solaris
61 (3.704 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (3.704 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (3.704 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (3.704 %)MVS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (22.22 %)ITIL
22 (7.407 %)RAD
22 (7.407 %)SOA
22 (7.407 %)Configuration Management
22 (7.407 %)Risk Management
22 (7.407 %)Migration
22 (7.407 %)Scrum
22 (7.407 %)Agile Software Development
22 (7.407 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (3.704 %)Data Migration
31 (3.704 %)Incident Management
31 (3.704 %)Problem Management
31 (3.704 %)Workflow
31 (3.704 %)Regression Testing
31 (3.704 %)RUP
31 (3.704 %)OOD
31 (3.704 %)OO
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (25.93 %)C#
17 (25.93 %)C++
17 (25.93 %)Java
26 (22.22 %)SQL
35 (18.52 %)VB6
44 (14.81 %)VB.NET
44 (14.81 %)VBA
53 (11.11 %)Perl
53 (11.11 %)VBScript
53 (11.11 %)Shell Script
61 (3.704 %)NATURAL
61 (3.704 %)JCL
61 (3.704 %)C
61 (3.704 %)PL/SQL
61 (3.704 %)VC++
61 (3.704 %)Pascal
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.704 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (7.407 %)Active Directory
22 (7.407 %)VMware ESX
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.704 %)OpenView
11 (3.704 %)Tivoli
11 (3.704 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (3.704 %)BMC PATROL
11 (3.704 %)BMC Performance Manager
11 (3.704 %)OVPA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (29.63 %)IBM
26 (22.22 %)Microsoft
26 (22.22 %)Oracle
34 (14.81 %)HP
43 (11.11 %)Perforce
43 (11.11 %)VMware
52 (7.407 %)TIBCO
52 (7.407 %)Citrix
52 (7.407 %)BMC
52 (7.407 %)Sybase
61 (3.704 %)Sun
61 (3.704 %)Embarcadero
61 (3.704 %)VERITAS
61 (3.704 %)Red Hat
61 (3.704 %)Reuters
61 (3.704 %)Bloomberg
61 (3.704 %)Remedy