The first table below looks at the demand for FoxPro (VFP) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FoxPro (VFP) over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP)
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.410% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.402% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £248 £256
% change year-on-year
+16.16% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £29.00 -
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
214 253 318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 29.27% 31.70% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 138 175
Average daily rate £350 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% +57.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.90 £13.50 £15.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £36.00 £46.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
FoxPro (VFP)
North West

FoxPro (VFP)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheshire FoxPro (VFP) Jobs Demand Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP).

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 3 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) VB6
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 3 (100.00%) FinalBuilder

FoxPro (VFP)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 3 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 3 (100.00%) FinalBuilder
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared