The first table below looks at the demand for VB 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 VB over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 49 56 50
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs citing VB 18 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.446% 1.511% 2.391%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.895% 4.110% 7.285%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
Average daily rate £381 £278 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.38% -8.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £108 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £350 £341
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.38
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.96%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
228 292 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.98% 36.78% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 179 157
Average daily rate £363 £300 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £435 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 12
Average hourly rate £50.00 £16.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+203.03% -45.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £13.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £36.60 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
North West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Crewe +11 6 - -
Runcorn - 6 - - 1
Knutsford - 3 £381 - 2
Chester - 1 - - 1
Warrington - - - - 3
Lymm - - - -
Macclesfield - - - - 1
VB
North West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Finance
3 15 (44.12%) InstallShield
4 14 (41.18%) SQL
5 13 (38.24%) VBScript
5 13 (38.24%) UNIX
5 13 (38.24%) Windows XP
5 13 (38.24%) MSI
5 13 (38.24%) Banking
5 13 (38.24%) Windows 7
6 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
6 12 (35.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (35.29%) Linux
7 8 (23.53%) Oracle
7 8 (23.53%) AdminStudio
7 8 (23.53%) Application Packaging
7 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
8 7 (20.59%) SCCM
8 7 (20.59%) C++
9 6 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (17.65%) AIX
9 6 (17.65%) Red Hat
9 6 (17.65%) Blackberry
9 6 (17.65%) Investment Banking
10 5 (14.71%) Wise Package Studio
10 5 (14.71%) Oracle 11g
10 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
11 4 (11.76%) ITIL
11 4 (11.76%) T-SQL
11 4 (11.76%) ZENworks

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 8 (23.53%) Application Packaging
2 2 (5.882%) XML
2 2 (5.882%) Software Packaging
3 1 (2.941%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.941%) LTE
2 1 (2.941%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.941%) RANAP
2 1 (2.941%) NBAP
2 1 (2.941%) RNC
2 1 (2.941%) SS7
2 1 (2.941%) 3G
2 1 (2.941%) 2G
2 1 (2.941%) DNS
2 1 (2.941%) DHCP
2 1 (2.941%) ATM
2 1 (2.941%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (2.941%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.941%) MySQL
3 1 (2.941%) OLAP
3 1 (2.941%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 15 (44.12%) InstallShield
2 13 (38.24%) MSI
3 8 (23.53%) AdminStudio
4 5 (14.71%) Wise Package Studio
5 3 (8.824%) FinalBuilder
5 3 (8.824%) ClearQuest
5 3 (8.824%) Visual Studio
5 3 (8.824%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 16 (47.06%) Finance
2 13 (38.24%) Banking
3 6 (17.65%) Investment Banking
4 3 (8.824%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.882%) Billing
6 1 (2.941%) Marketing
6 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Applications Packager
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Technical Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Build Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Senior Support Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Insight Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Configuration Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) SQL Database Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Database Developer
6 1 (2.941%) SQL Developer
6 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Data Modeller
6 1 (2.941%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Windows
2 13 (38.24%) UNIX
2 13 (38.24%) Windows XP
2 13 (38.24%) Windows 7
3 12 (35.29%) Linux
4 6 (17.65%) AIX
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) ITIL
1 4 (11.76%) Migration
1 4 (11.76%) Software Deployment
2 3 (8.824%) Change Management
3 1 (2.941%) Change Control
3 1 (2.941%) Capacity Management
3 1 (2.941%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (2.941%) Software Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Software Distribution
3 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (2.941%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.941%) Service Management
3 1 (2.941%) Project Management
3 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.941%) Data Modelling
3 1 (2.941%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) SQL
2 13 (38.24%) VBScript
3 7 (20.59%) C++
4 4 (11.76%) T-SQL
4 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 3 (8.824%) VB6
5 3 (8.824%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 2 (5.882%) Perl
6 2 (5.882%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.824%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.941%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (2.941%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (11.76%) XenApp
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) SCCM
2 4 (11.76%) ZENworks
3 1 (2.941%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (2.941%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Oracle
2 6 (17.65%) Red Hat
3 4 (11.76%) Citrix
3 4 (11.76%) Novell
3 4 (11.76%) VMware
4 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.882%) HP
6 1 (2.941%) Ericsson
6 1 (2.941%) Remedy