The first table below looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Visual Basic Developer
Rank 213 - 244
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a VB Developer 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.029% - 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £475 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.75 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+19.23% +30.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6370 7058 9203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.39% 91.51% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4711 5127 6701
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 174 214
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £43.95 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
VB Developer
London

VB Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB Developer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London VB Developer Jobs Demand Trend

VB Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London VB Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London VB Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB Developer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited VB 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 Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited VB 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) VBA