Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills 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.NET over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the City of London region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank159107103
Rank change year-on-year
Down-52Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads6544114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London0.754 %1.077 %1.409 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.706 %2.741 %3.301 %
Daily rates quoted362254
Average daily rate£400£330£463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21 %-28.64 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£295£267£283
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£530£498£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£290£300
% change year-on-year
+3.440 %-3.330 %
Hourly rates quoted331
Average hourly rate£32.00£35.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.570 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-21.87 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
380916053454
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London44.16 %39.28 %42.70 %
Daily rates quoted25478621741
Average daily rate£500£450£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£290£320
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£588£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted411572
Average hourly rate£36.00£28.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57 %-13.84 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£24.50£19.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£52.00£42.50£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
VB.NET LondonVB.NET
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

City of London VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1127 (100.00 %).NET
270 (55.12 %)C#
367 (52.76 %)SQL Server
458 (45.67 %)SQL
544 (34.65 %)Finance
638 (29.92 %)ASP.NET
736 (28.35 %)SQL Server 2005
835 (27.56 %)Banking
835 (27.56 %)XML
933 (25.98 %)VBA
1029 (22.83 %)Windows
1029 (22.83 %)Microsoft
1127 (21.26 %)VB
1226 (20.47 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1323 (18.11 %)T-SQL
1421 (16.54 %)Visual Studio
1421 (16.54 %)SQL Server 2000
1421 (16.54 %)Investment Banking
1421 (16.54 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1517 (13.39 %)Oracle
1615 (11.81 %)VB6
1615 (11.81 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1615 (11.81 %)Web Services
1714 (11.02 %)ASP
1714 (11.02 %)SharePoint
1714 (11.02 %)C
1714 (11.02 %)Front Office
1813 (10.24 %)Java
1912 (9.449 %)Windows Server 2003
1912 (9.449 %)Asset Management

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1127 (100.00 %).NET
238 (29.92 %)ASP.NET
335 (27.56 %)XML
415 (11.81 %)Web Services
514 (11.02 %)ASP
612 (9.449 %).NET Framework
711 (8.661 %)WinForms
810 (7.874 %)HTML
97 (5.512 %)WMI
97 (5.512 %)WPF
106 (4.724 %)XSLT
115 (3.937 %)AJAX
123 (2.362 %)JMS
123 (2.362 %)ActiveX
123 (2.362 %)CSS
123 (2.362 %)SOAP
132 (1.575 %)ADO
132 (1.575 %)ADO.NET
132 (1.575 %)ODBC
132 (1.575 %)XSD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (11.02 %)SharePoint
29 (7.087 %)SharePoint Server 2007
38 (6.299 %)MS Exchange
38 (6.299 %)Exchange Server 2007
38 (6.299 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (3.150 %)BizTalk Server
53 (2.362 %)SharePoint 2010
53 (2.362 %)LiveLink
62 (1.575 %)CMS
71 (0.787 %)WorkSite
71 (0.787 %)Documentum
71 (0.787 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (0.787 %)MQSeries
71 (0.787 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.787 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.787 %)IIS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (8.661 %)MS Excel
25 (3.937 %)MS Office
34 (3.150 %)MATLAB
41 (0.787 %)InfoPath
41 (0.787 %)Fireworks
41 (0.787 %)Photoshop
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.575 %)Algo Collateral
21 (0.787 %)SalesLogix
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (6.299 %)SMS
18 (6.299 %)DHCP
18 (6.299 %)DNS
24 (3.150 %)SAN
24 (3.150 %)iSCSI
33 (2.362 %)HTTP
33 (2.362 %)Intranet
33 (2.362 %)LDAP
41 (0.787 %)Wi-Fi
41 (0.787 %)LAN
41 (0.787 %)VPN
41 (0.787 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (52.76 %)SQL Server
236 (28.35 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (20.47 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
421 (16.54 %)SQL Server 2000
421 (16.54 %)SQL Server Integration Services
515 (11.81 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
611 (8.661 %)SQL Server 2008
710 (7.874 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
89 (7.087 %)MS Access
98 (6.299 %)Datawarehouse
98 (6.299 %)OLAP
106 (4.724 %)Crystal Reports
106 (4.724 %)BusinessObjects
106 (4.724 %)ETL
115 (3.937 %)DTS
123 (2.362 %)Oracle 8/8i
132 (1.575 %)PowerCenter
132 (1.575 %)PerformancePoint
141 (0.787 %)BusinessObjects XI
141 (0.787 %)ActiveReports
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
121 (16.54 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.362 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (2.362 %)LoadRunner
32 (1.575 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (1.575 %)Subversion
32 (1.575 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
41 (0.787 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (0.787 %)WatiN
41 (0.787 %)FxCop
41 (0.787 %)NUnit
41 (0.787 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.787 %)InstallShield
41 (0.787 %)ClearCase
41 (0.787 %)PVCS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
144 (34.65 %)Finance
235 (27.56 %)Banking
321 (16.54 %)Investment Banking
414 (11.02 %)Front Office
56 (4.724 %)Insurance
65 (3.937 %)Government
74 (3.150 %)Health
83 (2.362 %)Law
83 (2.362 %)Legal
92 (1.575 %)Marketing
92 (1.575 %)Retail
101 (0.787 %)Education
101 (0.787 %)Back Office
101 (0.787 %)Telecoms
101 (0.787 %)Home Office
101 (0.787 %)Multimedia
101 (0.787 %)Music
101 (0.787 %)Music Industry
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
182 (64.57 %)Developer
226 (20.47 %).NET Developer
319 (14.96 %)Analyst
418 (14.17 %)SQL Developer
516 (12.60 %)VB.NET Developer
69 (7.087 %)SQL Server Developer
77 (5.512 %)Programmer
86 (4.724 %)RAD Developer
86 (4.724 %)C# Developer
86 (4.724 %)Analyst Programmer
86 (4.724 %)Tester
95 (3.937 %)Analyst Developer
95 (3.937 %)SharePoint Developer
95 (3.937 %)DBA
104 (3.150 %)Windows Server Engineer
104 (3.150 %)Senior Windows Server Engineer
104 (3.150 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
104 (3.150 %)ASP.NET Developer
104 (3.150 %)VB Developer
104 (3.150 %)Server Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (8.661 %)Fixed Income
28 (6.299 %)Credit Risk
37 (5.512 %)Derivative
46 (4.724 %)Market Risk
46 (4.724 %)Equities
55 (3.937 %)Mathematics
63 (2.362 %)Multithreading
63 (2.362 %)NHS
63 (2.362 %)Client/Server
72 (1.575 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
72 (1.575 %)N-Tier
72 (1.575 %)Equity Derivative
72 (1.575 %)Credit Derivative
81 (0.787 %)Video on Demand
81 (0.787 %)Replication
81 (0.787 %)Exotic Derivative
81 (0.787 %)SecurID
81 (0.787 %)French Language
81 (0.787 %)Social Network
81 (0.787 %)Blackberry
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (22.83 %)Windows
212 (9.449 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (8.661 %)Windows Server 2008
48 (6.299 %)Linux
54 (3.150 %)UNIX
62 (1.575 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.787 %)Windows 7
71 (0.787 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.787 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (9.449 %)Asset Management
29 (7.087 %)Agile Software Development
37 (5.512 %)Investment Management
46 (4.724 %)OO
46 (4.724 %)RAD
55 (3.937 %)Migration
55 (3.937 %)Business Analysis
64 (3.150 %)OOP
64 (3.150 %)Business Intelligence
64 (3.150 %)Workflow
73 (2.362 %)Test Scripting
73 (2.362 %)Manual Testing
73 (2.362 %)Web Services Management
73 (2.362 %)Load Testing
73 (2.362 %)Release Management
73 (2.362 %)Data Modelling
73 (2.362 %)Configuration Management
73 (2.362 %)Project Management
73 (2.362 %)UML
82 (1.575 %)E-Commerce
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
170 (55.12 %)C#
258 (45.67 %)SQL
333 (25.98 %)VBA
427 (21.26 %)VB
523 (18.11 %)T-SQL
615 (11.81 %)VB6
714 (11.02 %)C
813 (10.24 %)Java
910 (7.874 %)JavaScript
109 (7.087 %)PowerShell
117 (5.512 %)Perl
126 (4.724 %)C++
135 (3.937 %)VBScript
143 (2.362 %)Korn
143 (2.362 %)Python
143 (2.362 %)PL/SQL
152 (1.575 %)ABAP
161 (0.787 %)XPath
161 (0.787 %)ActionScript
161 (0.787 %)PHP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (3.937 %)Degree
15 (3.937 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (3.937 %)MCDBA
23 (2.362 %)ISEB
31 (0.787 %)SC Cleared
31 (0.787 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (6.299 %)Active Directory
27 (5.512 %)Hyper-V
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (6.299 %)SCCM
23 (2.362 %)HP Quality Center
23 (2.362 %)BMC Performance Manager
23 (2.362 %)BMC PATROL
32 (1.575 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (22.83 %)Microsoft
217 (13.39 %)Oracle
38 (6.299 %)Sybase
38 (6.299 %)Cisco
47 (5.512 %)Citrix
56 (4.724 %)Business Objects
65 (3.937 %)Cognos
74 (3.150 %)BladeLogic
83 (2.362 %)DevExpress
83 (2.362 %)Kofax
83 (2.362 %)ProClarity
83 (2.362 %)BMC
83 (2.362 %)HP
92 (1.575 %)SAP
92 (1.575 %)Lotus
92 (1.575 %)Hyperion
92 (1.575 %)Sophis
101 (0.787 %)Infragistics
101 (0.787 %)telerik
101 (0.787 %)Singularity