The first 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 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 158 176 164
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -12
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 45 42 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.705% 0.534% 0.847%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.689% 1.456% 2.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 32 56
Average daily rate £400 £413 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +6.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £325 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2664 2885 4138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 41.76% 36.68% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2061 2166 3141
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 37
Average hourly rate £39.51 £32.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.55% +16.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.39 £15.00 £17.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £50.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
London

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 24 May 2013.

City of London VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 24 May 2013, 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.

1 90 (100.00%) .NET
2 60 (66.67%) SQL
3 46 (51.11%) C#
4 44 (48.89%) SQL Server
5 27 (30.00%) Finance
6 26 (28.89%) ASP.NET
7 25 (27.78%) JavaScript
8 24 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
9 22 (24.44%) Microsoft
10 21 (23.33%) VBA
11 20 (22.22%) Banking
12 19 (21.11%) SQL Server 2005
12 19 (21.11%) HTML
13 17 (18.89%) T-SQL
14 16 (17.78%) Oracle
15 15 (16.67%) CSS
15 15 (16.67%) Windows
15 15 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 14 (15.56%) XML
17 13 (14.44%) Visual Studio
17 13 (14.44%) jQuery
18 12 (13.33%) .NET Framework
18 12 (13.33%) Ajax
19 11 (12.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 11 (12.22%) DotNetNuke
19 11 (12.22%) Java
19 11 (12.22%) MS Excel
19 11 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
20 10 (11.11%) SharePoint
20 10 (11.11%) Web Services

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 90 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (28.89%) ASP.NET
3 19 (21.11%) HTML
4 15 (16.67%) CSS
5 14 (15.56%) XML
6 13 (14.44%) jQuery
7 12 (13.33%) .NET Framework
7 12 (13.33%) Ajax
8 10 (11.11%) Web Services
8 10 (11.11%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 9 (10.00%) Silverlight
10 8 (8.889%) LINQ
11 7 (7.778%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (7.778%) WinForms
12 6 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 4 (4.444%) ADO.NET
13 4 (4.444%) WCF
13 4 (4.444%) WPF
13 4 (4.444%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 4 (4.444%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 11 (12.22%) DotNetNuke
2 10 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 8 (8.889%) CMS
4 4 (4.444%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (4.444%) Umbraco
5 3 (3.333%) ArcGIS
5 3 (3.333%) IIS
6 2 (2.222%) MS Exchange
6 2 (2.222%) Documentum
7 1 (1.111%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.111%) LiveCycle
7 1 (1.111%) MSMQ
7 1 (1.111%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (12.22%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.556%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (5.556%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.222%) MS Office
4 1 (1.111%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.111%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.444%) Endur
1 4 (4.444%) ZaiNet
1 4 (4.444%) Aligne
2 1 (1.111%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.444%) NAS
2 3 (3.333%) Internet
3 2 (2.222%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.222%) VPN
4 1 (1.111%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (48.89%) SQL Server
2 24 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (21.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (12.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (7.778%) MS Access
7 6 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (4.444%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (3.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (3.333%) GIS
9 3 (3.333%) TOAD
10 2 (2.222%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (2.222%) DTS
10 2 (2.222%) PerformancePoint
11 1 (1.111%) Spotfire
11 1 (1.111%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (1.111%) Data Mining
11 1 (1.111%) OLAP
11 1 (1.111%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (14.44%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.333%) Subversion
3 2 (2.222%) Bugzilla
3 2 (2.222%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.111%) NUnit
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle APEX
General
1 27 (30.00%) Finance
2 20 (22.22%) Banking
3 5 (5.556%) Investment Banking
3 5 (5.556%) Retail
4 3 (3.333%) Law
5 2 (2.222%) Front Office
6 1 (1.111%) Legal
6 1 (1.111%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 60 (66.67%) Developer
2 25 (27.78%) .NET Developer
3 19 (21.11%) Analyst
4 12 (13.33%) SQL Developer
5 7 (7.778%) Analyst Developer
5 7 (7.778%) Consultant
6 6 (6.667%) VB.NET Developer
7 5 (5.556%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.444%) SQL Server Developer
9 3 (3.333%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (3.333%) Junior Developer
9 3 (3.333%) Junior
9 3 (3.333%) Architect
9 3 (3.333%) Applications Support
9 3 (3.333%) Business Developer
10 2 (2.222%) Data Analyst
10 2 (2.222%) DBA
10 2 (2.222%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.222%) Web Developer
10 2 (2.222%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.556%) Data Extraction
2 3 (3.333%) Derivative
2 3 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.222%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.111%) Open Source
4 1 (1.111%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.111%) RIA
4 1 (1.111%) Replication
4 1 (1.111%) Clustering
4 1 (1.111%) Equities
4 1 (1.111%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.111%) PMI
4 1 (1.111%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.67%) Windows
2 4 (4.444%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (4.444%) Windows 2000 Server
3 3 (3.333%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.333%) Windows 7
3 3 (3.333%) Android
4 2 (2.222%) Linux
5 1 (1.111%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.111%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.111%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (10.00%) ETL
2 9 (10.00%) MVC
3 8 (8.889%) Migration
3 8 (8.889%) Data Analysis
4 6 (6.667%) E-Commerce
5 5 (5.556%) Analytics
5 5 (5.556%) Business Analysis
6 4 (4.444%) RAD
6 4 (4.444%) Risk Management
6 4 (4.444%) Asset Management
6 4 (4.444%) Time Management
6 4 (4.444%) System Testing
6 4 (4.444%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (3.333%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (3.333%) TDD
7 3 (3.333%) Project Management
7 3 (3.333%) Workflow
7 3 (3.333%) Change Management
7 3 (3.333%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 60 (66.67%) SQL
2 46 (51.11%) C#
3 25 (27.78%) JavaScript
4 21 (23.33%) VBA
5 17 (18.89%) T-SQL
6 11 (12.22%) Java
7 7 (7.778%) Perl
8 5 (5.556%) PowerShell
8 5 (5.556%) Python
8 5 (5.556%) PL/SQL
8 5 (5.556%) VB
9 4 (4.444%) VBScript
10 3 (3.333%) Bash shell
10 3 (3.333%) C
11 2 (2.222%) C++
11 2 (2.222%) Lua
11 2 (2.222%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (5.556%) Degree
2 3 (3.333%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 3 (3.333%) MCITP
2 3 (3.333%) MCTS
3 2 (2.222%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.222%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.222%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.111%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.111%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.444%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.333%) Basel III
3 1 (1.111%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (7.778%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.444%) BMC PATROL
1 4 (4.444%) BMC Performance Manager
2 3 (3.333%) OpenView
3 2 (2.222%) SCCM
4 1 (1.111%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.78%) Oracle
3 6 (6.667%) Charles River
3 6 (6.667%) Cadis
4 5 (5.556%) Tableau
4 5 (5.556%) VMware
5 4 (4.444%) SunGard
5 4 (4.444%) BMC
5 4 (4.444%) NetApp
5 4 (4.444%) OpenLink
5 4 (4.444%) Sitecore
5 4 (4.444%) Trayport
5 4 (4.444%) EPiServer
6 3 (3.333%) ESRI
6 3 (3.333%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.222%) HP
7 2 (2.222%) Open Text
7 2 (2.222%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.222%) Adobe
8 1 (1.111%) Cognos
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