The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Clackmannanshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB 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 Clackmannanshire 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 (VB)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VB 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Clackmannanshire - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -10.00%
All Programming Languages
Clackmannanshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Clackmannanshire - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Scotland

VB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Clackmannanshire 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 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) ASP
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (100.00%) Degree

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Clackmannanshire 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 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory