The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET 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 County Antrim 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Rank - 25 -
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim - 1.935% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 5.660% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-0.79% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.83% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
88 53 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 54.32% 34.19% 47.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 24 37
Average daily rate £375 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £12.42 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Northern Ireland

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the County Antrim 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
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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
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VB.NET
Northern Ireland

VB.NET
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Programmer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
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