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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2628
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.452 %5.747 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£318
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00£13.00
Average hourly rate£13.50£13.00
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.68£28.99
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads6287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.088 %
Daily rates quoted1618
Average minimum daily rate£294£297
Average daily rate£313£315
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£18.55£32.70
% change on same period last year-43.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.10£35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
VB West MidlandsVB
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Coventry VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB across the Coventry region.

Coventry VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Coventry region.

Coventry VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

19 (90.00 %).NET
27 (70.00 %)VB.NET
35 (50.00 %)VB6
44 (40.00 %)SQL
44 (40.00 %)VBScript
53 (30.00 %)C++
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server
53 (30.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (30.00 %)Degree
62 (20.00 %)AS400
62 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
62 (20.00 %)Mainframe
62 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (20.00 %)JCL
62 (20.00 %)UNIX
62 (20.00 %)IBM
62 (20.00 %)Microsoft
62 (20.00 %)CICS
62 (20.00 %)PL/1
62 (20.00 %)SAP
62 (20.00 %)DB2
62 (20.00 %)Oracle
62 (20.00 %)COBOL
62 (20.00 %)C#
62 (20.00 %)Java
62 (20.00 %)J2EE
71 (10.00 %)MySQL
71 (10.00 %)HTML

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (90.00 %).NET
23 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (20.00 %)J2EE
41 (10.00 %)HTML
41 (10.00 %)CSS
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)XHTML
41 (10.00 %)WebSphere
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)CICS
21 (10.00 %)CMS
21 (10.00 %)MQSeries
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)DB2
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (10.00 %)MySQL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Pensions
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %).NET Developer
23 (30.00 %)Software Developer
32 (20.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Analyst
41 (10.00 %)VB Developer
41 (10.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Applications Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Principle Consultant
41 (10.00 %)Applications Architect
41 (10.00 %)VB6 Developer
41 (10.00 %)Architect
41 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Mainframe
12 (20.00 %)AS400
12 (20.00 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (10.00 %)W3C
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)UNIX
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)OO
11 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (10.00 %)Project Management
11 (10.00 %)Content Management
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (70.00 %)VB.NET
25 (50.00 %)VB6
34 (40.00 %)SQL
34 (40.00 %)VBScript
43 (30.00 %)C++
52 (20.00 %)COBOL
52 (20.00 %)Java
52 (20.00 %)C#
52 (20.00 %)PL/1
52 (20.00 %)JCL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (30.00 %)Degree
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Oracle
12 (20.00 %)SAP
12 (20.00 %)IBM
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft