The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 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 Coventry 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 23 23 24
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing VB 3 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.685% 3.436% 0.578%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.977% 12.35% 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 0
Average daily rate - £390 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
43 81 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 24.16% 27.84% 23.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 43 22
Average daily rate £275 £390 £386
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.48% +1.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £313 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
West Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) MS Access
3 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (37.50%) VBA
5 3 (37.50%) Data Management
5 3 (37.50%) SLA
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (25.00%) .NET
7 1 (12.50%) HNC
7 1 (12.50%) Python
7 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
7 1 (12.50%) C
7 1 (12.50%) C#
7 1 (12.50%) C++
7 1 (12.50%) Internet
7 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 1 (12.50%) Degree

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) MS Access
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Junior Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Junior
3 3 (37.50%) MI Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) VBA
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) HNC
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft