The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 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 Crawley 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 4.605% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £360 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.42% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
40 62 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 26.32% 22.14% 36.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 35 10
Average daily rate £360 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £225 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £400 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VB
West Sussex

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 7 (77.78%) C#
1 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) VB6
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (11.11%) Business Objects
5 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 1 (11.11%) C++
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) XML
5 1 (11.11%) UNIX
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) OOP
5 1 (11.11%) OO
5 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
5 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
5 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (11.11%) SOA
5 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (11.11%) OpenGL

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Systems Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
1 1 (11.11%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) OOP
2 1 (11.11%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) SOA
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
2 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) VB6
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Business Objects
3 1 (11.11%) TOWER Software