The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crewe region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Crewe 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 5 15 16
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Contract jobs citing VB 7 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe 17.95% 6.349% 5.172%
As % of the Programming Languages category 58.33% 11.43% 6.818%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £318 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £321 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.40% +6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+29.37% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Crewe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
12 35 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe 30.77% 55.56% 75.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 25 23
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
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 £35.00 £35.00
VB
Cheshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 (100.00%) MSI
1 7 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 7 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 7 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Software Packaging
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 (100.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (14.29%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MSI
1 7 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 7 (100.00%) AdminStudio
2 1 (14.29%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft