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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Derbyshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3722
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.011 %
As % of the category below2.804 %11.22 %
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£319
% change on same period last year-6.64 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£28.85
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads10798
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.151 %0.099 %
Daily rates quoted1810
Average minimum daily rate£311£256
Average daily rate£330£270
% change on same period last year+22.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted2010
Average minimum hourly rate£29.48£27.36
Average hourly rate£32.43£30.50
% change on same period last year+6.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.39£33.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
VB East MidlandsVB
East 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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyDown-141--
VB East MidlandsVB
East Midlands

VB
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

15 (71.43 %).NET
15 (71.43 %)Visual Studio
24 (57.14 %)SQL
33 (42.86 %)VB6
33 (42.86 %)Microsoft
33 (42.86 %)VB.NET
33 (42.86 %)C#
33 (42.86 %)C++
33 (42.86 %)SQL Server
42 (28.57 %)MFC
42 (28.57 %)HTML
42 (28.57 %)JavaScript
42 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
42 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (28.57 %)XML
42 (28.57 %)VC++
51 (14.29 %)C
51 (14.29 %)Windows
51 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
51 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
51 (14.29 %)VBScript
51 (14.29 %)VBA
51 (14.29 %)Oracle
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
51 (14.29 %)CSS
51 (14.29 %)Business Objects
51 (14.29 %)IIS
51 (14.29 %)MS Office

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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.

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %).NET
22 (28.57 %)MFC
22 (28.57 %)HTML
22 (28.57 %)XML
31 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
31 (14.29 %)CSS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)IIS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Office
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (14.29 %)BusinessObjects
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (71.43 %)Visual Studio
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Developer
22 (28.57 %)Applications Developer
31 (14.29 %)Programmer
31 (14.29 %).NET Developer
31 (14.29 %)VB Developer
31 (14.29 %)SQL Developer
31 (14.29 %).NET Applications Developer
31 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)SQL
23 (42.86 %)C#
23 (42.86 %)C++
23 (42.86 %)VB.NET
23 (42.86 %)VB6
32 (28.57 %)VC++
32 (28.57 %)JavaScript
32 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
41 (14.29 %)VBScript
41 (14.29 %)C
41 (14.29 %)VBA
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Microsoft
21 (14.29 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)Business Objects