The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET 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 Devon 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 19 30 23
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 12 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 6.742% 1.105% 2.013%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.91% 2.500% 3.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
Average daily rate £325 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
67 80 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 37.64% 44.20% 53.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 42
Average daily rate £320 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £435 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £15.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+166.66% -49.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.30 £10.00 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £57.00 £46.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Devon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Devon VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the Devon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Exeter - 8 £325 -
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing VB.NET 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.NET.

1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (92.59%) ASP.NET
3 23 (85.19%) C#
4 20 (74.07%) SOA
5 15 (55.56%) XML
5 15 (55.56%) HTML
5 15 (55.56%) CSS
5 15 (55.56%) XQuery
6 14 (51.85%) Finance
6 14 (51.85%) JavaScript
6 14 (51.85%) XPath
7 13 (48.15%) Oracle
8 12 (44.44%) Web Services
8 12 (44.44%) XSLT
9 11 (40.74%) Oracle Applications
10 10 (37.04%) Git (software)
11 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (29.63%) MCAD
11 8 (29.63%) MCSD
12 7 (25.93%) OO
12 7 (25.93%) SQL
12 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
13 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
13 6 (22.22%) B2B
13 6 (22.22%) B2C
14 5 (18.52%) Back Office
14 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
15 4 (14.81%) .NET Framework
16 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
17 2 (7.407%) Degree

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing VB.NET 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.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (92.59%) ASP.NET
3 15 (55.56%) CSS
3 15 (55.56%) XML
3 15 (55.56%) HTML
4 12 (44.44%) XSLT
4 12 (44.44%) Web Services
5 4 (14.81%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle Fusion
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Git (software)
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Developer
2 23 (85.19%) .NET Developer
3 7 (25.93%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) VB.NET Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Report Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) VB Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Agile .NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) SOA
2 7 (25.93%) OO
2 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (22.22%) B2B
3 6 (22.22%) B2C
3 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
5 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Project Management
6 2 (7.407%) Workflow
7 1 (3.704%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.704%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 23 (85.19%) C#
2 15 (55.56%) XQuery
3 14 (51.85%) XPath
3 14 (51.85%) JavaScript
4 7 (25.93%) SQL
5 2 (7.407%) C
6 1 (3.704%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) MCAD
1 8 (29.63%) MCSD
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.407%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) Microsoft