The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET 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 Dundee 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Rank - 16 -
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee - 2.128% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 3.704% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
12 27 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 70.59% 57.45% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
Average daily rate £231 £243 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 4
Average hourly rate £31.00 £31.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Scotland

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

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 Dundee region.

Dundee VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) XSD
3 2 (40.00%) XSLT
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) XSD
2 2 (40.00%) XSLT
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 5 (100.00%) VB.NET Developer
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Developer
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft