East Midlands VB.NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills within the East Midlands 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.NET over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Aldershot Avon Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorset Dundee Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire Hitchin Horsham Hull Kendal Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Renfrewshire Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stroud Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	31
Rank change on same period last year	-25
Matching contract IT job ads	34	72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.073 %
As % of the category below	6.137 %	12.02 %
Daily rates quoted	6	8
Average minimum daily rate	£205	£295
Average daily rate	£215	£297
% change on same period last year	-27.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£225	£299
UK excluding London average daily rate	£305	£313
% change on same period last year	-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£27.27
Average hourly rate	£22.50	£28.91
% change on same period last year	-22.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£30.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.21	£34.57
% change on same period last year	-3.94 %
Programming Languages East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	554	599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.738 %	0.606 %
Daily rates quoted	134	64
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£305
Average daily rate	£317	£319
% change on same period last year	-0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	36	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.46	£27.71
Average hourly rate	£32.44	£29.50
% change on same period last year	+9.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.43	£31.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
VB.NET England

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.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VB.NET
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Leicestershire	+8	7	-	-
Derbyshire	+4	3	£275	-5.98 %
Northamptonshire	-16	3	£192	-42.35 %
Lincolnshire	-5	1	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-23	1	-	-

VB.NET England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 124 (100.00 %) .NET 2 75 (60.48 %) ASP.NET 3 70 (56.45 %) SQL Server 4 46 (37.10 %) VB 5 40 (32.26 %) C# 6 37 (29.84 %) VB6 7 30 (24.19 %) SQL 8 27 (21.77 %) Visual Studio 9 26 (20.97 %) JavaScript 9 26 (20.97 %) HTML 10 24 (19.35 %) Microsoft 11 22 (17.74 %) SQL Server 2005 12 20 (16.13 %) CSS 13 18 (14.52 %) WinForms 14 17 (13.71 %) XML

15 16 (12.90 %) Java 15 16 (12.90 %) CMS 16 15 (12.10 %) SharePoint 16 15 (12.10 %) Windows 16 15 (12.10 %) Content Management 17 14 (11.29 %) OO 17 14 (11.29 %) WebServices 17 14 (11.29 %) IIS 17 14 (11.29 %) Dreamweaver 18 13 (10.48 %) ASP 19 12 (9.677 %) Crystal Reports 20 10 (8.065 %) C++ 20 10 (8.065 %) SharePoint Server 2007 21 9 (7.258 %) MS Excel 21 9 (7.258 %) UML

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 124 (100.00 %) .NET 2 75 (60.48 %) ASP.NET 3 26 (20.97 %) HTML 4 20 (16.13 %) CSS 5 18 (14.52 %) WinForms 6 17 (13.71 %) XML 7 14 (11.29 %) WebServices 8 13 (10.48 %) ASP 9 6 (4.839 %) WCF 10 4 (3.226 %) AJAX 11 3 (2.419 %) XSLT 11 3 (2.419 %) WPF 11 3 (2.419 %) ADO.NET 12 2 (1.613 %) XHTML 12 2 (1.613 %) DirectX 12 2 (1.613 %) .NET Framework 13 1 (0.806 %) Google Maps API 13 1 (0.806 %) XSD 13 1 (0.806 %) XSL 13 1 (0.806 %) JSP	Application Platforms 1 16 (12.90 %) CMS 2 15 (12.10 %) SharePoint 3 14 (11.29 %) IIS 4 10 (8.065 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 3 (2.419 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.806 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 9 (7.258 %) MS Excel 2 4 (3.226 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.613 %) Acrobat 3 2 (1.613 %) Adobe Director 4 1 (0.806 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.806 %) Authorware 4 1 (0.806 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 1 (0.806 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 7 (5.645 %) Intranet 2 6 (4.839 %) Internet 3 5 (4.032 %) Extranet 4 2 (1.613 %) Wireless 5 1 (0.806 %) SMS 5 1 (0.806 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 70 (56.45 %) SQL Server 2 22 (17.74 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (9.677 %) Crystal Reports 4 6 (4.839 %) SQL Server 2000 5 5 (4.032 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 3 (2.419 %) MS Access 6 3 (2.419 %) SQL Server 7 7 2 (1.613 %) Informix 7 2 (1.613 %) DB2 7 2 (1.613 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 1 (0.806 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.806 %) MySQL 8 1 (0.806 %) RDBMS 8 1 (0.806 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 27 (21.77 %) Visual Studio 2 14 (11.29 %) Dreamweaver 3 4 (3.226 %) Flash 4 1 (0.806 %) NUnit	General 1 5 (4.032 %) Manufacturing 2 4 (3.226 %) Health 3 3 (2.419 %) Finance 3 3 (2.419 %) Retail 4 2 (1.613 %) Military 4 2 (1.613 %) Education 4 2 (1.613 %) Electric 4 2 (1.613 %) Government 4 2 (1.613 %) Legal 5 1 (0.806 %) Law 5 1 (0.806 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (0.806 %) Telecoms 5 1 (0.806 %) Banking 5 1 (0.806 %) Advertising 5 1 (0.806 %) Multimedia 5 1 (0.806 %) Insurance 5 1 (0.806 %) Local Government 5 1 (0.806 %) Pensions 5 1 (0.806 %) Graphic Design
Job Titles 1 108 (87.10 %) Developer 2 75 (60.48 %) .NET Developer 3 56 (45.16 %) VB.NET Developer 4 38 (30.65 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 36 (29.03 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 6 12 (9.677 %) C# Developer 7 10 (8.065 %) Programmer 8 9 (7.258 %) SQL Developer 9 8 (6.452 %) SQL Server Developer 9 8 (6.452 %) Web Developer 9 8 (6.452 %) Software Engineer 10 7 (5.645 %) Software Developer 11 6 (4.839 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 4 (3.226 %) Team Leader 12 4 (3.226 %) Software Programmer 12 4 (3.226 %) Analyst 12 4 (3.226 %) Analyst Programmer 13 3 (2.419 %) VB Developer 13 3 (2.419 %) Systems Developer 13 3 (2.419 %) .NET Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.419 %) N-Tier 2 2 (1.613 %) EPoS 2 2 (1.613 %) Firmware 2 2 (1.613 %) Computer Science 3 1 (0.806 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.806 %) PDA
Operating Systems 1 15 (12.10 %) Windows 2 4 (3.226 %) Linux 3 1 (0.806 %) Windows NT 3 1 (0.806 %) Windows XP 3 1 (0.806 %) Windows CE 3 1 (0.806 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (12.10 %) Content Management 2 14 (11.29 %) OO 3 9 (7.258 %) UML 4 7 (5.645 %) Web Development 5 6 (4.839 %) CRM 6 4 (3.226 %) TDD 7 3 (2.419 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (2.419 %) SOA 8 2 (1.613 %) Project Management 8 2 (1.613 %) E-business 8 2 (1.613 %) Web Design 8 2 (1.613 %) SC Cleared 8 2 (1.613 %) Security Cleared 8 2 (1.613 %) Information Management 8 2 (1.613 %) Logistics 9 1 (0.806 %) Software Engineering 9 1 (0.806 %) Pay per click 9 1 (0.806 %) Time Management 9 1 (0.806 %) Agile Software Development 9 1 (0.806 %) OOP
Programming Languages 1 46 (37.10 %) VB 2 40 (32.26 %) C# 3 37 (29.84 %) VB6 4 30 (24.19 %) SQL 5 26 (20.97 %) JavaScript 6 16 (12.90 %) Java 7 10 (8.065 %) C++ 8 8 (6.452 %) Transact-SQL 9 4 (3.226 %) VBA 10 3 (2.419 %) ActionScript 10 3 (2.419 %) VBScript 11 2 (1.613 %) C 11 2 (1.613 %) VC++ 12 1 (0.806 %) Shell Script 12 1 (0.806 %) XPath 12 1 (0.806 %) Delphi 12 1 (0.806 %) PHP 12 1 (0.806 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (0.806 %) MCP 1 1 (0.806 %) MCAD 1 1 (0.806 %) MCSD 1 1 (0.806 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (0.806 %) MCTS 1 1 (0.806 %) MCPD
System Software 1 1 (0.806 %) MSMQ	Vendors 1 24 (19.35 %) Microsoft 2 5 (4.032 %) Oracle 3 4 (3.226 %) Borland 4 2 (1.613 %) Adobe 4 2 (1.613 %) Macromedia 4 2 (1.613 %) HP 5 1 (0.806 %) Google 5 1 (0.806 %) Business Objects