The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 21 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 East of England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 101 61 87
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +26
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 19 73 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.872% 2.486% 1.509%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.116% 5.930% 3.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 19
Average daily rate £325 £250 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £188 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £340 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
898 1231 986
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 41.19% 41.91% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 603 422
Average daily rate £316 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 107 129
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.52 £26.28 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hertfordshire -19 7 £238 +11.76%
Norfolk +5 5 £400 -
Suffolk - 5 £250 -
Cambridgeshire -5 1 £325 +18.18%
Essex -6 1 £263 +40.00%
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 68 (100.00%) .NET
2 47 (69.12%) SQL Server
3 45 (66.18%) SQL
4 39 (57.35%) ASP.NET
5 38 (55.88%) T-SQL
6 29 (42.65%) JavaScript
7 27 (39.71%) HTML
8 25 (36.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (30.88%) .NET Framework
9 21 (30.88%) Web Services
10 20 (29.41%) Windows
10 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
11 19 (27.94%) VBScript
11 19 (27.94%) Ajax
12 18 (26.47%) jQuery
12 18 (26.47%) WinForms
12 18 (26.47%) DHTML
12 18 (26.47%) ADO.NET
12 18 (26.47%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (25.00%) FTP
13 17 (25.00%) DTS
13 17 (25.00%) Telecoms
14 16 (23.53%) C#
15 14 (20.59%) MS Office
16 12 (17.65%) SharePoint
17 11 (16.18%) Migration
17 11 (16.18%) SQL Server 2008
17 11 (16.18%) SharePoint 2010
18 10 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
18 10 (14.71%) Ethernet

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 68 (100.00%) .NET
2 39 (57.35%) ASP.NET
3 27 (39.71%) HTML
4 21 (30.88%) .NET Framework
4 21 (30.88%) Web Services
5 19 (27.94%) Ajax
6 18 (26.47%) jQuery
6 18 (26.47%) WinForms
6 18 (26.47%) DHTML
6 18 (26.47%) ADO.NET
7 9 (13.24%) CSS
8 6 (8.824%) WCF
9 4 (5.882%) LINQ
10 3 (4.412%) XML
10 3 (4.412%) WPF
11 2 (2.941%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 2 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (2.941%) NHibernate
11 2 (2.941%) Silverlight
12 1 (1.471%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 11 (16.18%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (4.412%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (4.412%) CMS
4 2 (2.941%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (2.941%) MSMQ
5 1 (1.471%) IIS
5 1 (1.471%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.471%) MS Project Server
5 1 (1.471%) Content Management Server
Applications
1 14 (20.59%) MS Office
2 4 (5.882%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.471%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.471%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (25.00%) FTP
2 10 (14.71%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.471%) LAN
3 1 (1.471%) WAN
3 1 (1.471%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.471%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (69.12%) SQL Server
2 25 (36.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (25.00%) DTS
4 11 (16.18%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (7.353%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (4.412%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.471%) MS Access
8 1 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.471%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Visual Studio
2 4 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.471%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.471%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.471%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.471%) ClearQuest
3 1 (1.471%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.471%) Selenium
3 1 (1.471%) Subversion
3 1 (1.471%) Redmine
General
1 17 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.941%) Finance
Job Titles
1 58 (85.29%) Developer
2 25 (36.76%) Web Developer
3 15 (22.06%) .NET Developer
4 11 (16.18%) VB.NET Developer
5 8 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
6 5 (7.353%) Web Designer
6 5 (7.353%) Solutions Designer
6 5 (7.353%) Designer
7 3 (4.412%) Software Developer
7 3 (4.412%) Architect
7 3 (4.412%) Senior Designer
7 3 (4.412%) Lead Developer
7 3 (4.412%) Applications Developer
7 3 (4.412%) Senior Web Designer
8 2 (2.941%) Junior DBA
8 2 (2.941%) Junior
8 2 (2.941%) DBA
8 2 (2.941%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.471%) Business Analyst
9 1 (1.471%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Graphic Design
2 2 (2.941%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.471%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.471%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Windows
2 18 (26.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.412%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (4.412%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.471%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.471%) UNIX
4 1 (1.471%) Linux
4 1 (1.471%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.18%) Migration
2 10 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (7.353%) Web Development
4 3 (4.412%) SOA
4 3 (4.412%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (4.412%) MVC
5 2 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (2.941%) Workflow
5 2 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (2.941%) CRM
6 1 (1.471%) E-Commerce
6 1 (1.471%) Data Modelling
6 1 (1.471%) Project Management
6 1 (1.471%) OO
6 1 (1.471%) RUP
6 1 (1.471%) DSDM
6 1 (1.471%) Test Scripting
6 1 (1.471%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.471%) Test Automation
6 1 (1.471%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 45 (66.18%) SQL
2 38 (55.88%) T-SQL
3 29 (42.65%) JavaScript
4 19 (27.94%) VBScript
5 16 (23.53%) C#
6 3 (4.412%) VB
6 3 (4.412%) VBA
7 2 (2.941%) VB6
8 1 (1.471%) C++
8 1 (1.471%) C
8 1 (1.471%) Java
8 1 (1.471%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.941%) Degree
2 1 (1.471%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.353%) QA
2 1 (1.471%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.471%) Cygwin
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.412%) Oracle
3 1 (1.471%) IBM
3 1 (1.471%) Red Hat