The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 102 81 115
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +34
Contract jobs citing VBA 13 49 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.604% 1.663% 0.647%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.461% 3.961% 1.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 9
Average daily rate £293 £225 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £170 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
Average hourly rate £20.00 £26.89 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.62% +36.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+51.20% -
All Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
890 1237 1002
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 41.32% 41.97% 38.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 608 424
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 106 133
Average hourly rate £35.50 £36.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £26.28 £23.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £50.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBA
England

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBA across the East of England region.

East of England VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England VBA Daily Rate Histogram

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBA across the East of England region.

East of England VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire -5 7 £225 -14.28%
Essex -25 3 £260 +30.81%
Bedfordshire +6 2 £388 -
Suffolk - 1 £350 -
VBA
England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VBA 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 VBA.

1 16 (69.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 11 (47.83%) SQL
3 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (43.48%) .NET
5 9 (39.13%) T-SQL
5 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
6 7 (30.43%) MS Access
6 7 (30.43%) VB
6 7 (30.43%) Finance
6 7 (30.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (30.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (26.09%) ETL
7 6 (26.09%) C#
7 6 (26.09%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (26.09%) MS Office
7 6 (26.09%) XML
8 5 (21.74%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
9 4 (17.39%) Windows
9 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
10 3 (13.04%) ASP
10 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
10 3 (13.04%) Degree
10 3 (13.04%) VB6
10 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
10 3 (13.04%) Ajax

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VBA 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 VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (43.48%) .NET
2 6 (26.09%) XML
3 3 (13.04%) ASP
3 3 (13.04%) Ajax
4 2 (8.696%) XSLT
4 2 (8.696%) WCF
4 2 (8.696%) jQuery
4 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
4 2 (8.696%) Web Services
5 1 (4.348%) CSS
5 1 (4.348%) XSL
5 1 (4.348%) J2EE
5 1 (4.348%) DHTML
5 1 (4.348%) HTML
5 1 (4.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (4.348%) WF
5 1 (4.348%) Silverlight
5 1 (4.348%) XHTML
5 1 (4.348%) XML Schema
5 1 (4.348%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.696%) IIS
2 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.348%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (39.13%) MS Excel
2 6 (26.09%) MS Office
3 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (4.348%) PowerPivot
4 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.348%) SPSS
4 1 (4.348%) XMetaL
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Agresso
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (4.348%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) 3G
1 1 (4.348%) Wireless
1 1 (4.348%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (69.57%) SQL Server
2 11 (47.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (30.43%) MS Access
3 7 (30.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 7 (30.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (26.09%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (21.74%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (21.74%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (4.348%) GIS
8 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (4.348%) Data Mining
8 1 (4.348%) PerformancePoint
8 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (4.348%) MarkLogic
8 1 (4.348%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) LoadRunner
1 1 (4.348%) NUnit
1 1 (4.348%) FrontPage
1 1 (4.348%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Retail
2 2 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Report Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Financial Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Junior DBA
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Junior
4 2 (8.696%) DBA
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Access Developer
5 1 (4.348%) VBA Developer
5 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.348%) Statistics
1 1 (4.348%) Ontologies
1 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
1 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.348%) Semantic Web
1 1 (4.348%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ETL
2 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.696%) MVC
4 2 (8.696%) Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) Fund Management
4 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (4.348%) Analytics
5 1 (4.348%) ITIL
5 1 (4.348%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (4.348%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (4.348%) Customer Insight
5 1 (4.348%) Web Application Development
5 1 (4.348%) Use Case
5 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.348%) System Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Time Management
5 1 (4.348%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) T-SQL
3 7 (30.43%) VB
4 6 (26.09%) C#
5 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
6 3 (13.04%) VB.NET
6 3 (13.04%) VB6
7 2 (8.696%) C++
7 2 (8.696%) VBScript
8 1 (4.348%) Java
8 1 (4.348%) PL/SQL
8 1 (4.348%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) Business Objects
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Working as a dedicated Reporting Analyst and using SQL, VBA and Excel on business critical Data you will use your analytical skills to run key reports and analyze...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Working as a dedicated Reporting Analyst and using SQL, VBA and Excel on business critical Data wwithin this Teradata environment you will use your analytical skills to run...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Watford, South East
Skills required include VB6, SQL server, Access VBA, VB.NETApprox 1-3 years in a similar role would be Ideal.The role would also suit a trainee with...
Rate: £15.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 24 April 2013