The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 Sussex 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 29 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.877% 0.932% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.299% 2.344% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £315 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £21.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Programming Languages
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
87 128 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 38.16% 39.75% 37.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 50 43
Average daily rate £335 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £201 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £27.88 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +106.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Brighton +9 2 £325 +3.17%
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (33.33%) Ajax
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) ASP
5 2 (22.22%) WinForms
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (22.22%) OO
5 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) BC Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (22.22%) LINQ
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Refactoring
6 1 (11.11%) WF
6 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (11.11%) DevExpress
6 1 (11.11%) RESTful
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 3 (33.33%) Ajax
2 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (22.22%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) ASP
3 2 (22.22%) WinForms
3 2 (22.22%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (22.22%) LINQ
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 1 (11.11%) WF
4 1 (11.11%) RESTful
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (11.11%) HTML5
4 1 (11.11%) LINQ to SQL
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (11.11%) Bing Maps
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (11.11%) Rhino Mocks
1 1 (11.11%) NUnit
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 3 (33.33%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Applications Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Applications Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) OO
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Refactoring
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
2 1 (11.11%) SOA
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
2 1 (11.11%) Pair Programming
2 1 (11.11%) UML
2 1 (11.11%) OOP
2 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) BC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) DevExpress