Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the England region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank13211280
Rank change year-on-year
Down-20Down-32
Matching contract IT job ads5825221466
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England1.290 %1.420 %1.915 %
As % of the Programming Languages category3.281 %4.491 %5.438 %
Daily rates quoted244163370
Average daily rate£320£300£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£400£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£290£300
% change year-on-year
+3.440 %-3.330 %
Hourly rates quoted3667117
Average hourly rate£32.25£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.27 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.19£13.00£22.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£42.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-21.87 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
177371162426957
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England39.30 %31.61 %35.21 %
Daily rates quoted889741578887
Average daily rate£425£367£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.80 %-8.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted8688951953
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--10.44 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.42£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
VB.NET UKVB.NET
UK

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.

VB.NET
Demand Trend

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

England VB.NET Demand Trend

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 England region.

England VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

England VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

England VB.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-2253£350+2.18 %
South EastDown-795£290-3.33 %
South WestUp+2055£345+28.97 %
North WestDown-1455£216-24.78 %
YorkshireUp+2536£250-16.66 %
West MidlandsDown-2432£350+12.90 %
East of EnglandUp+1324£325+17.11 %
East MidlandsDown-916£275+20.87 %
North EastUp+1511£200-23.07 %
MidlandsUp+18£200-
South CoastDown-21£200-
VB.NET UKVB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

11119 (99.82 %).NET
2679 (60.57 %)SQL Server
3585 (52.19 %)ASP.NET
4540 (48.17 %)C#
5441 (39.34 %)SQL
6292 (26.05 %)SQL Server 2005
7246 (21.94 %)XML
8223 (19.89 %)Windows
9215 (19.18 %)JavaScript
10212 (18.91 %)Microsoft
11211 (18.82 %)Visual Studio
12192 (17.13 %)VB
13187 (16.68 %)CSS
14177 (15.79 %)HTML
15167 (14.90 %)SharePoint
16160 (14.27 %)Web Services
17158 (14.09 %)T-SQL
18154 (13.74 %)SQL Server 2000
19145 (12.93 %)ASP
20141 (12.58 %)Finance
21137 (12.22 %)Oracle
22116 (10.35 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23112 (9.991 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24110 (9.813 %)SQL Server 2008
25109 (9.723 %)AJAX
26103 (9.188 %)VB6
2798 (8.742 %)VBA
2895 (8.475 %)Security Cleared
2993 (8.296 %)Banking
3085 (7.583 %).NET Framework

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11119 (99.82 %).NET
2585 (52.19 %)ASP.NET
3246 (21.94 %)XML
4187 (16.68 %)CSS
5177 (15.79 %)HTML
6160 (14.27 %)Web Services
7145 (12.93 %)ASP
8109 (9.723 %)AJAX
985 (7.583 %).NET Framework
1081 (7.226 %)WinForms
1171 (6.334 %)XSLT
1258 (5.174 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1349 (4.371 %)XHTML
1432 (2.855 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1530 (2.676 %)jQuery
1629 (2.587 %)SOAP
1629 (2.587 %)WCF
1726 (2.319 %)Flash
1823 (2.052 %)ADO
1922 (1.963 %)WPF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1167 (14.90 %)SharePoint
2112 (9.991 %)SharePoint Server 2007
380 (7.136 %)IIS
425 (2.230 %)BizTalk Server
524 (2.141 %)CMS
622 (1.963 %)MS Exchange
721 (1.873 %)Exchange Server 2003
819 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
915 (1.338 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1014 (1.249 %)SharePoint 2010
1113 (1.160 %)Tomcat
129 (0.803 %)DotNetNuke
136 (0.535 %)Apache
145 (0.446 %)Drupal
145 (0.446 %)Joomla!
154 (0.357 %)LiveLink
154 (0.357 %)Content Management Server
163 (0.268 %)Documentum
163 (0.268 %)Lotus Notes
163 (0.268 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
169 (6.155 %)MS Excel
228 (2.498 %)MS Office
322 (1.963 %)InfoPath
413 (1.160 %)Photoshop
56 (0.535 %)Adobe Illustrator
56 (0.535 %)MATLAB
64 (0.357 %)MS Project
72 (0.178 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.178 %)MS Visio
81 (0.089 %)Acrobat
81 (0.089 %)Fireworks
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (0.803 %)Algo Collateral
23 (0.268 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.178 %)SalesLogix
32 (0.178 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.089 %)LongView
41 (0.089 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.089 %)Summit
41 (0.089 %)Siebel Analytics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
159 (5.263 %)Internet
223 (2.052 %)Intranet
313 (1.160 %)LDAP
313 (1.160 %)DNS
412 (1.070 %)SMS
412 (1.070 %)DHCP
58 (0.714 %)HTTP
66 (0.535 %)SSH
66 (0.535 %)TELNET
75 (0.446 %)SAN
75 (0.446 %)X.500
75 (0.446 %)iSCSI
84 (0.357 %)SSL
93 (0.268 %)TCP/IP
102 (0.178 %)Wi-Fi
102 (0.178 %)Extranet
102 (0.178 %)VPN
111 (0.089 %)SMTP
111 (0.089 %)ADSL
111 (0.089 %)LAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1679 (60.57 %)SQL Server
2292 (26.05 %)SQL Server 2005
3154 (13.74 %)SQL Server 2000
4116 (10.35 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5110 (9.813 %)SQL Server 2008
682 (7.315 %)SQL Server Integration Services
752 (4.639 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
844 (3.925 %)Datawarehouse
943 (3.836 %)MySQL
1041 (3.657 %)Crystal Reports
1134 (3.033 %)MS Access
1228 (2.498 %)DTS
1326 (2.319 %)OLAP
1424 (2.141 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1522 (1.963 %)ETL
1619 (1.695 %)RDBMS
1619 (1.695 %)Oracle 8/8i
1715 (1.338 %)PerformancePoint
1814 (1.249 %)Oracle 10g
199 (0.803 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1211 (18.82 %)Visual Studio
226 (2.319 %)VSS/SourceSafe
321 (1.873 %)NUnit
412 (1.070 %)Flex Builder
511 (0.981 %)LoadRunner
511 (0.981 %)Team Foundation Server
610 (0.892 %)Bugzilla
610 (0.892 %)QuickTest Pro
78 (0.714 %)XMLSpy
86 (0.535 %)Subversion
95 (0.446 %)Dreamweaver
95 (0.446 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
104 (0.357 %)Eclipse
113 (0.268 %)FrontPage
122 (0.178 %)Expression Blend
122 (0.178 %)Expression Web
122 (0.178 %)InstallShield
122 (0.178 %)ClearQuest
122 (0.178 %)ClearCase
131 (0.089 %)Oracle Forms
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1141 (12.58 %)Finance
293 (8.296 %)Banking
352 (4.639 %)Government
447 (4.193 %)Investment Banking
531 (2.765 %)Health
625 (2.230 %)Insurance
721 (1.873 %)Front Office
815 (1.338 %)Marketing
912 (1.070 %)Retail
1011 (0.981 %)Legal
1110 (0.892 %)Publishing
1110 (0.892 %)Education
1110 (0.892 %)Back Office
128 (0.714 %)Law
128 (0.714 %)Pensions
137 (0.624 %)Games
146 (0.535 %)Electronics
146 (0.535 %)Telecoms
154 (0.357 %)Multimedia
163 (0.268 %)Financial Institution
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1878 (78.32 %)Developer
2434 (38.72 %).NET Developer
3221 (19.71 %)VB.NET Developer
4132 (11.78 %)Analyst
5118 (10.53 %)ASP.NET Developer
6110 (9.813 %)Web Developer
779 (7.047 %)SharePoint Developer
870 (6.244 %)C# Developer
965 (5.798 %)SQL Developer
1056 (4.996 %)Programmer
1150 (4.460 %)Senior Developer
1245 (4.014 %)Analyst Programmer
1344 (3.925 %)Applications Developer
1443 (3.836 %)VB Developer
1443 (3.836 %)Analyst Developer
1542 (3.747 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1626 (2.319 %)SQL Server Developer
1626 (2.319 %).NET Web Developer
1626 (2.319 %).NET Programmer
1724 (2.141 %)Software Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
142 (3.747 %)NHS
228 (2.498 %)N-Tier
318 (1.606 %)Computer Science
415 (1.338 %)Derivative
415 (1.338 %)Web 2.0
513 (1.160 %)Credit Risk
612 (1.070 %)Replication
612 (1.070 %)Fixed Income
710 (0.892 %)Clustering
710 (0.892 %)Client/Server
89 (0.803 %)Management Information System
98 (0.714 %)Open Source
98 (0.714 %)Equities
107 (0.624 %)Credit Derivative
116 (0.535 %)Mathematics
116 (0.535 %)Market Risk
116 (0.535 %)Multithreading
125 (0.446 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
125 (0.446 %)PKI
134 (0.357 %)iSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1223 (19.89 %)Windows
253 (4.728 %)Windows Server 2003
344 (3.925 %)UNIX
428 (2.498 %)Windows Server 2008
524 (2.141 %)Linux
612 (1.070 %)Windows XP
79 (0.803 %)Windows 2000
88 (0.714 %)Windows CE
97 (0.624 %)Windows 7
97 (0.624 %)Windows Vista
104 (0.357 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.178 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (0.089 %)AIX
121 (0.089 %)HPUX
121 (0.089 %)MVS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
179 (7.047 %)OO
278 (6.958 %)Web Development
349 (4.371 %)Agile Software Development
441 (3.657 %)Migration
538 (3.390 %)UML
634 (3.033 %)Business Intelligence
731 (2.765 %)Unit Testing
828 (2.498 %)CRM
927 (2.409 %)E-Commerce
1024 (2.141 %)Scrum
1123 (2.052 %)TDD
1123 (2.052 %)Data Modelling
1221 (1.873 %)Asset Management
1319 (1.695 %)OOP
1418 (1.606 %)Content Management
1418 (1.606 %)Refactoring
1517 (1.517 %)Workflow
1616 (1.427 %)Web Services Management
1616 (1.427 %)PRINCE2
1715 (1.338 %)RAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1540 (48.17 %)C#
2441 (39.34 %)SQL
3215 (19.18 %)JavaScript
4192 (17.13 %)VB
5158 (14.09 %)T-SQL
6103 (9.188 %)VB6
798 (8.742 %)VBA
871 (6.334 %)Java
961 (5.442 %)VBScript
1057 (5.085 %)C
1151 (4.550 %)PL/SQL
1233 (2.944 %)C++
1330 (2.676 %)PHP
1425 (2.230 %)PowerShell
1513 (1.160 %)ActionScript
1612 (1.070 %)Perl
1711 (0.981 %)XPath
1810 (0.892 %)XQuery
199 (0.803 %)Jython
207 (0.624 %)COBOL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
195 (8.475 %)Security Cleared
268 (6.066 %)SC Cleared
348 (4.282 %)Degree
424 (2.141 %)Microsoft Certification
59 (0.803 %)MCSD
68 (0.714 %)MCPD
68 (0.714 %)MCDBA
77 (0.624 %)ISEB
77 (0.624 %)MCTS
86 (0.535 %)MCP
93 (0.268 %)MCAD
102 (0.178 %)CCNA
102 (0.178 %)Cisco Certification
102 (0.178 %)PhD
102 (0.178 %)MCSE
111 (0.089 %)HNC
111 (0.089 %)CCNP
111 (0.089 %)BC Cleared
111 (0.089 %)DV Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.892 %)QA
26 (0.535 %)Dublin Core
32 (0.178 %)WAI
32 (0.178 %)SLA
41 (0.089 %)Basel II
41 (0.089 %)HL7
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (2.230 %)Active Directory
211 (0.981 %)Hyper-V
39 (0.803 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (0.535 %)VMware ESX
52 (0.178 %)Novell eDirectory
52 (0.178 %)XenApp
52 (0.178 %)XenDesktop
52 (0.178 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.089 %)VMware Workstation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (1.070 %)SCCM
112 (1.070 %)MIIS
24 (0.357 %)BMC Performance Manager
24 (0.357 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.357 %)BMC PATROL
33 (0.268 %)CONTROL-M
42 (0.178 %)AutoSys
51 (0.089 %)OpenView
51 (0.089 %)HP NNM
51 (0.089 %)OVOU
51 (0.089 %)Cacti
51 (0.089 %)OVPI
51 (0.089 %)OVPM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1212 (18.91 %)Microsoft
2137 (12.22 %)Oracle
320 (1.784 %)Adobe
419 (1.695 %)Citrix
518 (1.606 %)ProClarity
614 (1.249 %)DevExpress
713 (1.160 %)Sybase
713 (1.160 %)Cisco
812 (1.070 %)ESRI
910 (0.892 %)HP
109 (0.803 %)VMware
118 (0.714 %)BladeLogic
118 (0.714 %)Business Objects
127 (0.624 %)Infragistics
136 (0.535 %)Micro Focus
136 (0.535 %)Bloomberg
136 (0.535 %)BMC
136 (0.535 %)SAP
136 (0.535 %)Cognos
145 (0.446 %)IBM