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VB Contracts in Essex
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Essex 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 44 25 46
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +21
Contract jobs citing VB 9 20 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.088% 4.556% 0.268%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.569% 13.61% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 1
Average daily rate £550 £265 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+107.54% +24.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.38
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.96%
All Programming Languages
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 197 147 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 45.71% 33.49% 27.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 63 51
Average daily rate £275 £265 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.77% -10.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £375 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 11
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £24.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.75 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
East of England

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB across the Essex region.

Essex VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Essex region.

Essex VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Essex VB Hourly Rate Histogram

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Basildon -9 1 - - 1
Brentwood - 1 £550 -
Colchester - - - - 1
Billericay - - - - 2
VB
East of England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing VB 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.

1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (50.00%) HP
3 8 (44.44%) Oracle
3 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 7 (38.89%) VBScript
5 6 (33.33%) Compaq
5 6 (33.33%) Dell
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (33.33%) SAN
5 6 (33.33%) ADIC
5 6 (33.33%) CommVault
5 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 6 (33.33%) Windows
5 6 (33.33%) MCSE
5 6 (33.33%) Veritas
5 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (33.33%) ISA Server
5 6 (33.33%) Clustering
5 6 (33.33%) Backup Exec
5 6 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (33.33%) PACS
5 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (33.33%) Performance Management
5 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing VB 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 3 (16.67%) CSS
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) HTML
1 3 (16.67%) jQuery
2 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
2 2 (11.11%) ASP
3 1 (5.556%) XML
3 1 (5.556%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Office
2 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) SAN
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) Web Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) VB Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Access Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Test Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation Specialist
4 1 (5.556%) Automation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Clustering
1 6 (33.33%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
1 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Web Development
3 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.556%) Investment Management
3 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
3 1 (5.556%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) SQL
2 7 (38.89%) VBScript
3 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) VB6
4 2 (11.11%) PL/1
4 2 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (33.33%) MCSE
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) ISA Server
2 6 (33.33%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) HP
2 8 (44.44%) Oracle
3 6 (33.33%) Compaq
3 6 (33.33%) Dell
3 6 (33.33%) ADIC
3 6 (33.33%) CommVault
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (33.33%) Veritas
4 3 (16.67%) Business Objects
3rd Line Engineer / Consultant (MCSE)
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008... -Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010. -Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008. -Windows Server 2008 Clustering Technology. -HP EVA and P4000 SAN technologies. -CommVault Simpana...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
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