The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 46 44 47
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.171% 0.901% 0.525%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.577% 2.685% 1.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £295 £188 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.33% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
194 149 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 45.43% 33.56% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 64 54
Average daily rate £275 £265 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.77% -3.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £373 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 14
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.75 £36.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 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 -1 1 - -
Billericay - - - - 2
Braintree - - - -
Brentwood - - - -
Colchester - - - - 1
Harlow - - - -
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) MVC
3 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) Ajax
4 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (50.00%) WCF
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (50.00%) Web Services
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) TDD
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (33.33%) CMS
5 2 (33.33%) Workflow
5 2 (33.33%) SOA
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) IIS
5 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) Degree

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 4 (66.67%) Ajax
3 3 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (50.00%) WCF
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (50.00%) Web Services
4 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (16.67%) XSD
5 1 (16.67%) XSL
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (16.67%) Umbraco
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management Server
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) AWD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) TestDirector
2 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Tester
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Tester
4 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) MVC
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (33.33%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Stress Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft