The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Exeter 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 7.692% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.18% -2.14%
All Programming Languages
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
35 34 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 33.65% 59.65% 65.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 26
Average daily rate £325 £330 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -16.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 £10.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+225.00% -67.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
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VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Exeter region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Exeter VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

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 Exeter region.

Exeter VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (92.31%) ASP.NET
3 10 (76.92%) C#
4 9 (69.23%) HTML
4 9 (69.23%) Oracle
4 9 (69.23%) SOA
4 9 (69.23%) CSS
4 9 (69.23%) Web Services
4 9 (69.23%) XML
4 9 (69.23%) XSLT
4 9 (69.23%) XQuery
5 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (61.54%) MCAD
5 8 (61.54%) MCSD
5 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
5 8 (61.54%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (61.54%) XPath
6 7 (53.85%) Git (software)
7 5 (38.46%) SQL
8 4 (30.77%) OO
8 4 (30.77%) Finance
8 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
9 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (23.08%) Back Office
9 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
9 3 (23.08%) B2B
9 3 (23.08%) B2C
10 2 (15.38%) Project Management
10 2 (15.38%) C
10 2 (15.38%) Workflow

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (92.31%) ASP.NET
3 9 (69.23%) HTML
3 9 (69.23%) CSS
3 9 (69.23%) Web Services
3 9 (69.23%) XML
3 9 (69.23%) XSLT
4 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
5 1 (7.692%) Oracle Fusion
Business Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Oracle Applications
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 10 (76.92%) .NET Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.692%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) VB Developer
4 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) SOA
2 4 (30.77%) OO
3 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
3 3 (23.08%) B2B
3 3 (23.08%) B2C
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Workflow
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.692%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C#
2 9 (69.23%) XQuery
3 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
3 8 (61.54%) XPath
4 5 (38.46%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) C
6 1 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (61.54%) MCAD
1 8 (61.54%) MCSD
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Oracle