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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Fareham region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below12.50 %30.00 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£313
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£313
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£29.82
% change on same period last year+10.26 %
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Fareham
Matching contract IT job ads1620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.020 %
Daily rates quoted511
Average minimum daily rate£339£288
Average daily rate£356£312
% change on same period last year+14.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£31.60£30.00
Average hourly rate£33.60£35.00
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.60£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.40£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
VB HampshireVB
Hampshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB
Demand Trend

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

Fareham VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fareham VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fareham VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Fareham 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.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Fareham 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.

Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)VB Developer
21 (50.00 %)Software Developer
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows Vista
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
12 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
Fareham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft