The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 14 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 2.817% 3.571% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.143% 6.429% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
Average daily rate £288 £413 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.30% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Gloucester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
28 140 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucester 39.44% 55.56% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 79 18
Average daily rate £400 £425 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +60.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £348 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
Average hourly rate £32.75 £25.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.00% -25.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.95 £23.80 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £50.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
Gloucestershire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (90.00%) SQL
3 8 (80.00%) Oracle
3 8 (80.00%) Visual Studio
3 8 (80.00%) PL/SQL
4 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (60.00%) C#
6 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (40.00%) Dimensional Modelling
6 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
6 4 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (40.00%) Stochastic Modelling
6 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (40.00%) T-SQL
6 4 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
6 4 (40.00%) MCP
6 4 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (30.00%) Finance
7 3 (30.00%) Basel II
7 3 (30.00%) TOAD
7 3 (30.00%) OOP
7 3 (30.00%) XML

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) XML
2 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (30.00%) Silverlight
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) LINQ
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (40.00%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (30.00%) TOAD
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 4 (40.00%) .NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Developer
5 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL Developer
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Stochastic Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) OOP
4 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 8 (80.00%) PL/SQL
3 6 (60.00%) C#
4 4 (40.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) MCP
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Basel II
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft