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

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB 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 Gloucestershire 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 (VB)
Rank 33 58 36
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -22
Contract jobs citing VB 5 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.845% 1.398% 2.523%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.521% 2.413% 5.314%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 1
Average daily rate £388 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +21.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £29.00 - £18.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -10.00%
Search 1 VB jobs in Gloucestershire
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 142 373 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 52.40% 57.92% 47.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 210 90
Average daily rate £400 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 25 39
Average hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £25.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £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
South West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire VB Hourly Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Cheltenham +27 1 £400 -5.88%
VB
South West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) XML
2 8 (53.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (46.67%) C#
4 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 5 (33.33%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) XSLT
5 5 (33.33%) C++
5 5 (33.33%) HTML
5 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 4 (26.67%) VMware
6 4 (26.67%) Application Packaging
7 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
7 3 (20.00%) OO
8 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
8 2 (13.33%) TOAD
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (13.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
8 2 (13.33%) MSI
8 2 (13.33%) InstallShield
8 2 (13.33%) AdminStudio

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) XML
3 5 (33.33%) CSS
3 5 (33.33%) XSLT
3 5 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (26.67%) Application Packaging
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) TOAD
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) MSI
2 2 (13.33%) InstallShield
2 2 (13.33%) AdminStudio
2 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (13.33%) Local Government
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Programmer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Programmer
4 3 (20.00%) .NET Programmer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior .NET Programmer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Applications Packager
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Applications Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) OO
2 2 (13.33%) OOP
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (6.667%) Automation Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.667%) Change Control
3 1 (6.667%) Information Assurance
3 1 (6.667%) Document Management
3 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
3 1 (6.667%) Requirements Management
3 1 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.667%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.667%) MVC
3 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) VB.NET
2 7 (46.67%) C#
3 5 (33.33%) C++
3 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (26.67%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (13.33%) VBScript
5 2 (13.33%) PL/SQL
6 1 (6.667%) VB6
6 1 (6.667%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
1 2 (13.33%) AppDNA
2 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) VMware
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Altiris
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