The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 29 40 42
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 1 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.417% 2.381% 2.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.031% 4.196% 3.879%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 4
Average daily rate £200 £400 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +39.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
97 286 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 40.42% 56.75% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 176 97
Average daily rate £400 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £625 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.45 £24.60 £20.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +11 1 £200 -27.27% 1
Gloucester +7 1 £200 -49.36%
Stroud - - - -
Tewkesbury - - - -
Cirencester - - - - 1
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 28 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (82.14%) SQL
3 21 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 21 (75.00%) Oracle
3 21 (75.00%) Visual Studio
4 17 (60.71%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (53.57%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (53.57%) XML
6 14 (50.00%) TOAD
7 13 (46.43%) C#
7 13 (46.43%) Dimensional Modelling
8 12 (42.86%) Finance
8 12 (42.86%) SQL Server
8 12 (42.86%) OOP
9 9 (32.14%) Silverlight
10 7 (25.00%) Banking
10 7 (25.00%) Basel II
11 6 (21.43%) VB
11 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (17.86%) Stochastic Modelling
12 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
12 5 (17.86%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (17.86%) SQL Server 2005
12 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (17.86%) T-SQL
12 5 (17.86%) HTML
12 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
12 5 (17.86%) Crystal Reports

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 28 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (53.57%) XML
3 9 (32.14%) Silverlight
4 5 (17.86%) HTML
4 5 (17.86%) CSS
5 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 3 (10.71%) XSLT
7 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
7 1 (3.571%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.571%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (60.71%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (50.00%) TOAD
3 12 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (17.86%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (17.86%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 21 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 6 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (96.43%) Developer
2 11 (39.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 10 (35.71%) .NET Developer
4 6 (21.43%) Oracle Developer
5 3 (10.71%) SQL Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) Business Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) .NET Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior .NET Programmer
7 1 (3.571%) BizTalk Developer
7 1 (3.571%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (46.43%) Dimensional Modelling
3 12 (42.86%) OOP
4 5 (17.86%) Stochastic Modelling
4 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
5 3 (10.71%) OO
6 1 (3.571%) Web Development
6 1 (3.571%) MVC
6 1 (3.571%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) SQL
2 21 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 13 (46.43%) C#
4 6 (21.43%) VB
5 5 (17.86%) T-SQL
5 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
6 3 (10.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (17.86%) MCP
2 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) Basel II
2 4 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Oracle
2 5 (17.86%) Business Objects
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft