The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Guildford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 24 17 18
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 8 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 3.670% 1.739% 0.794%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.791% 5.000% 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £403 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 40 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 41.74% 34.78% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 17 16
Average daily rate £320 £400 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £300 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Surrey

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Guildford VB.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) WinForms
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) MySQL
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) NUnit
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) WCF
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
5 1 (12.50%) MVC
5 1 (12.50%) VB
5 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) WinForms
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
5 1 (12.50%) WCF
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
1 1 (12.50%) NUnit
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Developer
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Business Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) UML
1 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
1 1 (12.50%) MVC
1 1 (12.50%) TDD
1 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
1 1 (12.50%) Web Development
1 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft