The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 0.995% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.905% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+35.45% +10.00%
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
105 53 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 52.24% 42.74% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 23 31
Average daily rate £320 £335 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +15.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £425 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £31.50 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £42.50 £54.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VBA
Surrey

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBA across the Guildford region.

Guildford VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBA across the Guildford region.

Guildford VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing VBA 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 VBA.

1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) MS Access
3 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
3 3 (42.86%) MS Project
3 3 (42.86%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) PMI
4 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing VBA 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 VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) MS Project
3 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) MS Access
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Database Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
1 3 (42.86%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Critical Path Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification