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The table below looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT contracts within the Halifax region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Visual Basic Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£278
% change on same period last year-8.12 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£31.81
% change on same period last year-11.27 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads8057
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted317
Average minimum daily rate£282£293
Average daily rate£296£317
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£10.90£8.45
Average hourly rate£11.50£8.92
% change on same period last year+28.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.09£9.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
VB Developer West YorkshireVB Developer
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB Developer across the Halifax region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Halifax VB Developer Demand Trend

VB Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB Developer across the Halifax region.

Halifax VB Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB Developer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)Thin Client
11 (100.00 %)InstallShield
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (100.00 %).NET Framework
11 (100.00 %)Fat Client

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSL
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %).NET Framework
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)InstallShield
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Thin Client
11 (100.00 %)Fat Client
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Stakeholder Management
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB