The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 79 91 96
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +5
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 25 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.615% 0.499% 0.595%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.000% 1.372% 1.467%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 5
Average daily rate £350 £290 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £276 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £338 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
625 583 750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 40.37% 36.37% 40.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 267 294
Average daily rate £330 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 84 99
Average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £27.00 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Portsmouth +7 4 £413 +17.85%
Southampton -4 2 - -
Winchester - 2 - -
Farnborough - 2 £325 -
Eastleigh - 2 - -
Fareham - 2 £325 -
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 43 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (55.81%) SQL Server
3 21 (48.84%) VB
3 21 (48.84%) C#
3 21 (48.84%) SQL
3 21 (48.84%) ASP.NET
4 16 (37.21%) JavaScript
5 15 (34.88%) T-SQL
5 15 (34.88%) OO
5 15 (34.88%) jQuery
6 14 (32.56%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (30.23%) Ajax
7 13 (30.23%) Visual Studio
8 12 (27.91%) N-Tier
8 12 (27.91%) UML
8 12 (27.91%) CSS
8 12 (27.91%) HTML
8 12 (27.91%) IIS
8 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2005
9 11 (25.58%) Client/Server
10 10 (23.26%) OOD
10 10 (23.26%) Oracle
10 10 (23.26%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 10 (23.26%) NUnit
10 10 (23.26%) Telerik
10 10 (23.26%) Aquila
10 10 (23.26%) Unit Testing
10 10 (23.26%) JSUnit
10 10 (23.26%) Highcharts JS
11 8 (18.60%) Web Services

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 43 (100.00%) .NET
2 21 (48.84%) ASP.NET
3 15 (34.88%) jQuery
4 13 (30.23%) Ajax
5 12 (27.91%) CSS
5 12 (27.91%) HTML
6 10 (23.26%) Highcharts JS
7 8 (18.60%) Web Services
8 3 (6.977%) XML
8 3 (6.977%) WinForms
8 3 (6.977%) Ext JS
8 3 (6.977%) .NET Framework
9 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (2.326%) Velocity
10 1 (2.326%) WCF
10 1 (2.326%) WPF
10 1 (2.326%) Silverlight
10 1 (2.326%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 1 (2.326%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 12 (27.91%) IIS
2 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.326%) CMS
3 1 (2.326%) Joomla!
3 1 (2.326%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (2.326%) WordPress
3 1 (2.326%) Kentico
Applications
1 4 (9.302%) MS Office
1 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
1 4 (9.302%) InfoPath
2 3 (6.977%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.302%) Internet
2 2 (4.651%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (55.81%) SQL Server
2 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.977%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.651%) MS Access
5 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (30.23%) Visual Studio
2 10 (23.26%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 10 (23.26%) NUnit
2 10 (23.26%) JSUnit
3 4 (9.302%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (4.651%) Front Office
1 2 (4.651%) Back Office
1 2 (4.651%) Finance
2 1 (2.326%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Developer
2 16 (37.21%) .NET Developer
3 13 (30.23%) Programmer
4 12 (27.91%) VB.NET Developer
5 8 (18.60%) .NET Programmer
6 7 (16.28%) VB.NET Programmer
7 4 (9.302%) C# Developer
7 4 (9.302%) Analyst
7 4 (9.302%) Software Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Analyst Programmer
8 3 (6.977%) Agile .NET Developer
8 3 (6.977%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (4.651%) WinForms Developer
9 2 (4.651%) Web Administrator
9 2 (4.651%) Software Developer
9 2 (4.651%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.651%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (4.651%) C# Programmer
9 2 (4.651%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.91%) N-Tier
2 11 (25.58%) Client/Server
3 5 (11.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) OO
2 14 (32.56%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (27.91%) UML
4 10 (23.26%) OOD
4 10 (23.26%) Unit Testing
5 8 (18.60%) Data Security
6 4 (9.302%) Project Management
6 4 (9.302%) Web Development
7 2 (4.651%) MVC
7 2 (4.651%) SOA
7 2 (4.651%) OOP
8 1 (2.326%) ITIL
8 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.326%) Data Modelling
8 1 (2.326%) SEO
8 1 (2.326%) Scrum
8 1 (2.326%) Data Analysis
8 1 (2.326%) Web Analytics
8 1 (2.326%) Kanban
8 1 (2.326%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (48.84%) C#
1 21 (48.84%) SQL
1 21 (48.84%) VB
2 16 (37.21%) JavaScript
3 15 (34.88%) T-SQL
4 4 (9.302%) VBA
4 4 (9.302%) C++
4 4 (9.302%) VB6
4 4 (9.302%) PHP
5 2 (4.651%) Java
6 1 (2.326%) Perl
6 1 (2.326%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.326%) F#
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.302%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) BC Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) MCSD
4 1 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.326%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.302%) HL7
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Telerik
1 10 (23.26%) Aquila
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.326%) Google
3 1 (2.326%) Ektron
Hampshire, South East
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