VB.NET Contracts in Hertfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 52 33 44
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +11
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 7 46 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.070% 4.777% 2.827%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.545% 11.30% 8.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 10
Average daily rate £238 £213 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -34.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £213 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £243 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 275 407 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 42.05% 42.26% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 163 109
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 37 56
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.55 £31.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Watford +7 2 £225 -
Hemel Hempstead +5 1 - -
Stevenage - 1 £250 -
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 31 (91.18%) SQL
3 28 (82.35%) T-SQL
4 27 (79.41%) JavaScript
5 24 (70.59%) SQL Server
6 20 (58.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (55.88%) HTML
7 19 (55.88%) ASP.NET
7 19 (55.88%) Web Services
8 18 (52.94%) Windows
8 18 (52.94%) DHTML
8 18 (52.94%) VBScript
8 18 (52.94%) ADO.NET
8 18 (52.94%) Ajax
8 18 (52.94%) jQuery
9 17 (50.00%) .NET Framework
9 17 (50.00%) WinForms
9 17 (50.00%) Telecoms
9 17 (50.00%) FTP
9 17 (50.00%) DTS
10 16 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
11 12 (35.29%) MS Office
12 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
13 10 (29.41%) Ethernet
13 10 (29.41%) Migration
13 10 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 3 (8.824%) Oracle
14 3 (8.824%) VBA
15 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (5.882%) VB

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (55.88%) HTML
2 19 (55.88%) ASP.NET
2 19 (55.88%) Web Services
3 18 (52.94%) DHTML
3 18 (52.94%) ADO.NET
3 18 (52.94%) Ajax
3 18 (52.94%) jQuery
4 17 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 17 (50.00%) WinForms
5 1 (2.941%) J2EE
5 1 (2.941%) XML
5 1 (2.941%) CSS
5 1 (2.941%) SOAP
Applications
1 12 (35.29%) MS Office
2 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) FTP
2 10 (29.41%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.941%) 3G
3 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.941%) LAN
3 1 (2.941%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 20 (58.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (50.00%) DTS
4 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.941%) MS Access
5 1 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) ClearQuest
1 1 (2.941%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (2.941%) Subversion
1 1 (2.941%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.941%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.941%) Selenium
1 1 (2.941%) Redmine
General
1 17 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Developer
2 23 (67.65%) Web Developer
3 5 (14.71%) Designer
3 5 (14.71%) Solutions Designer
3 5 (14.71%) Web Designer
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Web Designer
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Designer
5 2 (5.882%) DBA
5 2 (5.882%) Junior DBA
5 2 (5.882%) Junior
6 1 (2.941%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (2.941%) Tester
6 1 (2.941%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.941%) .NET Developer
6 1 (2.941%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 18 (52.94%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.941%) Linux
3 1 (2.941%) UNIX
3 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Migration
1 10 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (2.941%) Software Testing
2 1 (2.941%) Web Development
2 1 (2.941%) E-Commerce
2 1 (2.941%) SOA
2 1 (2.941%) V-Model
2 1 (2.941%) Test Automation
2 1 (2.941%) Software Architecture
2 1 (2.941%) Waterfall
2 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 31 (91.18%) SQL
2 28 (82.35%) T-SQL
3 27 (79.41%) JavaScript
4 18 (52.94%) VBScript
5 3 (8.824%) VBA
6 2 (5.882%) VB
6 2 (5.882%) VB6
7 1 (2.941%) C#
7 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) ISEB
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Cygwin
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle
3 1 (2.941%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.941%) IBM
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