The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA 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 for Applications (VBA)
Rank 52 55 62
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing VBA 7 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.070% 1.765% 0.707%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.545% 4.177% 2.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
Average daily rate £275 £263 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.76% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £219 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+51.20% -
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%
VBA
East of England

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBA across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hertfordshire VBA Daily Rate Histogram

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA 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 - 3 £200 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £325 -
VBA
East of England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 14 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 10 (58.82%) SQL
3 8 (47.06%) T-SQL
3 8 (47.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
4 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
5 6 (35.29%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (35.29%) VB
5 6 (35.29%) .NET
5 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (29.41%) ETL
6 5 (29.41%) Finance
7 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (23.53%) MS Office
7 4 (23.53%) XML
7 4 (23.53%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
8 3 (17.65%) Degree
8 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
8 3 (17.65%) C#
8 3 (17.65%) ASP
8 3 (17.65%) MS Access
8 3 (17.65%) Windows
9 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
9 2 (11.76%) VB6
9 2 (11.76%) SharePoint

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 6 (35.29%) .NET
2 4 (23.53%) XML
3 3 (17.65%) ASP
4 2 (11.76%) Ajax
5 1 (5.882%) Silverlight
5 1 (5.882%) jQuery
5 1 (5.882%) DHTML
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) J2EE
5 1 (5.882%) XSLT
5 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.882%) IIS
2 1 (5.882%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
2 4 (23.53%) MS Office
3 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.882%) PowerPivot
3 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.882%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (5.882%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) 2G
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
1 1 (5.882%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (47.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (35.29%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (23.53%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (17.65%) MS Access
6 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (5.882%) QlikView
7 1 (5.882%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (5.882%) Data Mining
7 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (5.882%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) FrontPage
1 1 (5.882%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Report Developer
4 2 (11.76%) DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Report Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Junior DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Junior
5 1 (5.882%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Insight Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Access Developer
5 1 (5.882%) VBA Developer
5 1 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Mathematics
1 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.882%) Statistics
1 1 (5.882%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) ETL
2 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (5.882%) Analytics
5 1 (5.882%) Time Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Customer Insight
5 1 (5.882%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 8 (47.06%) T-SQL
3 6 (35.29%) VB
4 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
4 3 (17.65%) C#
5 2 (11.76%) VB6
5 2 (11.76%) VBScript
5 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.882%) F#
6 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.882%) C++
6 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) Business Objects
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Working as a dedicated Reporting Analyst and using SQL, VBA and Excel on business critical Data you will use your analytical skills to run key reports and analyze...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Data Analyst - Reporting - VBA /SQL - Blue-chip An excellent career opportunity has just arisen for a Data Analyst with a strong combination of VBA / SQL and Excel and...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Working as a dedicated Reporting Analyst and using SQL, VBA and Excel on business critical Data wwithin this Teradata environment you will use your analytical skills to run...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Watford, South East
Skills required include VB6, SQL server, Access VBA, VB.NETApprox 1-3 years in a similar role would be Ideal.The role would also suit a trainee with...
Rate: £15.00 - £25.00 per hour
Posted: 24 April 2013