The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 32 29 44
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +15
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 6 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 1.961% 2.642% 0.313%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.085% 8.750% 0.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £306 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
118 80 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 38.56% 30.19% 35.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 35 65
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £213 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
Average hourly rate £35.79 £17.50 £93.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.48% -81.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.37 £17.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £30.00 £170.00
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent 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
Tunbridge Wells -1 2 £325 -
Dartford - 1 £288 -
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 5 (50.00%) Oracle
5 4 (40.00%) C#
5 4 (40.00%) WCF
6 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (20.00%) CRM
7 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (10.00%) Intranet
8 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
8 1 (10.00%) WPF
8 1 (10.00%) Wealth Management
8 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
8 1 (10.00%) Time Management
8 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 1 (10.00%) XAML
8 1 (10.00%) Finance
8 1 (10.00%) Publishing
8 1 (10.00%) Migration
8 1 (10.00%) WinForms
8 1 (10.00%) Web Services

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (40.00%) WCF
4 1 (10.00%) WPF
4 1 (10.00%) Web Services
4 1 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (10.00%) WinForms
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
1 7 (70.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Document Management
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) XAML
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft