The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 284 229 225
Rank change year-on-year
-55 -4
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 106 183 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.481% 0.678% 0.750%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.179% 1.805% 1.767%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 100 159
Average daily rate £375 £400 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £299 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £525 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
Average hourly rate £20.75 £50.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.50% +66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £36.80 £28.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.75 £51.20 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8993 10138 13016
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.82% 37.57% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6497 6893 8773
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 153 177
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £18.00 £19.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London VB.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London 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
City of London +18 45 £400 -3.03%
Brentford - 3 £415 -
Docklands, London +2 1 - -
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 249 (100.00%) .NET
2 149 (59.84%) SQL
3 144 (57.83%) C#
4 136 (54.62%) SQL Server
5 87 (34.94%) Microsoft
6 78 (31.33%) ASP.NET
7 68 (27.31%) SQL Server 2008
8 65 (26.10%) Windows
9 64 (25.70%) JavaScript
10 59 (23.69%) Finance
11 54 (21.69%) HTML
12 45 (18.07%) VB
13 42 (16.87%) T-SQL
13 42 (16.87%) SQL Server 2005
14 41 (16.47%) CSS
14 41 (16.47%) XML
15 39 (15.66%) VBA
15 39 (15.66%) jQuery
16 37 (14.86%) .NET Framework
16 37 (14.86%) Visual Studio
17 36 (14.46%) Banking
18 34 (13.65%) Oracle
18 34 (13.65%) SharePoint
19 33 (13.25%) Web Services
20 32 (12.85%) Ajax
21 31 (12.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 31 (12.45%) WinForms
22 29 (11.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 28 (11.24%) MS Excel
23 28 (11.24%) Windows 7

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
1 249 (100.00%) .NET
2 78 (31.33%) ASP.NET
3 54 (21.69%) HTML
4 41 (16.47%) CSS
4 41 (16.47%) XML
5 39 (15.66%) jQuery
6 37 (14.86%) .NET Framework
7 33 (13.25%) Web Services
8 32 (12.85%) Ajax
9 31 (12.45%) WinForms
10 17 (6.827%) ASP
10 17 (6.827%) WCF
10 17 (6.827%) ASP.NET MVC
11 16 (6.426%) HTML5
12 15 (6.024%) ADO.NET
13 14 (5.622%) Razor View Engine
13 14 (5.622%) Silverlight
14 13 (5.221%) WPF
14 13 (5.221%) ASP.NET 2.0
14 13 (5.221%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 34 (13.65%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.827%) DotNetNuke
3 15 (6.024%) CMS
4 13 (5.221%) IIS
5 9 (3.614%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (2.811%) ArcGIS
6 7 (2.811%) Umbraco
6 7 (2.811%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (2.811%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (1.205%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.803%) Force.com
8 2 (0.803%) Apache
8 2 (0.803%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.803%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.803%) Documentum
9 1 (0.402%) MSMQ
9 1 (0.402%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.402%) EPiServer CMS
9 1 (0.402%) LiveCycle
9 1 (0.402%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 28 (11.24%) MS Excel
2 23 (9.237%) MS Office
3 15 (6.024%) Acrobat
4 6 (2.410%) MS Project
4 6 (2.410%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.606%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (1.205%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.803%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.402%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.402%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 12 (4.819%) Aligne
1 12 (4.819%) ZaiNet
1 12 (4.819%) Endur
2 3 (1.205%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.205%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.205%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.402%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (0.402%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.402%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.016%) NAS
2 7 (2.811%) Internet
3 4 (1.606%) FTP
3 4 (1.606%) HTTP
4 2 (0.803%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.803%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.803%) VPN
5 1 (0.402%) Intranet
5 1 (0.402%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (54.62%) SQL Server
2 68 (27.31%) SQL Server 2008
3 42 (16.87%) SQL Server 2005
4 31 (12.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (11.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (5.622%) SQL Server 2000
7 11 (4.418%) MS Access
7 11 (4.418%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (2.811%) GIS
9 6 (2.410%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (1.606%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.606%) DTS
11 3 (1.205%) TOAD
11 3 (1.205%) SQL Server 2012
12 2 (0.803%) PerformancePoint
12 2 (0.803%) OLAP
12 2 (0.803%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.803%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.803%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.803%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 37 (14.86%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.008%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.606%) NUnit
4 3 (1.205%) Subversion
4 3 (1.205%) MSI
4 3 (1.205%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.803%) JIRA
5 2 (0.803%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.402%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.402%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.402%) Oracle APEX
General
1 59 (23.69%) Finance
2 36 (14.46%) Banking
3 13 (5.221%) Investment Banking
4 10 (4.016%) Retail
4 10 (4.016%) Front Office
5 4 (1.606%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.606%) Publishing
5 4 (1.606%) Law
5 4 (1.606%) Legal
5 4 (1.606%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.205%) French Language
7 2 (0.803%) Back Office
8 1 (0.402%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.402%) Games
8 1 (0.402%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.402%) Advertising
8 1 (0.402%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.402%) International Banking
8 1 (0.402%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 167 (67.07%) Developer
2 71 (28.51%) .NET Developer
3 35 (14.06%) Analyst
4 32 (12.85%) SQL Developer
5 23 (9.237%) VB.NET Developer
6 18 (7.229%) Security Engineer
7 15 (6.024%) SQL Server Developer
7 15 (6.024%) Desktop Engineer
7 15 (6.024%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 15 (6.024%) Desktop Support
7 15 (6.024%) Support Engineer
7 15 (6.024%) Windows Support Engineer
7 15 (6.024%) Security Support Engineer
8 14 (5.622%) Support Analyst
9 13 (5.221%) Web Developer
10 10 (4.016%) ASP.NET Developer
11 9 (3.614%) Programmer
11 9 (3.614%) Applications Developer
11 9 (3.614%) Applications Support
11 9 (3.614%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.032%) Derivative
2 18 (7.229%) Smartcard
3 12 (4.819%) N-Tier
4 5 (2.008%) Tandem
4 5 (2.008%) Fixed Income
4 5 (2.008%) RIA
5 4 (1.606%) Computer Science
5 4 (1.606%) Hedge funds
5 4 (1.606%) Visualisation
5 4 (1.606%) Data Extraction
5 4 (1.606%) Equities
5 4 (1.606%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.205%) Clustering
6 3 (1.205%) Data Integration
6 3 (1.205%) Market Risk
6 3 (1.205%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 3 (1.205%) Social Network
7 2 (0.803%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.803%) MPEG
7 2 (0.803%) STB
Operating Systems
1 65 (26.10%) Windows
2 28 (11.24%) Windows 7
3 16 (6.426%) Windows XP
4 6 (2.410%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (2.410%) Windows 2000 Server
5 5 (2.008%) HPUX
6 4 (1.606%) Windows 8
6 4 (1.606%) Linux
6 4 (1.606%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (1.205%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.205%) Android
8 2 (0.803%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.803%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.803%) UNIX
9 1 (0.402%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (10.04%) MVC
2 19 (7.631%) CRM
3 18 (7.229%) ITIL
3 18 (7.229%) Migration
4 17 (6.827%) Workflow
5 16 (6.426%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (6.426%) ETL
5 16 (6.426%) Asset Management
6 15 (6.024%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (4.819%) Risk Management
8 11 (4.418%) Change Management
8 11 (4.418%) TDD
8 11 (4.418%) Capacity Planning
9 10 (4.016%) E-Commerce
10 9 (3.614%) Web Development
10 9 (3.614%) Business Analysis
11 7 (2.811%) Data Analysis
11 7 (2.811%) Data Modelling
11 7 (2.811%) RAD
11 7 (2.811%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 149 (59.84%) SQL
2 144 (57.83%) C#
3 64 (25.70%) JavaScript
4 45 (18.07%) VB
5 42 (16.87%) T-SQL
6 39 (15.66%) VBA
7 26 (10.44%) VB6
8 20 (8.032%) Java
9 15 (6.024%) VBScript
9 15 (6.024%) Perl
10 12 (4.819%) Python
11 10 (4.016%) PowerShell
11 10 (4.016%) C
12 8 (3.213%) PL/SQL
13 7 (2.811%) C++
14 5 (2.008%) Bash shell
15 4 (1.606%) Ruby
15 4 (1.606%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.803%) Lua
16 2 (0.803%) XAML
Qualifications
1 10 (4.016%) Degree
1 10 (4.016%) MCTS
2 8 (3.213%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.811%) MCP
4 5 (2.008%) MCAD
4 5 (2.008%) MCSD
5 4 (1.606%) MCITP
6 3 (1.205%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 3 (1.205%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.803%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.803%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.803%) ISEB
8 1 (0.402%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.402%) MCDBA
8 1 (0.402%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.008%) QA
2 4 (1.606%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.205%) Basel III
4 1 (0.402%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.402%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.827%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.622%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.803%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.402%) Snort
4 1 (0.402%) Samba
4 1 (0.402%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (4.016%) BMC Performance Manager
1 10 (4.016%) BMC PATROL
2 5 (2.008%) SCCM
3 4 (1.606%) WSUS
4 3 (1.205%) OpenView
5 2 (0.803%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 87 (34.94%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.65%) Oracle
3 15 (6.024%) VMware
4 13 (5.221%) SunGard
5 12 (4.819%) Trayport
5 12 (4.819%) OpenLink
6 10 (4.016%) BMC
6 10 (4.016%) NetApp
7 8 (3.213%) Sitecore
8 7 (2.811%) ESRI
8 7 (2.811%) Cadis
8 7 (2.811%) EPiServer
9 6 (2.410%) Business Objects
9 6 (2.410%) Charles River
10 5 (2.008%) HP
10 5 (2.008%) SAP
11 4 (1.606%) Tableau
11 4 (1.606%) Salesforce.com
12 3 (1.205%) Adobe
12 3 (1.205%) Murex
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