The first table below looks at the demand for FoxPro (VFP) skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FoxPro (VFP) over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP)
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.301% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £248 £256
% change year-on-year
- -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £29.00 -
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
332 485 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.24% 36.94% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 284 177
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 31 15
Average hourly rate £27.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.58 £14.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.90 £37.90 £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
FoxPro (VFP)
North West

FoxPro (VFP)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester FoxPro (VFP) Jobs Demand Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) across the Manchester region.

Manchester FoxPro (VFP) Hourly Rate Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP).

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
1 1 (100.00%) FinalBuilder

FoxPro (VFP)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) FinalBuilder
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB6