Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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 VB.NET over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Manchester region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank342735
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+8
Matching contract IT job ads313738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester3.499 %4.540 %3.175 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.07 %12.25 %9.794 %
Daily rates quoted755
Average daily rate£220£400£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.00 %+18.51 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£206£311£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£340£415£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£290£300
% change year-on-year
+3.440 %-3.330 %
Hourly rates quoted2103
Average hourly rate£32.50£25.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.45 %+2.000 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-21.87 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
280302388
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester31.60 %37.06 %32.41 %
Daily rates quoted1037566
Average daily rate£250£375£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33 %+15.38 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£380£475£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted243847
Average hourly rate£22.50£26.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.46 %+4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.93£11.54£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£34.77£39.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
VB.NET North WestVB.NET
North West

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.

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester VB.NET Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB.NET across the Manchester region.

Manchester VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Manchester VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
StockportNo change01--
VB.NET North WestVB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

171 (100.00 %).NET
256 (78.87 %)ASP.NET
354 (76.06 %)SQL Server
438 (53.52 %)Web Services
534 (47.89 %)XML
628 (39.44 %)C#
726 (36.62 %)JavaScript
825 (35.21 %)XSLT
921 (29.58 %)AJAX
921 (29.58 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1020 (28.17 %)SQL Server 2005
1118 (25.35 %)SQL
1217 (23.94 %)CSS
1314 (19.72 %)JSON
1413 (18.31 %)T-SQL
1413 (18.31 %)HTML
1512 (16.90 %)Adobe
1512 (16.90 %)Adobe Flex
1512 (16.90 %)Flex Builder
1611 (15.49 %)ESRI
1611 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2000
1611 (15.49 %)ActionScript
1710 (14.08 %)Visual Studio
1710 (14.08 %)SOAP
1710 (14.08 %)RESTful
189 (12.68 %)Web 2.0
198 (11.27 %)SharePoint Server 2007
198 (11.27 %)Government
198 (11.27 %)XMLSpy
198 (11.27 %)RDF

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
171 (100.00 %).NET
256 (78.87 %)ASP.NET
338 (53.52 %)Web Services
434 (47.89 %)XML
525 (35.21 %)XSLT
621 (29.58 %)AJAX
621 (29.58 %)ASP.NET 2.0
717 (23.94 %)CSS
814 (19.72 %)JSON
913 (18.31 %)HTML
1012 (16.90 %)Adobe Flex
1110 (14.08 %)SOAP
1110 (14.08 %)RESTful
128 (11.27 %)XHTML
133 (4.225 %)ASP
133 (4.225 %)jQuery
142 (2.817 %)XSL
151 (1.408 %)ADSI
151 (1.408 %)Flash
151 (1.408 %)WCF
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (11.27 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24 (5.634 %)SharePoint
33 (4.225 %)CMS
42 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 5.5
42 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (2.817 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (2.817 %)Umbraco
42 (2.817 %)IIS
42 (2.817 %)MS Exchange
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (8.451 %)Photoshop
25 (7.042 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (1.408 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.817 %)LDAP
12 (2.817 %)HTTP
12 (2.817 %)SSL
21 (1.408 %)ADSL
21 (1.408 %)Intranet
21 (1.408 %)Internet
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (76.06 %)SQL Server
220 (28.17 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (15.49 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (7.042 %)ETL
53 (4.225 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (2.817 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (1.408 %)Crystal Reports
71 (1.408 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (1.408 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (1.408 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (1.408 %)PerformancePoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (16.90 %)Flex Builder
210 (14.08 %)Visual Studio
38 (11.27 %)XMLSpy
41 (1.408 %)Dreamweaver
41 (1.408 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (11.27 %)Government
25 (7.042 %)Finance
33 (4.225 %)Legal
33 (4.225 %)Insurance
41 (1.408 %)Banking
41 (1.408 %)Retail
41 (1.408 %)Health
41 (1.408 %)Retail Banking
41 (1.408 %)Marketing
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
160 (84.51 %)Developer
239 (54.93 %).NET Developer
315 (21.13 %)VB.NET Developer
414 (19.72 %)ASP.NET Developer
512 (16.90 %)Flex Developer
610 (14.08 %)Web Developer
77 (9.859 %).NET Web Developer
77 (9.859 %)Designer
86 (8.451 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
86 (8.451 %)Web Designer
95 (7.042 %)Analyst
104 (5.634 %)Analyst Programmer
104 (5.634 %)Programmer
112 (2.817 %)Developer Analyst
112 (2.817 %)SQL Server Developer
112 (2.817 %)SharePoint Developer
112 (2.817 %)VB.NET Programmer
112 (2.817 %).NET Programmer
112 (2.817 %)VB.NET Analyst Programmer
112 (2.817 %).NET Analyst Programmer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (12.68 %)Web 2.0
26 (8.451 %)NHS
33 (4.225 %)Management Information System
42 (2.817 %)Computer Science
51 (1.408 %)Replication
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.408 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (11.27 %)RDF
18 (11.27 %)Data Modelling
26 (8.451 %)Web Development
26 (8.451 %)Unit Testing
26 (8.451 %)Database Tuning
26 (8.451 %)TDD
34 (5.634 %)Web Design
43 (4.225 %)OOD
43 (4.225 %)OOP
43 (4.225 %)OO
43 (4.225 %)Load Testing
43 (4.225 %)Knowledge Management
52 (2.817 %)E-Commerce
52 (2.817 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.408 %)Business Intelligence
61 (1.408 %)CRM
61 (1.408 %)RAD
61 (1.408 %)ITIL
61 (1.408 %)Content Management
61 (1.408 %)SEO
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
128 (39.44 %)C#
226 (36.62 %)JavaScript
318 (25.35 %)SQL
413 (18.31 %)T-SQL
511 (15.49 %)ActionScript
68 (11.27 %)XQuery
76 (8.451 %)XPath
76 (8.451 %)VBScript
83 (4.225 %)VB
92 (2.817 %)Java
92 (2.817 %)C++
101 (1.408 %)C
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (4.225 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (8.451 %)Dublin Core
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.408 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (2.817 %)MIIS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (16.90 %)Adobe
211 (15.49 %)ESRI
33 (4.225 %)Microsoft
42 (2.817 %)Oracle
42 (2.817 %)BMC
42 (2.817 %)IBM
51 (1.408 %)ProClarity