The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 19 24 38
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +14
Contract jobs citing VB 3 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.485% 2.866% 0.865%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.556% 14.75% 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £450 £400 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.12% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+29.37% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
54 61 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 26.73% 19.43% 26.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 42
Average daily rate £338 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 8
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing VB 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.

1 3 (60.00%) VBScript
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (40.00%) BT
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Business Objects
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) ADSL
2 2 (40.00%) Broadband
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) WSUS
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Office 365
3 1 (20.00%) iPad
3 1 (20.00%) UAG
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) iPhone
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing VB 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Office 365
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (40.00%) ADSL
1 2 (40.00%) Broadband
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Insight Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
1 1 (20.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) VBScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) BT
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft