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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3337
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads2144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.048 %
As % of the category below10.71 %10.26 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£322
Average daily rate-£344
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£324
% change on same period last year-14.12 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£16.00
Average hourly rate£24.00£18.50
% change on same period last year+29.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.79£31.05
% change on same period last year-10.48 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads196429
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.468 %
Daily rates quoted1443
Average minimum daily rate£326£349
Average daily rate£345£364
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1020
Average minimum hourly rate£32.29£27.45
Average hourly rate£32.65£29.03
% change on same period last year+12.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
VB EnglandVB
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB
Demand Trend

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

Midlands VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

127 (50.94 %).NET
224 (45.28 %)Oracle
315 (28.30 %)VB6
413 (24.53 %)Microsoft
512 (22.64 %)UNIX
611 (20.75 %)SQL Server
611 (20.75 %)SQL
611 (20.75 %)C#
710 (18.87 %)COBOL
89 (16.98 %)C++
89 (16.98 %)Java
98 (15.09 %)AS400
98 (15.09 %)Migration
98 (15.09 %)ASP.NET
107 (13.21 %)SAP
107 (13.21 %)J2EE
107 (13.21 %)OO
107 (13.21 %)DB2
107 (13.21 %)IBM
107 (13.21 %)CICS
107 (13.21 %)PL/1
107 (13.21 %)JCL
107 (13.21 %)Mainframe
107 (13.21 %)IBM Mainframe
116 (11.32 %)Windows
116 (11.32 %)VB.NET
125 (9.434 %)C
125 (9.434 %)PL/SQL
125 (9.434 %)Oracle Forms
125 (9.434 %)Oracle Reports

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (50.94 %).NET
28 (15.09 %)ASP.NET
37 (13.21 %)J2EE
45 (9.434 %)WebSphere
45 (9.434 %)AJAX
54 (7.547 %)HTML
63 (5.660 %)CSS
63 (5.660 %)ASP
72 (3.774 %)XML
72 (3.774 %)WinForms
72 (3.774 %).NET Framework
81 (1.887 %)WCF
81 (1.887 %)WPF
81 (1.887 %)Windows SharePoint Services
81 (1.887 %)XSLT
81 (1.887 %)COM+
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (13.21 %)CICS
25 (9.434 %)MQSeries
33 (5.660 %)SharePoint
41 (1.887 %)MS Exchange
41 (1.887 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (1.887 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (1.887 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (1.887 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (5.660 %)MS Office
13 (5.660 %)MS Excel
21 (1.887 %)MS Visio
21 (1.887 %)InfoPath
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (5.660 %)Oracle Financials
13 (5.660 %)Oracle Applications
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.887 %)LDAP
11 (1.887 %)LAN
11 (1.887 %)WAN
11 (1.887 %)TCP/IP
11 (1.887 %)DNS
11 (1.887 %)Internet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (20.75 %)SQL Server
27 (13.21 %)DB2
35 (9.434 %)Oracle Reports
44 (7.547 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (7.547 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (5.660 %)BusinessObjects
53 (5.660 %)Oracle 9i
53 (5.660 %)Oracle Discoverer
62 (3.774 %)Oracle 10g
62 (3.774 %)Crystal Reports
62 (3.774 %)MS Access
62 (3.774 %)OLTP
71 (1.887 %)Datawarehouse
71 (1.887 %)ETL
71 (1.887 %)TOAD
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (9.434 %)Oracle Forms
24 (7.547 %)Visual Studio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (7.547 %)Finance
23 (5.660 %)Aerospace
23 (5.660 %)Automotive
32 (3.774 %)Pensions
41 (1.887 %)Marketing
41 (1.887 %)Graphic Design
41 (1.887 %)Law
41 (1.887 %)Publishing
41 (1.887 %)Retail
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (43.40 %)Developer
213 (24.53 %)Analyst
39 (16.98 %).NET Developer
48 (15.09 %)Technical Analyst
57 (13.21 %)VB Developer
57 (13.21 %)Architect
66 (11.32 %)Oracle Developer
74 (7.547 %)Solutions Architect
74 (7.547 %)VB6 Developer
83 (5.660 %)Oracle Analyst
83 (5.660 %)Analyst Developer
83 (5.660 %)Programmer
92 (3.774 %)Analyst Programmer
92 (3.774 %)Systems Engineer
92 (3.774 %)Project Manager
92 (3.774 %)Software Engineer
92 (3.774 %)Test Analyst
92 (3.774 %)VB.NET Developer
92 (3.774 %)Applications Architect
101 (1.887 %)Environment Manager
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (15.09 %)AS400
27 (13.21 %)IBM Mainframe
27 (13.21 %)Mainframe
32 (3.774 %)Fat Client
32 (3.774 %)Thin Client
41 (1.887 %)NHS
41 (1.887 %)Data Extraction
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (22.64 %)UNIX
26 (11.32 %)Windows
34 (7.547 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (3.774 %)Solaris
51 (1.887 %)Windows Vista
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.09 %)Migration
27 (13.21 %)OO
35 (9.434 %)Data Migration
43 (5.660 %)UML
52 (3.774 %)PRINCE2
52 (3.774 %)OOD
52 (3.774 %)PRINCE
52 (3.774 %)Web Development
61 (1.887 %)Test Scripting
61 (1.887 %)Workflow
61 (1.887 %)SC Cleared
61 (1.887 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.887 %)Business Intelligence
61 (1.887 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (1.887 %)Agile Software Development
61 (1.887 %)TDD
61 (1.887 %)Systems Analysis
61 (1.887 %)Software Testing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (28.30 %)VB6
211 (20.75 %)C#
211 (20.75 %)SQL
310 (18.87 %)COBOL
49 (16.98 %)Java
49 (16.98 %)C++
57 (13.21 %)PL/1
57 (13.21 %)JCL
66 (11.32 %)VB.NET
75 (9.434 %)C
75 (9.434 %)PL/SQL
83 (5.660 %)JavaScript
91 (1.887 %)VBScript
91 (1.887 %)VBA
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.774 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.887 %)Active Directory
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (45.28 %)Oracle
213 (24.53 %)Microsoft
37 (13.21 %)SAP
37 (13.21 %)IBM
43 (5.660 %)Business Objects
51 (1.887 %)JD Edwards
51 (1.887 %)Micro Focus