Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 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 Midlands region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank272948
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+19
Matching contract IT job ads3717
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands1.215 %1.795 %1.260 %
As % of the Programming Languages category3.797 %8.046 %4.735 %
Daily rates quoted022
Average daily rate-£250£275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--9.090 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£300£300
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-
Hourly rates quoted220
Average hourly rate£17.35£25.00-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.60 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£24.75£30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.070 %-17.50 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
7987359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands31.98 %22.31 %26.61 %
Daily rates quoted161052
Average daily rate£312£250£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.80 %-28.57 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£249£254
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£375£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted81012
Average hourly rate£21.70£27.00£36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.62 %-25.51 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£25.00£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£33.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
VB EnglandVB
England

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
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 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

14 (66.67 %)VB.NET
14 (66.67 %).NET
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server
23 (50.00 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)ASP
32 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
32 (33.33 %)LDAP
32 (33.33 %)VB6
32 (33.33 %)Active Directory
32 (33.33 %)IIS
41 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (16.67 %)DTS
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)Finance
41 (16.67 %)VBScript
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
41 (16.67 %)Business Objects
41 (16.67 %)Oracle

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (66.67 %).NET
23 (50.00 %)ASP
32 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)IIS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)LDAP
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (16.67 %)DTS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %).NET Developer
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)VB6 Developer
31 (16.67 %)VB Developer
31 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
31 (16.67 %)Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Web Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)VB.NET
23 (50.00 %)SQL
32 (33.33 %)VB6
41 (16.67 %)VBScript
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft
11 (16.67 %)Business Objects
11 (16.67 %)Oracle