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The table below looks at the demand for the VB.NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VB.NET Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5364
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads715
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.755 %0.901 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£288
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.43£34.73
% change on same period last year-12.38 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads9271664
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.305 %1.682 %
Daily rates quoted134289
Average minimum daily rate£365£384
Average daily rate£388£406
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1773
Average minimum hourly rate£29.57£21.46
Average hourly rate£30.92£22.26
% change on same period last year+38.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.28£23.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
VB.NET Developer EnglandVB.NET Developer
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.NET Developer
Demand Trend

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

Midlands VB.NET Developer Demand Trend

VB.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands VB.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands VB.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited VB.NET Developer in their job title 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 with VB.NET Developer in their job title.

121 (100.00 %)VB.NET
218 (85.71 %).NET
313 (61.90 %)ASP.NET
47 (33.33 %)VB
47 (33.33 %)JavaScript
47 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
56 (28.57 %)HTML
56 (28.57 %)CSS
65 (23.81 %)IIS
65 (23.81 %)OO
65 (23.81 %)Java
65 (23.81 %)SharePoint
65 (23.81 %)Dreamweaver
65 (23.81 %)CMS
65 (23.81 %)VB6
65 (23.81 %)Content Management
65 (23.81 %)SharePoint Server 2007
74 (19.05 %)Web Development
74 (19.05 %)WinForms
74 (19.05 %)Micro Focus
74 (19.05 %)C#
74 (19.05 %)COBOL
74 (19.05 %)SQL Server
83 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (9.524 %)Finance
92 (9.524 %)SQL
101 (4.762 %)XHTML
101 (4.762 %)WebServices
101 (4.762 %)XML
101 (4.762 %)W3C

VB.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited VB.NET Developer in their job title 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 with VB.NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (85.71 %).NET
213 (61.90 %)ASP.NET
36 (28.57 %)CSS
36 (28.57 %)HTML
44 (19.05 %)WinForms
51 (4.762 %)AJAX
51 (4.762 %)WebServices
51 (4.762 %)XML
51 (4.762 %)XHTML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (23.81 %)IIS
15 (23.81 %)SharePoint
15 (23.81 %)CMS
15 (23.81 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (19.05 %)SQL Server
23 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
25 (23.81 %)Dreamweaver
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (9.524 %)Finance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)W3C
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)OO
15 (23.81 %)Content Management
24 (19.05 %)Web Development
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (100.00 %)VB.NET
27 (33.33 %)VB
27 (33.33 %)JavaScript
35 (23.81 %)Java
35 (23.81 %)VB6
44 (19.05 %)C#
44 (19.05 %)COBOL
52 (9.524 %)SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (19.05 %)Micro Focus