The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 20 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 19 - 25
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 5 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.425% - 3.109%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.71% - 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £290 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
34 97 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 23.29% 37.02% 40.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 55 38
Average daily rate £275 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £232 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £508 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
Tyne and Wear

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) C#
3 11 (78.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (57.14%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
6 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
6 2 (14.29%) VB
6 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (7.143%) CSS
7 1 (7.143%) Web Services
7 1 (7.143%) XML
7 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
7 1 (7.143%) CRM
7 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.143%) VBA
7 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (7.143%) HTML
7 1 (7.143%) Scrum
7 1 (7.143%) Ajax
7 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (7.143%) WCF
7 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (7.143%) VB6

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.143%) CSS
3 1 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (7.143%) XML
3 1 (7.143%) Ajax
3 1 (7.143%) WCF
3 1 (7.143%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (78.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Web Developer
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Developer
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Web Developer
6 1 (7.143%) VB6 Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Web Programmer
6 1 (7.143%) Web Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Programmer
6 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) VB Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) CRM
1 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 2 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (7.143%) VBA
4 1 (7.143%) VB6
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft