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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5434
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads97148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.150 %
As % of the category below7.638 %12.06 %
Daily rates quoted1027
Average minimum daily rate£278£290
Average daily rate£293£300
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£307£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£310
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1926
Average minimum hourly rate£26.11£22.90
Average hourly rate£28.97£25.76
% change on same period last year+12.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.84£28.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.84£30.29
% change on same period last year+8.43 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads12701227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.693 %1.241 %
Daily rates quoted257204
Average minimum daily rate£321£301
Average daily rate£342£318
% change on same period last year+7.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted127134
Average minimum hourly rate£27.55£24.35
Average hourly rate£29.98£27.18
% change on same period last year+10.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.41£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West VB Hourly Rate Histogram

VB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+242£350-
CheshireDown-3117£200-39.29 %
LancashireDown-314£350+9.37 %
MerseysideDown-612£286+14.77 %
VB EnglandVB
England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1109 (56.48 %).NET
295 (49.22 %)SQL Server
379 (40.93 %)VB6
470 (36.27 %)SQL
561 (31.61 %)C#
654 (27.98 %)ASP.NET
752 (26.94 %)VB.NET
842 (21.76 %)ASP
931 (16.06 %)SQL Server 2005
1029 (15.03 %)JavaScript
1128 (14.51 %)CSS
1128 (14.51 %)XML
1225 (12.95 %)Oracle
1322 (11.40 %)VBScript
1322 (11.40 %)C++
1419 (9.845 %)HTML
1518 (9.326 %)SQL Server 2000
1616 (8.290 %)Transact-SQL
1715 (7.772 %)DHTML
1715 (7.772 %)IIS
1814 (7.254 %)Windows
1814 (7.254 %)ERP
1814 (7.254 %)SQL Server 7
1814 (7.254 %)Migration
1912 (6.218 %)EDI
1912 (6.218 %)DTS
1912 (6.218 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1912 (6.218 %)Java
1912 (6.218 %)VBA
2011 (5.699 %)SOAP

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1109 (56.48 %).NET
254 (27.98 %)ASP.NET
342 (21.76 %)ASP
428 (14.51 %)XML
428 (14.51 %)CSS
519 (9.845 %)HTML
612 (6.218 %)EDI
711 (5.699 %)SOAP
89 (4.663 %).NET Framework
98 (4.145 %)WebServices
98 (4.145 %)XHTML
105 (2.591 %)WinForms
114 (2.073 %)AJAX
114 (2.073 %)WMI
114 (2.073 %)ADO.NET
123 (1.554 %)J2EE
123 (1.554 %)JSP
123 (1.554 %)XSLT
123 (1.554 %)Spring
123 (1.554 %)Hibernate
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (7.772 %)IIS
28 (4.145 %)SharePoint
32 (1.036 %)MS Exchange
32 (1.036 %)ColdFusion
32 (1.036 %)Apache
41 (0.518 %)Tomcat
41 (0.518 %)CMS
41 (0.518 %)Papyrus
41 (0.518 %)Oracle BPEL
41 (0.518 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (5.181 %)MS Excel
22 (1.036 %)MS Office
31 (0.518 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.036 %)SAP HR
12 (1.036 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.518 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.518 %)Teamcenter
21 (0.518 %)Summit
21 (0.518 %)LabWindows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (5.181 %)HTTP
25 (2.591 %)Intranet
31 (0.518 %)Extranet
31 (0.518 %)LDAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
195 (49.22 %)SQL Server
231 (16.06 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (9.326 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (7.254 %)SQL Server 7
512 (6.218 %)DTS
611 (5.699 %)MS Access
710 (5.181 %)Crystal Reports
86 (3.109 %)Oracle Reports
95 (2.591 %)SQL Server Integration Services
104 (2.073 %)Datawarehouse
113 (1.554 %)Oracle 9i
113 (1.554 %)MySQL
113 (1.554 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
122 (1.036 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
122 (1.036 %)OLAP
122 (1.036 %)Informix
122 (1.036 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
122 (1.036 %)TOAD
122 (1.036 %)Oracle 10g
131 (0.518 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (6.218 %)VSS/SourceSafe
210 (5.181 %)Paros
210 (5.181 %)Fiddler
36 (3.109 %)Visual Studio
44 (2.073 %)PowerBuilder
53 (1.554 %)LabVIEW
53 (1.554 %)Oracle Forms
53 (1.554 %)Dreamweaver
53 (1.554 %)NUnit
61 (0.518 %)WinRunner
61 (0.518 %)TestDirector
61 (0.518 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.518 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.518 %)Flash
61 (0.518 %)InterDev
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (5.181 %)Auditing
29 (4.663 %)Finance
29 (4.663 %)Manufacturing
35 (2.591 %)Military
35 (2.591 %)Retail
44 (2.073 %)Aerospace
53 (1.554 %)Automotive
53 (1.554 %)Government
53 (1.554 %)Health
53 (1.554 %)Insurance
53 (1.554 %)Electronics
53 (1.554 %)Pensions
62 (1.036 %)Online Banking
62 (1.036 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (1.036 %)Local Government
62 (1.036 %)Banking
62 (1.036 %)Construction
62 (1.036 %)Education
71 (0.518 %)Law
71 (0.518 %)Legal
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1140 (72.54 %)Developer
249 (25.39 %).NET Developer
331 (16.06 %)VB Developer
430 (15.54 %)Analyst
529 (15.03 %)VB.NET Developer
620 (10.36 %)ASP.NET Developer
717 (8.808 %)VB6 Developer
813 (6.736 %)Web Developer
912 (6.218 %)SQL Developer
912 (6.218 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1011 (5.699 %)Analyst Developer
1011 (5.699 %)Software Developer
119 (4.663 %)C# Developer
119 (4.663 %)SQL Server Developer
128 (4.145 %)Systems Analyst
128 (4.145 %)Analyst Programmer
128 (4.145 %)Programmer
128 (4.145 %)Tester
137 (3.627 %)Systems Developer
146 (3.109 %)Systems Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.073 %)NHS
14 (2.073 %)Mainframe
22 (1.036 %)VAX
22 (1.036 %)Mathematics
22 (1.036 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (0.518 %)Data Extraction
31 (0.518 %)Computer Science
31 (0.518 %)Pocket PC
31 (0.518 %)Client/Server
31 (0.518 %)N-Tier
31 (0.518 %)AS400
31 (0.518 %)Tandem
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (7.254 %)Windows
24 (2.073 %)Linux
24 (2.073 %)UNIX
33 (1.554 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.518 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.518 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.518 %)Windows NT
41 (0.518 %)Windows CE
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (7.254 %)ERP
114 (7.254 %)Migration
210 (5.181 %)Information Security
36 (3.109 %)UML
36 (3.109 %)OO
44 (2.073 %)E-Commerce
44 (2.073 %)Content Management
53 (1.554 %)Agile Software Development
53 (1.554 %)Software Testing
53 (1.554 %)System Testing
53 (1.554 %)Data Migration
53 (1.554 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.036 %)Test Scripting
62 (1.036 %)BC Cleared
62 (1.036 %)Systems Analysis
62 (1.036 %)Business Analysis
62 (1.036 %)Web Development
62 (1.036 %)Risk Analysis
62 (1.036 %)Ethical Hacking
62 (1.036 %)Data Analysis
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
179 (40.93 %)VB6
270 (36.27 %)SQL
361 (31.61 %)C#
452 (26.94 %)VB.NET
529 (15.03 %)JavaScript
622 (11.40 %)C++
622 (11.40 %)VBScript
716 (8.290 %)Transact-SQL
815 (7.772 %)DHTML
912 (6.218 %)Java
912 (6.218 %)VBA
1010 (5.181 %)C
115 (2.591 %)Fortran
115 (2.591 %)PHP
124 (2.073 %)PL/SQL
124 (2.073 %)COBOL
133 (1.554 %)Uniface
141 (0.518 %)PHP5
141 (0.518 %)VC++
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (1.036 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (1.036 %)Degree
21 (0.518 %)MCSE
21 (0.518 %)MCDBA
21 (0.518 %)ISEB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.554 %)SLA
21 (0.518 %)JTAG
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.554 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.518 %)Tivoli
11 (0.518 %)MOM
11 (0.518 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (12.95 %)Oracle
211 (5.699 %)Microsoft
32 (1.036 %)SAP
32 (1.036 %)IBM
32 (1.036 %)ProClarity
41 (0.518 %)Zend
41 (0.518 %)HP
41 (0.518 %)Citrix
41 (0.518 %)Agresso
41 (0.518 %)Kerridge
41 (0.518 %)VMware
41 (0.518 %)Softricity
41 (0.518 %)UGS
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