The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 25 25 31
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing VB 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.654% 0.602% 0.943%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.087% 2.273% 2.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £270 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
92 44 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 60.13% 26.51% 45.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 31 49
Average daily rate £314 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.58% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
Average hourly rate £33.50 - £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
Yorkshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Skipton - 1 £270 - 1
York - - - - 1
Harrogate - - - -
Knaresborough - - - -
VB
Yorkshire

VB
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Progress

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) VB.NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Business Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Progress