The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 24 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 Northampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 22 24 23
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing VB 1 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 0.714% 2.834% 0.562%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.545% 13.46% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £363 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% +9.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -10.00%
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
22 52 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 15.71% 21.05% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 36 13
Average daily rate £338 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £208 £141
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £16.25 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Northamptonshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) ASP
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (20.00%) Ajax
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
5 1 (20.00%) C
5 1 (20.00%) VBScript
5 1 (20.00%) C++
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
5 1 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) VB6
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (40.00%) ASP
4 1 (20.00%) Ajax
4 1 (20.00%) LINQ
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft