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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Northamptonshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VB over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3128
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads83
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below9.412 %4.918 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£270£325
Average daily rate£289£375
% change on same period last year-22.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£313
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£31.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£30.63
% change on same period last year+5.90 %
Programming Languages NorthamptonshireProgramming Languages
Northamptonshire
Matching contract IT job ads8561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.065 %
Daily rates quoted349
Average minimum daily rate£300£337
Average daily rate£311£359
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£26.18
Average hourly rate£23.50£28.41
% change on same period last year-17.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£30.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
VB East MidlandsVB
East Midlands

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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing VB within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 4 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
NorthamptonNew entry-7£283-
WellingboroughNew entry-1£325-
VB East MidlandsVB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

116 (66.67 %)SQL
215 (62.50 %).NET
215 (62.50 %)SQL Server
39 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (33.33 %)VB.NET
57 (29.17 %)Oracle
57 (29.17 %)XML
57 (29.17 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
75 (20.83 %)Crystal Reports
75 (20.83 %)ASP
75 (20.83 %)Transact-SQL
75 (20.83 %)HTML
75 (20.83 %)VB6
84 (16.67 %)Finance
84 (16.67 %)C#
84 (16.67 %)VBScript
84 (16.67 %)VBA
84 (16.67 %)JavaScript
93 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
93 (12.50 %)UML
93 (12.50 %)SharePoint
93 (12.50 %)WinForms
93 (12.50 %)Web Development
102 (8.333 %)VMware
102 (8.333 %)Banking
102 (8.333 %)Informix
102 (8.333 %)Unix
102 (8.333 %)Windows
102 (8.333 %)Internet

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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
115 (62.50 %).NET
27 (29.17 %)XML
36 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
45 (20.83 %)ASP
45 (20.83 %)HTML
53 (12.50 %)WinForms
61 (4.167 %)JSP
61 (4.167 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
13 (12.50 %)SharePoint
13 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (62.50 %)SQL Server
29 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (29.17 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (20.83 %)Crystal Reports
52 (8.333 %)Informix
61 (4.167 %)SQL Server 7
61 (4.167 %)MySQL
General
14 (16.67 %)Finance
22 (8.333 %)Banking
31 (4.167 %)Retail
31 (4.167 %)Health
Job Titles
114 (58.33 %)Developer
28 (33.33 %)Analyst
35 (20.83 %)Applications Support
43 (12.50 %)Lead Developer
43 (12.50 %).NET Developer
43 (12.50 %)Analyst Programmer
43 (12.50 %)Programmer
43 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
43 (12.50 %)Applications Support Analyst
43 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
43 (12.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (12.50 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
52 (8.333 %)Software Engineer
52 (8.333 %)C# Software Engineer
52 (8.333 %).NET Software Engineer
61 (4.167 %)MI Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Analyst Developer
61 (4.167 %)Database Developer
61 (4.167 %)Applications Support Engineer
61 (4.167 %)VB6 Developer
Operating Systems
12 (8.333 %)Unix
12 (8.333 %)Windows
21 (4.167 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
13 (12.50 %)UML
13 (12.50 %)Web Development
21 (4.167 %)Resource Management
21 (4.167 %)Change Management
21 (4.167 %)Data Analysis
Programming Languages
116 (66.67 %)SQL
28 (33.33 %)VB.NET
35 (20.83 %)VB6
35 (20.83 %)Transact-SQL
44 (16.67 %)VBScript
44 (16.67 %)C#
44 (16.67 %)JavaScript
44 (16.67 %)VBA
52 (8.333 %)C++
52 (8.333 %)Java
Vendors
17 (29.17 %)Oracle
22 (8.333 %)VMware
31 (4.167 %)Agresso
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