VB Contracts in Northamptonshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 31 34 29
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -5
Contract jobs citing VB 1 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.397% 2.644% 1.095%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.128% 10.38% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 2
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
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%
Search 3 VB jobs in Northamptonshire
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 47 106 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 18.65% 25.48% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 72 34
Average daily rate £325 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £433 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Northampton +2 1 £363 -17.14%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (50.00%) ETL
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) ASP
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (16.67%) Retail
6 1 (16.67%) VB6
6 1 (16.67%) Finance
6 1 (16.67%) Ajax
6 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (16.67%) Web Development
6 1 (16.67%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) LINQ
6 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
6 1 (16.67%) jQuery
6 1 (16.67%) C
6 1 (16.67%) C++
6 1 (16.67%) VBScript
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) ASP
4 1 (16.67%) Ajax
4 1 (16.67%) LINQ
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) VB6
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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