The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 24 37 27
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 8 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.175% 1.923% 1.825%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.02% 7.547% 9.259%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
Average daily rate £325 £210 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -28.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
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.NET
East Midlands

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET 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
Kettering 0 2 £338 +125.00%
VB.NET
East Midlands

VB.NET
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing VB.NET 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.NET.

1 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (60.00%) jQuery
3 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
6 1 (10.00%) WCF
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (10.00%) MVC
6 1 (10.00%) CMS
6 1 (10.00%) C#
6 1 (10.00%) CSS
6 1 (10.00%) OO
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing VB.NET 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.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (60.00%) jQuery
4 2 (20.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) WCF
5 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (90.00%) .NET Developer
2 9 (90.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 7 (70.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) MVC
2 1 (10.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft