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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Nottingham 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
Rank3423
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.175 %9.259 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£200£283
Average daily rate£263£283
% change on same period last year-7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£313
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£30.63
% change on same period last year+5.90 %
Programming Languages NottinghamProgramming Languages
Nottingham
Matching contract IT job ads12654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted4011
Average minimum daily rate£306£289
Average daily rate£325£292
% change on same period last year+11.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.33
Average hourly rate-£27.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
VB NottinghamshireVB
Nottinghamshire

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottingham VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
14 (44.44 %).NET
14 (44.44 %)ASP
23 (33.33 %)JavaScript
23 (33.33 %)SQL
23 (33.33 %)VB.NET
23 (33.33 %)Finance
32 (22.22 %)Legal
32 (22.22 %)Firmware
32 (22.22 %)VB6
32 (22.22 %)VBScript
32 (22.22 %)C++
32 (22.22 %)HTML
32 (22.22 %)Java
32 (22.22 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)Unix
32 (22.22 %)Windows
32 (22.22 %)CSS
32 (22.22 %)HP
41 (11.11 %)ISEB
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (11.11 %)WinRunner
41 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (11.11 %)WebServices
41 (11.11 %)XML
41 (11.11 %)XSLT
41 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
41 (11.11 %)MCSE
41 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (11.11 %)Flash

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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
14 (44.44 %).NET
14 (44.44 %)ASP
22 (22.22 %)HTML
22 (22.22 %)CSS
31 (11.11 %)WebServices
31 (11.11 %)XML
31 (11.11 %)XSLT
31 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
11 (11.11 %)IIS
Applications
11 (11.11 %)Photoshop
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)ISDN
11 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
21 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
21 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
11 (11.11 %)Flash
11 (11.11 %)WinRunner
11 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
General
13 (33.33 %)Finance
22 (22.22 %)Legal
31 (11.11 %)Banking
31 (11.11 %)Law
Job Titles
13 (33.33 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Team Leader
22 (22.22 %)Helpdesk Team Leader
31 (11.11 %)Configuration Analyst
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Installations Engineer
31 (11.11 %)Systems Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
31 (11.11 %).NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Tester
Miscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Firmware
21 (11.11 %)Mainframe
21 (11.11 %)PDA
Operating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Unix
12 (22.22 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)CRM
11 (11.11 %)Software Testing
11 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
Programming Languages
13 (33.33 %)JavaScript
13 (33.33 %)SQL
13 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (22.22 %)VB6
22 (22.22 %)VBScript
22 (22.22 %)C++
22 (22.22 %)Java
31 (11.11 %)Perl
31 (11.11 %)PHP
31 (11.11 %)C
Qualifications
11 (11.11 %)MCSE
11 (11.11 %)ISEB
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (11.11 %)ISEB Practitioner
11 (11.11 %)ISTQB
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Vendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
12 (22.22 %)HP
21 (11.11 %)Microsoft
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