The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 67 66 61
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 6 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.682% 1.303% 1.680%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.449% 5.376% 5.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 10
Average daily rate £425 £375 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +21.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
245 279 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 27.84% 24.24% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 119 149
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £482 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 11
Average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.73 £11.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.45 £44.00 £31.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Berkshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

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 Reading region.

Reading VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (80.00%) SQL
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
4 6 (60.00%) CSS
4 6 (60.00%) C#
5 4 (40.00%) HTML
5 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (30.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (30.00%) Citrix
7 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
7 2 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Web Services
7 2 (20.00%) XML
7 2 (20.00%) XSLT
7 2 (20.00%) WinForms
7 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (20.00%) HTML5
7 2 (20.00%) CSS3
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (10.00%) InfoPath
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (10.00%) Web Development
8 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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%) CSS
4 4 (40.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) Web Services
5 2 (20.00%) XML
5 2 (20.00%) XSLT
5 2 (20.00%) WinForms
5 2 (20.00%) HTML5
5 2 (20.00%) CSS3
6 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Architect
4 2 (20.00%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Applications Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Junior .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior VB.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Migration
1 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Web Development
2 1 (10.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) ETL
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) VB
4 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) HP