The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 68 76 64
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Contract jobs citing VBA 3 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.355% 0.375% 1.547%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.205% 1.569% 4.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 14
Average daily rate £338 £538 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.20% +79.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+51.20% -
All Programming Languages
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
249 255 365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 29.47% 23.92% 35.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 106 162
Average daily rate £350 £371 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.72% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
Average hourly rate £17.00 £44.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.36% +83.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.20 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £44.00 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBA
Berkshire

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing VBA 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 VBA.

1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 7 (58.33%) MS Access
2 7 (58.33%) .NET
3 6 (50.00%) J2EE
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) OOD
3 6 (50.00%) 3G
3 6 (50.00%) Wireless
3 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (50.00%) Cramer
3 6 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 5 (41.67%) MS Office
4 5 (41.67%) SQL
5 4 (33.33%) OO
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) 2G
6 3 (25.00%) C++
6 3 (25.00%) UNIX
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) GSM
6 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) StarTeam
6 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) SCADA
7 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 2 (16.67%) InfoPath

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing VBA 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 VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 6 (50.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.333%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) MS Office
3 2 (16.67%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) 3G
1 6 (50.00%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) 2G
2 3 (25.00%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) MS Access
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) StarTeam
General
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) VBA Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) OOD
1 6 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (33.33%) OO
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
5 1 (8.333%) Workflow
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
4 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cramer
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Siemens
3 2 (16.67%) Wonderware
4 1 (8.333%) Cognos
4 1 (8.333%) MicroStrategy