The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 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 Renfrewshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VB 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £34.00 £26.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.06% -12.86%
All Programming Languages
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
21 17 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 34.43% 53.13% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 1
Average daily rate £370 £398 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.91% +44.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Scotland

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage
1 1 (100.00%) SalesLogix
1 1 (100.00%) QlikView

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SalesLogix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (100.00%) QlikView
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst Developer
1 1 (100.00%) CRM Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) CRM Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sage