The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 25 21 16
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 4 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.353% 8.235% 10.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.557% 17.07% 24.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 15
Average daily rate £285 £320 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.86% -1.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £306 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £320 £355
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
61 82 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 35.88% 48.24% 45.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 43
Average daily rate £320 £333 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +12.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £247 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £425 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £32.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.05 - £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Bath - 1 £200 -
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 33 (97.06%) ASP.NET
3 31 (91.18%) JavaScript
3 31 (91.18%) C#
4 30 (88.24%) HTML
4 30 (88.24%) SQL
4 30 (88.24%) Oracle
5 29 (85.29%) VB
5 29 (85.29%) Java
6 28 (82.35%) C++
6 28 (82.35%) SQL Server
6 28 (82.35%) IIS
6 28 (82.35%) ASP
6 28 (82.35%) XML
6 28 (82.35%) SharePoint
6 28 (82.35%) UML
7 27 (79.41%) Ingres
7 27 (79.41%) UNIX
7 27 (79.41%) .NET Framework
8 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
8 25 (73.53%) ITIL
9 23 (67.65%) OpenROAD
10 22 (64.71%) Unit Testing
11 19 (55.88%) Continuous Integration
11 19 (55.88%) ISEB
12 15 (44.12%) Service Delivery
12 15 (44.12%) NUnit
12 15 (44.12%) MSTest
13 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
14 12 (35.29%) CruiseControl

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 33 (97.06%) ASP.NET
3 30 (88.24%) HTML
4 28 (82.35%) ASP
4 28 (82.35%) XML
5 27 (79.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.882%) Spring
6 2 (5.882%) CSS
6 2 (5.882%) J2EE
6 2 (5.882%) Spring MVC
7 1 (2.941%) WCF
7 1 (2.941%) jQuery
7 1 (2.941%) HTML5
7 1 (2.941%) ADO.NET
7 1 (2.941%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 28 (82.35%) IIS
1 28 (82.35%) SharePoint
2 23 (67.65%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 27 (79.41%) Ingres
3 12 (35.29%) SQLPlus
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (44.12%) NUnit
1 15 (44.12%) MSTest
2 12 (35.29%) CruiseControl
2 12 (35.29%) Subversion
2 12 (35.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 12 (35.29%) Jenkins
2 12 (35.29%) TeamCity
2 12 (35.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (2.941%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (52.94%) Analyst
2 18 (52.94%) .NET Developer
3 16 (47.06%) Analyst Developer
4 14 (41.18%) C# .NET Developer
4 14 (41.18%) C# Developer
5 13 (38.24%) Senior Developer
6 12 (35.29%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (29.41%) Senior Analyst Developer
8 8 (23.53%) Support Analyst
9 7 (20.59%) ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (17.65%) Senior Support Analyst
10 6 (17.65%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 4 (11.76%) Senior .NET Developer
12 3 (8.824%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
12 3 (8.824%) Senior C# Developer
12 3 (8.824%) Developer Analyst
13 2 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
14 1 (2.941%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
14 1 (2.941%) Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 27 (79.41%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) UML
2 25 (73.53%) ITIL
3 22 (64.71%) Unit Testing
4 19 (55.88%) Continuous Integration
5 15 (44.12%) Service Delivery
6 9 (26.47%) Service Management
6 9 (26.47%) ITSM
7 3 (8.824%) TDD
8 2 (5.882%) MVC
9 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
9 1 (2.941%) OOP
9 1 (2.941%) OO
9 1 (2.941%) Web Development
9 1 (2.941%) Refactoring
9 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (91.18%) JavaScript
1 31 (91.18%) C#
2 30 (88.24%) SQL
3 29 (85.29%) VB
3 29 (85.29%) Java
4 28 (82.35%) C++
5 1 (2.941%) C
5 1 (2.941%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) ISEB
2 14 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 9 (26.47%) MCTS
3 9 (26.47%) MCPD
3 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (26.47%) MCP
4 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 30 (88.24%) Oracle
2 25 (73.53%) Microsoft