VB Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 110 99 101
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Contract jobs citing VB 115 169 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.452% 1.664% 1.686%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.361% 5.570% 4.978%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 82 73
Average daily rate £358 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £430 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 14
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.38 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.73% -41.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.50 £16.50 £30.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £31.85 £45.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.06% -12.86%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 2637 3034 3475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.29% 29.87% 33.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1295 1477 1507
Average daily rate £342 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 202 294
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.91 £20.50 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
England

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East VB Hourly Rate Histogram

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +22 49 £342 +5.23%
Hampshire -2 31 £358 +21.18%
Surrey -9 16 £320 -8.57%
West Sussex +22 11 £360 +2.85%
Buckinghamshire -22 3 - -
Middlesex -3 2 - -
Kent -6 2 £400 +23.07%
Oxfordshire -18 1 - -
VB
England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 125 (50.00%) SQL
2 102 (40.80%) Windows
3 95 (38.00%) .NET
4 93 (37.20%) Microsoft
5 90 (36.00%) SQL Server
6 88 (35.20%) C#
7 59 (23.60%) Security Cleared
8 53 (21.20%) SC Cleared
9 51 (20.40%) Active Directory
10 50 (20.00%) T-SQL
10 50 (20.00%) VBScript
11 45 (18.00%) ASP.NET
12 44 (17.60%) VB.NET
13 43 (17.20%) MS Excel
14 42 (16.80%) HTML
15 39 (15.60%) Windows Server 2003
16 37 (14.80%) XML
16 37 (14.80%) Windows XP
17 36 (14.40%) JavaScript
17 36 (14.40%) ASP
17 36 (14.40%) VB6
18 35 (14.00%) Migration
19 34 (13.60%) SCCM
20 31 (12.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 30 (12.00%) Oracle
21 30 (12.00%) MS Access
21 30 (12.00%) Citrix
22 28 (11.20%) OO
22 28 (11.20%) VBA
23 27 (10.80%) PowerShell

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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
1 95 (38.00%) .NET
2 45 (18.00%) ASP.NET
3 42 (16.80%) HTML
4 37 (14.80%) XML
5 36 (14.40%) ASP
6 24 (9.600%) jQuery
7 18 (7.200%) CSS
8 17 (6.800%) Ajax
9 16 (6.400%) .NET Framework
9 16 (6.400%) WinForms
10 13 (5.200%) Web Services
10 13 (5.200%) COM+
11 10 (4.000%) Highcharts JS
12 7 (2.800%) XSL
13 5 (2.000%) XSLT
13 5 (2.000%) Application Packaging
14 4 (1.600%) WCF
15 3 (1.200%) WSH
15 3 (1.200%) JSON
16 2 (0.800%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 26 (10.40%) SharePoint
2 25 (10.00%) IIS
3 12 (4.800%) MS Exchange
4 11 (4.400%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (4.400%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.200%) Documentum
6 2 (0.800%) DotNetNuke
6 2 (0.800%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.800%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.800%) Apache
6 2 (0.800%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.400%) CMS
7 1 (0.400%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.400%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.400%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.400%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.400%) WordPress
7 1 (0.400%) Kentico
7 1 (0.400%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (0.400%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 43 (17.20%) MS Excel
2 19 (7.600%) MS Office
3 11 (4.400%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (3.200%) InfoPath
5 4 (1.600%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.200%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.400%) MS Project
7 1 (0.400%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 11 (4.400%) Pivotal CRM
2 3 (1.200%) SAP GRC
2 3 (1.200%) HFM
3 1 (0.400%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.800%) Internet
2 11 (4.400%) SAN
3 6 (2.400%) DNS
4 5 (2.000%) Wireless
4 5 (2.000%) 3G
4 5 (2.000%) Intranet
4 5 (2.000%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.000%) LAN
4 5 (2.000%) WAN
4 5 (2.000%) DHCP
5 4 (1.600%) UPnP
5 4 (1.600%) DVB
6 3 (1.200%) Firewall
6 3 (1.200%) HTTP
6 3 (1.200%) GSM
6 3 (1.200%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.800%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.800%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.800%) LTE
7 2 (0.800%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (36.00%) SQL Server
2 31 (12.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 30 (12.00%) MS Access
4 23 (9.200%) SQL Server 2005
5 19 (7.600%) Crystal Reports
6 12 (4.800%) SQL Server 2008
7 8 (3.200%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.400%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.400%) DTS
9 4 (1.600%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.600%) Xcelsius
9 4 (1.600%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (1.200%) SQL Server 2000
10 3 (1.200%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.200%) QlikView
11 2 (0.800%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.800%) Oracle 10g
11 2 (0.800%) Oracle 9i
11 2 (0.800%) Oracle OWB
12 1 (0.400%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (8.000%) Visual Studio
2 17 (6.800%) MSI
3 12 (4.800%) NUnit
3 12 (4.800%) InstallShield
4 10 (4.000%) JSUnit
4 10 (4.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (2.000%) Wise Package Studio
6 4 (1.600%) ClearQuest
6 4 (1.600%) LabVIEW
7 3 (1.200%) StarTeam
8 2 (0.800%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.800%) Selenium
8 2 (0.800%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.800%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.800%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.800%) InterDev
9 1 (0.400%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.400%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.400%) Ant
9 1 (0.400%) RequisitePro
General
1 21 (8.400%) Telecoms
2 16 (6.400%) Finance
3 8 (3.200%) Manufacturing
4 6 (2.400%) Banking
4 6 (2.400%) Retail
5 5 (2.000%) Publishing
5 5 (2.000%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.200%) General Ledger
7 2 (0.800%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.800%) Law
Job Titles
1 91 (36.40%) Developer
2 42 (16.80%) Analyst
3 26 (10.40%) .NET Developer
4 16 (6.400%) Applications Packager
5 12 (4.800%) Systems Developer
6 11 (4.400%) CRM Developer
7 10 (4.000%) Integration Engineer
7 10 (4.000%) Team Leader
7 10 (4.000%) Applications Support
7 10 (4.000%) Applications Developer
7 10 (4.000%) VB Developer
8 9 (3.600%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.600%) Administrator
8 9 (3.600%) Development Team Leader
8 9 (3.600%) Pivotal CRM Developer
9 8 (3.200%) Database Developer
9 8 (3.200%) Support Analyst
9 8 (3.200%) Report Analyst
9 8 (3.200%) VB.NET Developer
10 7 (2.800%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.200%) Client/Server
2 15 (6.000%) N-Tier
3 10 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.400%) Statistics
4 6 (2.400%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.600%) STB
5 4 (1.600%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.600%) Streaming Video
6 3 (1.200%) Replication
6 3 (1.200%) PKI
7 2 (0.800%) SCADA
8 1 (0.400%) Clustering
8 1 (0.400%) AS400
8 1 (0.400%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.400%) NHS
8 1 (0.400%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.400%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.400%) iPhone
8 1 (0.400%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.400%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 102 (40.80%) Windows
2 39 (15.60%) Windows Server 2003
3 37 (14.80%) Windows XP
4 26 (10.40%) Windows Server 2008
5 25 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 12 (4.800%) Linux
7 7 (2.800%) UNIX
8 6 (2.400%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.200%) NetWare
10 2 (0.800%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.800%) Windows XP Embedded
10 2 (0.800%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.800%) Android
10 2 (0.800%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.800%) Solaris
11 1 (0.400%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.400%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (14.00%) Migration
2 28 (11.20%) OO
3 18 (7.200%) ITIL
3 18 (7.200%) Project Management
4 17 (6.800%) Unit Testing
5 15 (6.000%) UML
6 13 (5.200%) OOD
7 12 (4.800%) Validation
8 11 (4.400%) CRM
8 11 (4.400%) Change Control
8 11 (4.400%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (3.600%) Service Management
9 9 (3.600%) Configuration Management
10 8 (3.200%) Data Analysis
10 8 (3.200%) Data Security
11 7 (2.800%) Change Management
11 7 (2.800%) ERP
11 7 (2.800%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (2.800%) Web Development
12 6 (2.400%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 125 (50.00%) SQL
2 88 (35.20%) C#
3 50 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 50 (20.00%) VBScript
4 44 (17.60%) VB.NET
5 36 (14.40%) JavaScript
5 36 (14.40%) VB6
6 28 (11.20%) VBA
7 27 (10.80%) PowerShell
8 26 (10.40%) C++
9 11 (4.400%) PL/SQL
10 10 (4.000%) C
11 7 (2.800%) PHP
11 7 (2.800%) Java
12 4 (1.600%) Bash shell
13 3 (1.200%) Perl
14 2 (0.800%) Python
14 2 (0.800%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.800%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.400%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 59 (23.60%) Security Cleared
2 53 (21.20%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.800%) Degree
4 6 (2.400%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.000%) MCSE
6 4 (1.600%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.200%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.200%) CCNA
7 3 (1.200%) MCITP
8 2 (0.800%) CISSP
8 2 (0.800%) PMP
8 2 (0.800%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.800%) CISA
9 1 (0.400%) CIMA
9 1 (0.400%) ACCA
9 1 (0.400%) MCP
9 1 (0.400%) MCAD
9 1 (0.400%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.400%) ISEB
9 1 (0.400%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.200%) QA
2 3 (1.200%) Data Quality
System Software
1 51 (20.40%) Active Directory
2 21 (8.400%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.200%) VMware Workstation
4 6 (2.400%) Xen
5 5 (2.000%) XenApp
6 4 (1.600%) VMware ESX
6 4 (1.600%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.200%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.800%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.400%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.400%) UAG
9 1 (0.400%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (13.60%) SCCM
2 9 (3.600%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 8 (3.200%) SCOM
4 6 (2.400%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (2.400%) MIMEsweeper
5 3 (1.200%) Nagios
5 3 (1.200%) Tivoli
5 3 (1.200%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (1.200%) Opalis
6 2 (0.800%) WSUS
6 2 (0.800%) WMI
7 1 (0.400%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.400%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 93 (37.20%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.00%) Oracle
2 30 (12.00%) Citrix
3 26 (10.40%) VMware
4 11 (4.400%) SAP
5 10 (4.000%) Aquila
5 10 (4.000%) Altiris
5 10 (4.000%) Telerik
5 10 (4.000%) Business Objects
6 6 (2.400%) Peregrine
6 6 (2.400%) HP
7 5 (2.000%) Cisco
7 5 (2.000%) IBM
7 5 (2.000%) CA
8 3 (1.200%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.200%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.200%) Sun
9 2 (0.800%) Blue Coat
9 2 (0.800%) Wonderware
9 2 (0.800%) EMC
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Rate: £250 per day
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Rate: £350 - £450 per day
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Berkshire, South East
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