Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT contracts within the South Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Visual Basic Developer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4350
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.258 %0.988 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£262£301
% change on same period last year-13.02 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.14£30.63
% change on same period last year-21.18 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads388607
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.553 %0.628 %
Daily rates quoted79102
Average minimum daily rate£316£291
Average daily rate£338£305
% change on same period last year+10.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted109118
Average minimum hourly rate£23.43£23.17
Average hourly rate£24.46£24.91
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.50£26.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
VB Developer YorkshireVB Developer
Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB Developer across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Yorkshire VB Developer Demand Trend

VB Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire VB Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB Developer within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldUp+51--
VB Developer YorkshireVB Developer
Yorkshire

VB Developer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)ASP
13 (100.00 %)VB6
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
31 (33.33 %)NUnit
31 (33.33 %)COM+
31 (33.33 %)XHTML
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)SQL

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)ASP
21 (33.33 %)COM+
21 (33.33 %)XHTML
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %).NET
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)NUnit
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)SQL