The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB 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 South Yorkshire 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 (VB)
Rank 29 29 32
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing VB 3 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.141% 2.299% 1.678%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.704% 5.172% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £228 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £24.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -10.00%
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
81 116 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 30.80% 44.44% 43.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 61 75
Average daily rate £288 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.86% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £135 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 13
Average hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.95% -43.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £22.20 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £26.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Yorkshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire VB Daily Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire VB Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield - 3 - -
VB
Yorkshire

VB
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Statistics
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modeller
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) VB.NET