The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Stevenage 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - - 12
Contract jobs citing VB 0 0 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage - - 21.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 28.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £321 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.40% +6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+29.37% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
20 30 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 57.14% 50.00% 77.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
Average daily rate £269 £310 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.30% +10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 34
Average hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +1.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
Hertfordshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware