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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank12-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below14.29 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£282£324
% change on same period last year-12.90 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.53£30.79
% change on same period last year-10.58 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads2141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£250£270
Average daily rate£250£302
% change on same period last year-17.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted1131
Average minimum hourly rate£35.46£36.00
Average hourly rate£35.96£36.35
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.46£36.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
VB HertfordshireVB
Hertfordshire

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Stevenage VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (66.67 %)VB6
12 (66.67 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET
21 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)Physics
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)WPF
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (33.33 %)Electric
21 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)MS Excel
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)MATLAB
21 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (33.33 %)ASP

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (66.67 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ASP
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)WPF
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
11 (33.33 %)MATLAB
11 (33.33 %)MS PowerPoint
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Electric
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Lead Developer
21 (33.33 %).NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)Performance Engineer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Physics
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C#
12 (66.67 %)VB6
21 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft