The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling 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 Stirling 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 - 12 18
Contract jobs citing VB 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling - 2.778% 1.389%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 5.263% 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.06% -12.86%
All Programming Languages
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
65 19 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 56.03% 52.78% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 13 14
Average daily rate £425 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.54% -38.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £194 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Scotland

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA