The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 5 5 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 10 19 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 35.71% 31.15% 36.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.56% 61.29% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 9
Average daily rate £320 £330 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 31 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 64.29% 50.82% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 13
Average daily rate £325 £330 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% +32.00%
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 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Staffordshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB.NET across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing VB.NET 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.NET.

1 29 (100.00%) C#
1 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (79.31%) SQL Server
3 20 (68.97%) ASP.NET
4 19 (65.52%) CSS
4 19 (65.52%) XML
4 19 (65.52%) XSLT
4 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
5 18 (62.07%) SQL
6 16 (55.17%) jQuery
7 14 (48.28%) E-Commerce
8 13 (44.83%) N-Tier
8 13 (44.83%) SOA
8 13 (44.83%) XHTML
8 13 (44.83%) SEO
8 13 (44.83%) Document Management
8 13 (44.83%) Ajax
8 13 (44.83%) Unit Testing
8 13 (44.83%) HTML5
8 13 (44.83%) CSS3
9 10 (34.48%) Web Application Development
9 10 (34.48%) Degree
10 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
12 7 (24.14%) AccuRev
12 7 (24.14%) JIRA
13 6 (20.69%) TDD
13 6 (20.69%) HTML
14 4 (13.79%) Games
15 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing VB.NET 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.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (68.97%) ASP.NET
3 19 (65.52%) CSS
3 19 (65.52%) XML
3 19 (65.52%) XSLT
4 16 (55.17%) jQuery
5 13 (44.83%) XHTML
5 13 (44.83%) Ajax
5 13 (44.83%) HTML5
5 13 (44.83%) CSS3
6 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
7 6 (20.69%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (79.31%) SQL Server
2 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (13.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (100.00%) Developer
2 23 (79.31%) .NET Developer
3 12 (41.38%) SQL Developer
4 11 (37.93%) .NET Web Developer
4 11 (37.93%) VB.NET Developer
4 11 (37.93%) ASP.NET Developer
4 11 (37.93%) Web Developer
4 11 (37.93%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Website Developer
7 1 (3.448%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) N-Tier
2 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.34%) WURFL
3 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Mobile
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Android
1 3 (10.34%) BlackBerry OS
1 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) E-Commerce
2 13 (44.83%) SOA
2 13 (44.83%) SEO
2 13 (44.83%) Document Management
2 13 (44.83%) Unit Testing
3 10 (34.48%) Web Application Development
4 6 (20.69%) TDD
5 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.34%) Web Development
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (65.52%) JavaScript
3 18 (62.07%) SQL
4 2 (6.897%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) AccuRev
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Web Developer, .NET Developer URGENTLY required £350 to £400 per day to start next Monday in Stoke on Trent... Developers must be experienced working with VB.NET version...
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Rate: From £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Major eCommerce Co requires experienced .Net Web Applications Developer (VB.NET/C#.NET/ASP.NET/SQL) with strong UI, rich client side development and data access skills to...
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Rate: £310 - £350 per day + Negotiable
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