The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 64 57 89
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +32
Contract jobs citing VB 13 43 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.141% 2.612% 0.640%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.148% 6.545% 1.824%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 3
Average daily rate £320 £350 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +37.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £247 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £430 £271
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £321 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.40% +6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% -18.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £18.30 £30.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £29.10 £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+29.37% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
413 657 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 36.26% 39.91% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 345 346
Average daily rate £345 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £260 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 31
Average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £25.50 £23.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £44.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staines -1 4 - -
Guildford - 3 £320 -
Woking - 1 £300 -
VB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 20 (55.56%) SQL
1 20 (55.56%) Windows
2 16 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 16 (44.44%) C#
3 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (33.33%) VB6
4 12 (33.33%) ITIL
5 9 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (22.22%) .NET
6 8 (22.22%) Finance
6 8 (22.22%) WinForms
6 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (19.44%) VBScript
7 7 (19.44%) Oracle
8 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 6 (16.67%) VB.NET
8 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
8 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
8 6 (16.67%) Banking
8 6 (16.67%) Ajax
8 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
9 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
9 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (13.89%) Investment Banking
9 5 (13.89%) XML
9 5 (13.89%) Crystal Reports

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (22.22%) .NET
1 8 (22.22%) WinForms
2 6 (16.67%) Ajax
2 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 5 (13.89%) HTML
3 5 (13.89%) XML
4 4 (11.11%) ASP
4 4 (11.11%) jQuery
5 3 (8.333%) CSS
5 3 (8.333%) Web Services
6 2 (5.556%) DOM
6 2 (5.556%) WCF
7 1 (2.778%) Middleware
7 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
7 1 (2.778%) Spring
7 1 (2.778%) J2EE
7 1 (2.778%) COM
7 1 (2.778%) COM+
7 1 (2.778%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) Documentum
2 2 (5.556%) IIS
2 2 (5.556%) Apache
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.778%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.778%) MS Project
2 1 (2.778%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Internet
2 3 (8.333%) Firewall
3 2 (5.556%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (5.556%) DNS
3 2 (5.556%) NetScreen
3 2 (5.556%) Intranet
3 2 (5.556%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (2.778%) HTTPS
4 1 (2.778%) HTTP
4 1 (2.778%) VPN
4 1 (2.778%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 9 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (13.89%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (8.333%) Xcelsius
6 2 (5.556%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (5.556%) QlikView
6 2 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (2.778%) Adabas
7 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.556%) InterDev
2 2 (5.556%) NUnit
3 1 (2.778%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.778%) RequisitePro
3 1 (2.778%) Ant
General
1 8 (22.22%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Banking
3 5 (13.89%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Developer
1 11 (30.56%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Applications Support
3 5 (13.89%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 3 (8.333%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) VB Developer
5 3 (8.333%) ASP Developer
5 3 (8.333%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Report Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Applications Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Support Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Programmer
6 2 (5.556%) SQL Developer
6 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Developer
6 2 (5.556%) Applications Support Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Server Engineer
6 2 (5.556%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Client/Server
2 4 (11.11%) N-Tier
3 2 (5.556%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Windows
2 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (8.333%) Windows XP
5 3 (8.333%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.556%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) ITIL
2 5 (13.89%) OO
3 4 (11.11%) Service Management
4 3 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 3 (8.333%) OOD
4 3 (8.333%) Document Management
4 3 (8.333%) Data Analysis
5 2 (5.556%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.556%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.556%) B2C
5 2 (5.556%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.556%) Project Management
5 2 (5.556%) Migration
5 2 (5.556%) UML
5 2 (5.556%) Change Control
6 1 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.778%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.778%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) SQL
2 16 (44.44%) C#
3 12 (33.33%) VB6
4 7 (19.44%) VBScript
5 6 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
7 2 (5.556%) C
7 2 (5.556%) Perl
7 2 (5.556%) PHP
7 2 (5.556%) C++
7 2 (5.556%) Java
7 2 (5.556%) Python
7 2 (5.556%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.778%) NATURAL
8 1 (2.778%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.778%) MCSE
3 1 (2.778%) ISEB
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) Sun Certification
3 1 (2.778%) SCJP
3 1 (2.778%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.556%) Sendmail
2 2 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.778%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) WMI
2 1 (2.778%) WSUS
2 1 (2.778%) SCCM
2 1 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Oracle
3 3 (8.333%) Sun
4 2 (5.556%) Juniper
4 2 (5.556%) McAfee
4 2 (5.556%) VMware
4 2 (5.556%) Blue Coat
4 2 (5.556%) Business Objects
4 2 (5.556%) Cisco
5 1 (2.778%) Twitter
5 1 (2.778%) NetApp
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