The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 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 Swindon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 38 34 26
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing VB 2 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 0.685% 1.918% 3.481%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.500% 6.422% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
Average daily rate £400 £300 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -12.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £260 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £340 £375
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 £33.75 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.42% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
80 109 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 27.40% 29.86% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 72 47
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £213 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £450 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
Average hourly rate £13.00 £32.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% -2.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £32.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £32.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VB
Wiltshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Swindon VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 13 (56.52%) C#
1 13 (56.52%) .NET
2 12 (52.17%) Web Services
3 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
3 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
4 10 (43.48%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (43.48%) Service Management
4 10 (43.48%) Telecoms
4 10 (43.48%) Workflow
4 10 (43.48%) Finance
4 10 (43.48%) Migration
4 10 (43.48%) Oracle 9i
4 10 (43.48%) Oracle
4 10 (43.48%) Siebel
5 9 (39.13%) MOM
5 9 (39.13%) VBScript
5 9 (39.13%) SCOM
6 8 (34.78%) Windows
7 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
7 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
8 4 (17.39%) WMI
8 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
9 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
10 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
10 2 (8.696%) XML
10 2 (8.696%) XSLT
10 2 (8.696%) VB.NET
10 2 (8.696%) VBA
10 2 (8.696%) SQL

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 13 (56.52%) .NET
2 12 (52.17%) Web Services
3 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.696%) XML
3 2 (8.696%) XSLT
3 2 (8.696%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Intranet
1 2 (8.696%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (43.48%) Oracle 11g
1 10 (43.48%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
General
1 10 (43.48%) Telecoms
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Consultant
2 9 (39.13%) Siebel Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) VB Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.348%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) VBA Developer
5 1 (4.348%) IT Support
5 1 (4.348%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Service Management
1 10 (43.48%) Workflow
1 10 (43.48%) Migration
2 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
2 1 (4.348%) ERP
2 1 (4.348%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) C#
2 9 (39.13%) VBScript
3 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
4 2 (8.696%) VB.NET
4 2 (8.696%) VBA
4 2 (8.696%) SQL
5 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) MOM
1 9 (39.13%) SCOM
2 4 (17.39%) WMI
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Oracle
1 10 (43.48%) Siebel
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Compuware
3 1 (4.348%) Epicor
3 1 (4.348%) Business Objects