The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 42 29 35
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +6
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 2 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 0.571% 2.959% 1.653%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.597% 10.99% 5.825%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £200 £263 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% -16.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £35.00 £105.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.66% +191.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
77 91 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 22.00% 26.92% 28.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 53 49
Average daily rate £350 £330 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £213 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
Average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -30.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
Wiltshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Intranet
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) VB
3 2 (50.00%) WinForms
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) VB6
4 1 (25.00%) Web Development
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) XSLT
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) WinForms
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Intranet
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) VB Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (25.00%) VB6 Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Web Development
1 1 (25.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) VB
3 1 (25.00%) VB6
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft