VB Contracts in Tyne and Wear
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 24 38 34
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -4
Contract jobs citing VB 5 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.762% 0.915% 1.141%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% 2.586% 2.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £223 £238 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.31% -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £148 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £328 £295
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.06% -12.86%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 40 116 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.10% 35.37% 40.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 67 61
Average daily rate £275 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
North East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +11 3 £230 -3.15%
Sunderland - 2 £215 -
VB
North East

VB
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) XHTML
3 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (40.00%) ASP
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
5 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (20.00%) CMS
5 1 (20.00%) VB6
5 1 (20.00%) CRM
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) Fireworks

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
3 3 (60.00%) XHTML
4 2 (40.00%) ASP
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (20.00%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB Developer
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB6 Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) CRM
1 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) VB6
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
VB.net Analyst Programmer
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
It would also be beneficial but not essential to have experience of VB6, SQL 2008 SSIS, SQL 2000 DTS, VB6 DCOM, VB6 Active-X control development and ASP...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Competitive rates on application
Posted: 17 May 2013
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