The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 26 39 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.020% 0.785% 0.707%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.81% 2.778% 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-0.79% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.83% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
27 108 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 13.64% 28.27% 42.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 60 58
Average daily rate £350 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £550 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +105.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
North East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne +12 2 - - 4
Sunderland 0 2 - - 1
South Tyneside - - - -
South Shields - - - - 1
VB.NET
North East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 9 (75.00%) C#
4 8 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
6 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
6 4 (33.33%) VB
6 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (25.00%) VB6
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (16.67%) DTS
8 2 (16.67%) DCOM
8 2 (16.67%) ActiveX
9 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
9 1 (8.333%) CRM
9 1 (8.333%) HTML
9 1 (8.333%) CSS
9 1 (8.333%) Web Services
9 1 (8.333%) XML
9 1 (8.333%) VBA
9 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (8.333%) ASP
9 1 (8.333%) Ajax
9 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
9 1 (8.333%) Scrum
9 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Development Studio

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (16.67%) DCOM
3 2 (16.67%) ActiveX
4 1 (8.333%) HTML
4 1 (8.333%) CSS
4 1 (8.333%) Web Services
4 1 (8.333%) XML
4 1 (8.333%) ASP
4 1 (8.333%) Ajax
4 1 (8.333%) WCF
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (16.67%) DTS
5 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Programmer
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB Developer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB6 Developer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) CRM
1 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 4 (33.33%) VB
4 3 (25.00%) VB6
5 1 (8.333%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft