The first table below looks at the demand for FoxPro (VFP) skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FoxPro (VFP) over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP)
Rank 523 578 572
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -6
Contract jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) 6 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.010% 0.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.035% 0.030% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
Average daily rate £288 £248 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.16% -19.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £248 £256
% change year-on-year
+16.16% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £29.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £29.00 -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17282 20138 22889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.25% 34.53% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10652 11878 13292
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 608 718 916
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.50 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

FoxPro (VFP)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

FoxPro (VFP) Jobs Demand Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) within the UK.

FoxPro (VFP) Daily Rate Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) within the UK.

FoxPro (VFP) Hourly Rate Trend

FoxPro (VFP)
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FoxPro (VFP) within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +44 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
Cheshire - 3 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

FoxPro (VFP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP).

1 5 (71.43%) SQL
1 5 (71.43%) T-SQL
1 5 (71.43%) VB
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Visual Studio
2 4 (57.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 4 (57.14%) ClearQuest
2 4 (57.14%) InstallShield
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) VB6
2 4 (57.14%) FinalBuilder
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
4 1 (14.29%) IPv4
4 1 (14.29%) IPv6
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Mercurial
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services

FoxPro (VFP)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FoxPro (VFP) 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 FoxPro (VFP). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 1 (14.29%) IPv4
1 1 (14.29%) IPv6
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Visual Studio
1 4 (57.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 4 (57.14%) ClearQuest
1 4 (57.14%) InstallShield
1 4 (57.14%) FinalBuilder
2 1 (14.29%) Mercurial
General
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
1 5 (71.43%) T-SQL
1 5 (71.43%) VB
2 4 (57.14%) VB6
3 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Broadcom