Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank968361
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-22
Matching contract IT job ads7548501949
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.722 %1.848 %2.381 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.548 %5.932 %6.833 %
Daily rates quoted311267675
Average daily rate£400£305£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.14 %-18.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£209£200£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£450£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£275£315
% change year-on-year
+9.090 %-12.69 %
Hourly rates quoted87112145
Average hourly rate£27.00£30.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.60£13.55£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.00£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£30.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165781433028524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK37.87 %31.16 %34.85 %
Daily rates quoted807247888851
Average daily rate£401£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.57 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£305£325
% change year-on-year
-1.630 %-6.150 %
Hourly rates quoted83212302017
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.88£16.00£19.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£32.50£33.50
% change year-on-year
-13.84 %-2.980 %

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.

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VB Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB within the UK.

VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB within the UK.

VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

VB Hourly Rate Histogram

VB
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-18707£400+30.08 %
LondonDown-1419£438+16.66 %
City of LondonUp+4176£475+18.75 %
South EastDown-19104£325+14.03 %
East of EnglandUp+1539£325+18.18 %
ScotlandUp+635£310+24.00 %
South WestDown-2335£298-1.65 %
BerkshireDown-527£375+10.29 %
YorkshireUp+525£194-25.48 %
SurreyDown-425£268+3.88 %
West MidlandsDown-625£263+23.38 %
North WestDown-2423£300+14.28 %
EdinburghDown-420£323-10.41 %
East MidlandsDown-1018£220-20.00 %
HertfordshireUp+1817£335+11.66 %
HampshireUp+917£290-8.66 %
North EastDown-314£338+37.75 %
WiltshireUp+712£298+2.58 %
ReadingUp+312£381+12.13 %
West YorkshireUp+112£283+8.65 %
CambridgeshireUp+411£325+46.06 %
BuckinghamshireDown-111£265-13.11 %
LeicestershireDown-211£220-12.00 %
LeedsUp+1510£283+8.65 %
StevenageUp+1110£335-5.63 %
KentUp+1110£325-
SwindonUp+99£295+18.00 %
CambridgeUp+49£325+44.44 %
GlasgowDown-39£338+50.00 %
WarwickshireNew entry-9£275-

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1679 (45.51 %)SQL
2595 (39.88 %).NET
3551 (36.93 %)SQL Server
4373 (25.00 %)VB6
5366 (24.53 %)C#
6339 (22.72 %)Windows
7302 (20.24 %)Finance
8279 (18.70 %)Microsoft
9277 (18.57 %)Banking
10245 (16.42 %)Oracle
11238 (15.95 %)VBA
12237 (15.88 %)Java
13217 (14.54 %)MS Excel
14216 (14.48 %)ASP.NET
15214 (14.34 %)VB.NET
16203 (13.61 %)XML
17187 (12.53 %)VBScript
17187 (12.53 %)C++
17187 (12.53 %)SQL Server 2005
18176 (11.80 %)Investment Banking
19172 (11.53 %)ASP
20149 (9.987 %)HTML
21137 (9.182 %)Security Cleared
22127 (8.512 %)MS Access
23122 (8.177 %)JavaScript
24119 (7.976 %)C
25112 (7.507 %)UNIX
26111 (7.440 %)SQL Server 2000
27108 (7.239 %)Visual Studio
28106 (7.105 %)Front Office

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1595 (39.88 %).NET
2216 (14.48 %)ASP.NET
3203 (13.61 %)XML
4172 (11.53 %)ASP
5149 (9.987 %)HTML
683 (5.563 %)CSS
770 (4.692 %)Web Services
859 (3.954 %)AJAX
944 (2.949 %).NET Framework
1036 (2.413 %)WinForms
1133 (2.212 %)Spring
1223 (1.542 %)XSL
1223 (1.542 %)SOAP
1320 (1.340 %)XSLT
1419 (1.273 %)COM+
1419 (1.273 %)XHTML
1419 (1.273 %)Silverlight
1518 (1.206 %)WPF
1518 (1.206 %)ActiveX
1518 (1.206 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
169 (4.625 %)IIS
257 (3.820 %)SharePoint
348 (3.217 %)SAS
432 (2.145 %)SharePoint Server 2007
527 (1.810 %)MS Exchange
619 (1.273 %)Apache
718 (1.206 %)WebLogic
817 (1.139 %)Lotus Domino
914 (0.938 %)Rendezvous
914 (0.938 %)BizTalk Server
1013 (0.871 %)ColdFusion
1111 (0.737 %)Documentum
1111 (0.737 %)Tomcat
1111 (0.737 %)Exchange Server 2003
1210 (0.670 %)Tuxedo
139 (0.603 %)CMS
147 (0.469 %)ColdFusion MX
147 (0.469 %)Exchange Server 2000
156 (0.402 %)MQSeries
156 (0.402 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1217 (14.54 %)MS Excel
291 (6.099 %)MS Office
349 (3.284 %)Spreadsheet
423 (1.542 %)MS Visio
522 (1.475 %)MS Project
613 (0.871 %)MS PowerPoint
711 (0.737 %)MATLAB
810 (0.670 %)Simulink
97 (0.469 %)InfoPath
106 (0.402 %)SPSS
111 (0.067 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.067 %)XMetaL
111 (0.067 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.067 %)CATIA
111 (0.067 %)Photoshop
111 (0.067 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (1.273 %)Algo Collateral
211 (0.737 %)GL Clearvision
38 (0.536 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
38 (0.536 %)Dynamics CRM
47 (0.469 %)SoftGrid
56 (0.402 %)SAP R/3
65 (0.335 %)CODA-Financials
65 (0.335 %)Summit
65 (0.335 %)Cognos Planning
74 (0.268 %)Dynamics NAV
83 (0.201 %)Decalog
83 (0.201 %)Capstone
83 (0.201 %)Tesseract
83 (0.201 %)Minerva
83 (0.201 %)Sentinel
92 (0.134 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
92 (0.134 %)Retail-J
92 (0.134 %)Microsoft CRM
92 (0.134 %)Navision
101 (0.067 %)Endur
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
147 (3.150 %)Internet
229 (1.944 %)LDAP
229 (1.944 %)DNS
326 (1.743 %)DHCP
425 (1.676 %)3G
518 (1.206 %)LAN
617 (1.139 %)TCP/IP
716 (1.072 %)Firewall
813 (0.871 %)Intranet
813 (0.871 %)WAN
813 (0.871 %)RNC
912 (0.804 %)ATM
1011 (0.737 %)SDH
1011 (0.737 %)HTTP
1011 (0.737 %)SAN
1110 (0.670 %)Ethernet
129 (0.603 %)VPN
138 (0.536 %)FTP
147 (0.469 %)Nokia NetAct
155 (0.335 %)GPRS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1551 (36.93 %)SQL Server
2187 (12.53 %)SQL Server 2005
3127 (8.512 %)MS Access
4111 (7.440 %)SQL Server 2000
557 (3.820 %)BusinessObjects
653 (3.552 %)Crystal Reports
653 (3.552 %)SQL Server 2008
750 (3.351 %)Datawarehouse
846 (3.083 %)SQL Server Integration Services
846 (3.083 %)MySQL
933 (2.212 %)Oracle 10g
1031 (2.078 %)ETL
1123 (1.542 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1216 (1.072 %)RDBMS
1315 (1.005 %)Oracle Reports
1414 (0.938 %)SQLPlus
1513 (0.871 %)Oracle 8/8i
1513 (0.871 %)DTS
1612 (0.804 %)BusinessObjects XI
1711 (0.737 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1108 (7.239 %)Visual Studio
251 (3.418 %)QuickTest Pro
320 (1.340 %)Subversion
320 (1.340 %)LoadRunner
417 (1.139 %)VSS/SourceSafe
516 (1.072 %)ClearCase
614 (0.938 %)InstallShield
614 (0.938 %)WinRunner
712 (0.804 %)Team Foundation Server
811 (0.737 %)PowerBuilder
910 (0.670 %)ProC
109 (0.603 %)TestDirector
118 (0.536 %)Oracle APEX
118 (0.536 %)JIRA
127 (0.469 %)NUnit
127 (0.469 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
136 (0.402 %)Rational Functional Tester
145 (0.335 %)ClearQuest
145 (0.335 %)LabVIEW
145 (0.335 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1302 (20.24 %)Finance
2277 (18.57 %)Banking
3176 (11.80 %)Investment Banking
4106 (7.105 %)Front Office
581 (5.429 %)Back Office
672 (4.826 %)Government
751 (3.418 %)Insurance
850 (3.351 %)Telecoms
931 (2.078 %)Retail
1022 (1.475 %)Pensions
1121 (1.408 %)Legal
1219 (1.273 %)Health
1318 (1.206 %)Education
1417 (1.139 %)Manufacturing
1510 (0.670 %)Marketing
1510 (0.670 %)Financial Institution
169 (0.603 %)Aerospace
169 (0.603 %)Retail Banking
177 (0.469 %)Automotive
177 (0.469 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1745 (49.93 %)Developer
2291 (19.50 %)Analyst
3171 (11.46 %)VB Developer
4133 (8.914 %).NET Developer
5103 (6.903 %)C# Developer
670 (4.692 %)VB6 Developer
767 (4.491 %)Support Analyst
861 (4.088 %)Programmer
957 (3.820 %)SQL Developer
1053 (3.552 %)Consultant
1152 (3.485 %)VBA Developer
1251 (3.418 %)Applications Support
1350 (3.351 %)Web Developer
1447 (3.150 %)Excel Developer
1544 (2.949 %)Business Analyst
1544 (2.949 %)Senior Developer
1641 (2.748 %)Software Developer
1740 (2.681 %)Applications Developer
1839 (2.614 %)Architect
1839 (2.614 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
178 (5.228 %)Derivative
261 (4.088 %)Fixed Income
346 (3.083 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
440 (2.681 %)Client/Server
533 (2.212 %)Equity Derivative
630 (2.011 %)NHS
727 (1.810 %)Credit Risk
823 (1.542 %)Mathematics
919 (1.273 %)Computer Science
1017 (1.139 %)Statistics
1116 (1.072 %)Equities
1116 (1.072 %)N-Tier
1215 (1.005 %)Visualisation
1313 (0.871 %)Market Risk
1412 (0.804 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1511 (0.737 %)Management Information System
1610 (0.670 %)Clustering
179 (0.603 %)PKI
179 (0.603 %)Open Source
188 (0.536 %)FMCG
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1339 (22.72 %)Windows
2112 (7.507 %)UNIX
389 (5.965 %)Windows Server 2003
457 (3.820 %)Windows XP
551 (3.418 %)Linux
637 (2.480 %)Solaris
734 (2.279 %)Windows Server 2008
828 (1.877 %)Windows 2000 Server
924 (1.609 %)Windows 2000
1019 (1.273 %)Windows Vista
1115 (1.005 %)Windows 7
1210 (0.670 %)VMS
139 (0.603 %)Windows NT
139 (0.603 %)Red Hat Linux
143 (0.201 %)AIX
143 (0.201 %)HPUX
152 (0.134 %)Mac OS
152 (0.134 %)Windows CE
152 (0.134 %)Tru64
152 (0.134 %)VxWorks
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1102 (6.836 %)OO
254 (3.619 %)Migration
350 (3.351 %)Agile Software Development
447 (3.150 %)User Acceptance Testing
538 (2.547 %)Unit Testing
538 (2.547 %)ITIL
637 (2.480 %)Business Analysis
736 (2.413 %)Test Scripting
834 (2.279 %)UML
930 (2.011 %)Systems Analysis
1029 (1.944 %)Web Development
1127 (1.810 %)CRM
1127 (1.810 %)Configuration Management
1127 (1.810 %)Workflow
1226 (1.743 %)Risk Management
1226 (1.743 %)RAD
1323 (1.542 %)Business Intelligence
1422 (1.475 %)Release Management
1422 (1.475 %)Project Management
1521 (1.408 %)Use Case
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1679 (45.51 %)SQL
2373 (25.00 %)VB6
3366 (24.53 %)C#
4238 (15.95 %)VBA
5237 (15.88 %)Java
6214 (14.34 %)VB.NET
7187 (12.53 %)VBScript
7187 (12.53 %)C++
8122 (8.177 %)JavaScript
9119 (7.976 %)C
1095 (6.367 %)T-SQL
1180 (5.362 %)PL/SQL
1270 (4.692 %)Perl
1335 (2.346 %)PowerShell
1430 (2.011 %)Python
1517 (1.139 %)Korn
1615 (1.005 %)PHP
1712 (0.804 %)Delphi
1810 (0.670 %)Shell Script
199 (0.603 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1137 (9.182 %)Security Cleared
284 (5.630 %)Degree
383 (5.563 %)SC Cleared
441 (2.748 %)Microsoft Certification
520 (1.340 %)ISEB
619 (1.273 %)MCSE
716 (1.072 %)BC Cleared
716 (1.072 %)DV Cleared
813 (0.871 %)MCP
97 (0.469 %)MCSD
97 (0.469 %)MCTS
106 (0.402 %)CTC Cleared
106 (0.402 %)MCAD
115 (0.335 %)MBA
124 (0.268 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
124 (0.268 %)MCDBA
133 (0.201 %)MCSA
133 (0.201 %)ISTQB
142 (0.134 %)MCPD
142 (0.134 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.273 %)QA
28 (0.536 %)SLA
33 (0.201 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.201 %)ISO12207
33 (0.201 %)JTAG
33 (0.201 %)HL7
42 (0.134 %)ISO27001
42 (0.134 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.067 %)GxP
51 (0.067 %)IAS 39
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
183 (5.563 %)Active Directory
228 (1.877 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (0.938 %)NetBackup
412 (0.804 %)VMware ESX
59 (0.603 %)MSMQ
64 (0.268 %)SRDF
72 (0.134 %)Novell eDirectory
72 (0.134 %)Hyper-V
72 (0.134 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.134 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.134 %)ISA Server
81 (0.067 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
81 (0.067 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.067 %)VMware Workstation
81 (0.067 %)XenApp
81 (0.067 %)Xen
81 (0.067 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.067 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (1.810 %)MSI
219 (1.273 %)OpenView Configuration Management
316 (1.072 %)SCCM
412 (0.804 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
58 (0.536 %)OpenView
67 (0.469 %)AutoSys
76 (0.402 %)Tivoli
85 (0.335 %)SCOM
94 (0.268 %)Sysprep
94 (0.268 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
94 (0.268 %)MOM
103 (0.201 %)MIIS
112 (0.134 %)Legato
112 (0.134 %)RepliStor
112 (0.134 %)BMC PATROL
112 (0.134 %)CONTROL-M
121 (0.067 %)Norton AntiVirus
121 (0.067 %)Tivoli Configuration Manager
121 (0.067 %)Tivoli Monitoring
121 (0.067 %)Tivoli NetView
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1279 (18.70 %)Microsoft
2245 (16.42 %)Oracle
367 (4.491 %)Sybase
457 (3.820 %)Business Objects
552 (3.485 %)HP
637 (2.480 %)VMware
734 (2.279 %)Citrix
829 (1.944 %)IBM
927 (1.810 %)Cognos
1025 (1.676 %)SAP
1119 (1.273 %)Infragistics
1217 (1.139 %)Reuters
1217 (1.139 %)Bloomberg
1316 (1.072 %)TIBCO
1415 (1.005 %)Nokia
1415 (1.005 %)Agresso
1514 (0.938 %)Red Hat
1514 (0.938 %)Lotus
1611 (0.737 %)Cisco
179 (0.603 %)Compaq