Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7363
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads6771724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.971 %2.239 %
As % of the Programming Languages category5.933 %6.775 %
Daily rates quoted288460
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£203£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£279£300
% change on same period last year-7.000 %
Hourly rates quoted77181
Average hourly rate£25.75£32.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-19.53 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£20.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.10£41.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-16.92 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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-8636£345-1.42 %
LondonDown-1322£415+3.75 %
City of LondonUp+9129£450+5.88 %
South EastDown-1123£316+5.41 %
South WestUp+3459£325-2.98 %
BerkshireUp+1648£316+10.00 %
West MidlandsDown-838£202-44.20 %
BristolUp+2730£350+4.47 %
ReadingUp+2630£311-6.39 %
ScotlandUp+1730£230-26.98 %
North WestDown-1027£263-25.00 %
East MidlandsUp+2524£231-21.27 %
East of EnglandNo change020£295-1.66 %
HampshireDown-118£275-21.42 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2416£329+9.66 %
GloucestershireUp+916£306+2.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+2415£329+37.08 %
EdinburghUp+2315£230-27.27 %
LeicestershireUp+2114£300-
Docklands, LondonUp+1912£434+33.53 %
SurreyDown-211--
Canary WharfUp+2110£488+62.50 %
MidlandsUp+189£219-51.38 %
LeicesterUp+169£300-
CheltenhamUp+139£306-
YorkshireDown-109£275+22.22 %
SolihullNew entry-9£204-
KentUp+48£288-14.81 %
EssexUp+127£380+50.49 %
CambridgeshireUp+97£250-31.50 %

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1627 (44.47 %).NET
2603 (42.77 %)SQL
3449 (31.84 %)SQL Server
4391 (27.73 %)C#
5376 (26.67 %)VB6
6306 (21.70 %)Windows
7269 (19.08 %)Microsoft
8239 (16.95 %)Finance
9238 (16.88 %)ASP.NET
10235 (16.67 %)VB.NET
11213 (15.11 %)MS Excel
12210 (14.89 %)Oracle
13196 (13.90 %)XML
14192 (13.62 %)Banking
15190 (13.48 %)VBScript
16188 (13.33 %)HTML
17187 (13.26 %)VBA
18153 (10.85 %)Java
19152 (10.78 %)Security Cleared
20149 (10.57 %)C++
21147 (10.43 %)Windows Server 2003
22145 (10.28 %)ASP
23142 (10.07 %)SQL Server 2005
24130 (9.220 %)Investment Banking
25118 (8.369 %)JavaScript
26105 (7.447 %)UNIX
27100 (7.092 %)SQL Server 2000
2897 (6.879 %)MS Access
2992 (6.525 %)T-SQL
3087 (6.170 %)MS Office

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1627 (44.47 %).NET
2238 (16.88 %)ASP.NET
3196 (13.90 %)XML
4188 (13.33 %)HTML
5145 (10.28 %)ASP
685 (6.028 %)CSS
784 (5.957 %).NET Framework
860 (4.255 %)WebServices
943 (3.050 %)XSLT
943 (3.050 %)AJAX
1033 (2.340 %)WinForms
1131 (2.199 %)WSH
1230 (2.128 %)Application Packaging
1324 (1.702 %)WebSphere
1423 (1.631 %)JSP
1522 (1.560 %)COM+
1621 (1.489 %)XSL
1720 (1.418 %)Flash
1720 (1.418 %)Software Packaging
1819 (1.348 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
183 (5.887 %)IIS
265 (4.610 %)SharePoint
335 (2.482 %)BizTalk Server
423 (1.631 %)SAS
423 (1.631 %)MS Exchange
423 (1.631 %)SharePoint Server 2007
519 (1.348 %)CMS
615 (1.064 %)Apache
714 (0.993 %)Exchange Server 2003
811 (0.780 %)Documentum
99 (0.638 %)WebSphere Application Server
108 (0.567 %)Lotus Notes
117 (0.496 %)Lotus Domino
126 (0.426 %)WebLogic
126 (0.426 %)Exchange Server 5.5
126 (0.426 %)ESB
126 (0.426 %)WebSphere MQ
135 (0.355 %)TYPO3
135 (0.355 %)Exchange Server 2000
135 (0.355 %)MQSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1213 (15.11 %)MS Excel
287 (6.170 %)MS Office
337 (2.624 %)Spreadsheet
414 (0.993 %)MS PowerPoint
512 (0.851 %)MS Project
611 (0.780 %)MS Visio
77 (0.496 %)MATLAB
86 (0.426 %)SPSS
86 (0.426 %)Photoshop
95 (0.355 %)Stata
95 (0.355 %)CA Clarity
103 (0.213 %)InfoPath
103 (0.213 %)Adobe Illustrator
103 (0.213 %)Simulink
111 (0.071 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (1.560 %)SoftGrid
28 (0.567 %)Microsoft CRM
35 (0.355 %)Summit
35 (0.355 %)Nortel Periphonics
35 (0.355 %)SunGard GMI
44 (0.284 %)Cerner Millennium
44 (0.284 %)assyst
44 (0.284 %)SAP R/3
44 (0.284 %)Sophis RISQUE
44 (0.284 %)PeopleSoft Financials
53 (0.213 %)Algo Collateral
62 (0.142 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
62 (0.142 %)SAP ERP
62 (0.142 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.142 %)Sophis VALUE
62 (0.142 %)MAXIMO
62 (0.142 %)Navision
62 (0.142 %)Capstone
71 (0.071 %)Hyperion Enterprise
71 (0.071 %)Academy Housing
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (2.411 %)TCP/IP
223 (1.631 %)DNS
223 (1.631 %)Internet
320 (1.418 %)Intranet
419 (1.348 %)HTTP
518 (1.277 %)LAN
617 (1.206 %)LDAP
617 (1.206 %)WAN
716 (1.135 %)DHCP
811 (0.780 %)VoIP
811 (0.780 %)SMS
811 (0.780 %)SSL
97 (0.496 %)Firewall
106 (0.426 %)3G
106 (0.426 %)RNC
106 (0.426 %)UMTS
115 (0.355 %)FTP
115 (0.355 %)HTTPS
124 (0.284 %)VPN
124 (0.284 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1449 (31.84 %)SQL Server
2142 (10.07 %)SQL Server 2005
3100 (7.092 %)SQL Server 2000
497 (6.879 %)MS Access
560 (4.255 %)Crystal Reports
650 (3.546 %)BusinessObjects
749 (3.475 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
833 (2.340 %)Datawarehouse
932 (2.270 %)ETL
1022 (1.560 %)MySQL
1121 (1.489 %)OLAP
1121 (1.489 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1219 (1.348 %)DB2
1219 (1.348 %)DTS
1318 (1.277 %)Oracle 8/8i
1417 (1.206 %)RDBMS
1417 (1.206 %)Oracle 10g
1516 (1.135 %)SQL Server 2008
1516 (1.135 %)Oracle 9i
1516 (1.135 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
165 (4.610 %)Visual Studio
248 (3.404 %)MSI
336 (2.553 %)VSS/SourceSafe
425 (1.773 %)ClearCase
521 (1.489 %)StarTeam
619 (1.348 %)Subversion
717 (1.206 %)QuickTest Pro
815 (1.064 %)InstallShield
914 (0.993 %)Eclipse
1013 (0.922 %)TestDirector
1110 (0.709 %)PowerBuilder
129 (0.638 %)ClearQuest
129 (0.638 %)Dreamweaver
129 (0.638 %)LoadRunner
129 (0.638 %)Team Foundation Server
138 (0.567 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
147 (0.496 %)Oracle APEX
156 (0.426 %)WinRunner
156 (0.426 %)Oracle Forms
165 (0.355 %)NUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1239 (16.95 %)Finance
2192 (13.62 %)Banking
3130 (9.220 %)Investment Banking
480 (5.674 %)Front Office
562 (4.397 %)Government
646 (3.262 %)Back Office
740 (2.837 %)Insurance
830 (2.128 %)Telecoms
924 (1.702 %)Health
1023 (1.631 %)Retail
1115 (1.064 %)Education
1115 (1.064 %)Financial Institution
1212 (0.851 %)Marketing
1311 (0.780 %)Pharmaceutical
1410 (0.709 %)Military
159 (0.638 %)Games
159 (0.638 %)Auditing
168 (0.567 %)Pensions
177 (0.496 %)Local Government
177 (0.496 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1718 (50.92 %)Developer
2289 (20.50 %)Analyst
3155 (10.99 %).NET Developer
4124 (8.794 %)C# Developer
5117 (8.298 %)VB Developer
6113 (8.014 %)Programmer
780 (5.674 %)Analyst Programmer
877 (5.461 %)SQL Developer
960 (4.255 %)Support Analyst
1050 (3.546 %)Web Developer
1050 (3.546 %)Consultant
1148 (3.404 %)Software Developer
1247 (3.333 %)VB.NET Developer
1340 (2.837 %)Data Analyst
1438 (2.695 %)VB6 Developer
1537 (2.624 %)Applications Developer
1537 (2.624 %)Senior Developer
1635 (2.482 %)Excel Developer
1732 (2.270 %)Analyst Developer
1830 (2.128 %)ASP.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (5.461 %)Derivative
267 (4.752 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
346 (3.262 %)Credit Risk
435 (2.482 %)Client/Server
531 (2.199 %)NHS
629 (2.057 %)Management Information System
725 (1.773 %)Market Risk
816 (1.135 %)Clustering
914 (0.993 %)Equity Derivative
914 (0.993 %)Fixed Income
1013 (0.922 %)Equities
1112 (0.851 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1112 (0.851 %)N-Tier
1112 (0.851 %)iSeries
1211 (0.780 %)IVR
1310 (0.709 %)Replication
1310 (0.709 %)Mainframe
149 (0.638 %)AS400
158 (0.567 %)Exotic Derivative
158 (0.567 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1306 (21.70 %)Windows
2147 (10.43 %)Windows Server 2003
3105 (7.447 %)UNIX
459 (4.184 %)Windows Vista
551 (3.617 %)Windows XP
647 (3.333 %)Linux
647 (3.333 %)Windows Server 2008
727 (1.915 %)Windows 2000
824 (1.702 %)Solaris
919 (1.348 %)AIX
1015 (1.064 %)Windows NT
1111 (0.780 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (0.213 %)NetWare
132 (0.142 %)Windows Mobile
132 (0.142 %)HPUX
141 (0.071 %)OS/400
141 (0.071 %)MVS
141 (0.071 %)Red Hat Linux
141 (0.071 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
175 (5.319 %)OO
272 (5.106 %)Migration
347 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
446 (3.262 %)Project Management
545 (3.191 %)Web Development
641 (2.908 %)ITIL
736 (2.553 %)E-Commerce
736 (2.553 %)Agile Software Development
835 (2.482 %)Workflow
835 (2.482 %)Business Analysis
835 (2.482 %)System Testing
930 (2.128 %)User Acceptance Testing
930 (2.128 %)UML
1025 (1.773 %)RAD
1025 (1.773 %)Data Migration
1124 (1.702 %)CRM
1124 (1.702 %)Data Analysis
1222 (1.560 %)Data Modelling
1319 (1.348 %)OOD
1418 (1.277 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1603 (42.77 %)SQL
2391 (27.73 %)C#
3376 (26.67 %)VB6
4235 (16.67 %)VB.NET
5190 (13.48 %)VBScript
6187 (13.26 %)VBA
7153 (10.85 %)Java
8149 (10.57 %)C++
9118 (8.369 %)JavaScript
1092 (6.525 %)T-SQL
1167 (4.752 %)PL/SQL
1252 (3.688 %)C
1349 (3.475 %)Perl
1436 (2.553 %)Tcl
1533 (2.340 %)PHP
1631 (2.199 %)VC++
1725 (1.773 %)PowerShell
1824 (1.702 %)REXX
1920 (1.418 %)RPG
2018 (1.277 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1152 (10.78 %)Security Cleared
287 (6.170 %)SC Cleared
349 (3.475 %)Microsoft Certification
446 (3.262 %)Degree
537 (2.624 %)MCSE
626 (1.844 %)DV Cleared
77 (0.496 %)MCP
86 (0.426 %)ISEB
95 (0.355 %)CCNA
95 (0.355 %)Cisco Certification
95 (0.355 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
95 (0.355 %)BC Cleared
95 (0.355 %)CTC Cleared
95 (0.355 %)MOS
95 (0.355 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
104 (0.284 %)PRINCE2 Certification
113 (0.213 %)MCSD
122 (0.142 %)HNC
122 (0.142 %)HND
122 (0.142 %)MCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (1.277 %)QA
29 (0.638 %)SLA
35 (0.355 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.284 %)ISO9001
53 (0.213 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.071 %)HL7
61 (0.071 %)TickIT
61 (0.071 %)21 CFR Part 11
61 (0.071 %)GCP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
168 (4.823 %)Active Directory
233 (2.340 %)VMware Infrastructure
331 (2.199 %)VMware ESX
47 (0.496 %)Terminal Services
56 (0.426 %)ISA Server
56 (0.426 %)NetBackup
56 (0.426 %)AquaLogic
65 (0.355 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.284 %)MSMQ
82 (0.142 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
82 (0.142 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.071 %)RACF
91 (0.071 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.071 %)Terminal Server
91 (0.071 %)Hyper-V
91 (0.071 %)XenApp
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
166 (4.681 %)OpenView Configuration Management
218 (1.277 %)MOM
317 (1.206 %)Tivoli
413 (0.922 %)OpenView
510 (0.709 %)MIIS
510 (0.709 %)SCCM
68 (0.567 %)SCOM
77 (0.496 %)AutoSys
86 (0.426 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
86 (0.426 %)CONTROL-M
95 (0.355 %)ServiceCenter
104 (0.284 %)BMC PATROL
104 (0.284 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
113 (0.213 %)WSUS
122 (0.142 %)MIMEsweeper
122 (0.142 %)Unicenter
131 (0.071 %)HP NNM
131 (0.071 %)ARCserve
131 (0.071 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1269 (19.08 %)Microsoft
2210 (14.89 %)Oracle
374 (5.248 %)HP
469 (4.894 %)Sybase
557 (4.043 %)VMware
650 (3.546 %)Business Objects
729 (2.057 %)Citrix
828 (1.986 %)IBM
927 (1.915 %)Altiris
1021 (1.489 %)Borland
1119 (1.348 %)Cognos
1215 (1.064 %)BMC
1314 (0.993 %)PeopleSoft
1412 (0.851 %)SAP
1412 (0.851 %)Lotus
1511 (0.780 %)Siebel
1610 (0.709 %)Reuters
1610 (0.709 %)Bloomberg
179 (0.638 %)Mapinfo
179 (0.638 %)GL TRADE