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The table looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank11891
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads4521398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.316 %1.816 %
As % of the Programming Languages category3.961 %5.494 %
Daily rates quoted170321
Average daily rate£300£325
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£369£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300
Hourly rates quoted50144
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.40£32.50
% change on same period last year-24.92 %
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.NET
Demand Trend

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

VB.NET Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

VB.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

VB.NET
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.NET 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-38397£288-11.53 %
LondonDown-46119£288-17.85 %
North WestUp+1771£285+26.66 %
South EastDown-2866£275-8.33 %
South WestUp+3353£325+6.12 %
West MidlandsDown-539£238-32.14 %
City of LondonDown-2929£310-22.50 %
BristolUp+2426£350+4.47 %
ManchesterUp+123£258+7.29 %
ScotlandUp+3422£270-9.24 %
SurreyUp+2719£288-4.16 %
East MidlandsUp+2319£155-52.30 %
BerkshireDown-419£250-5.66 %
StaffordshireUp+217--
CheshireUp+3813£295+18.00 %
WiltshireUp+2613£300-
HampshireDown-913£325+1.56 %
GlasgowUp+2212£250-15.96 %
North EastUp+1612--
Stoke-on-TrentUp+412--
East of EnglandDown-2311£150-52.75 %
Channel IslandsUp+610£350-
JerseyUp+410£350-
GuernseyNew entry-10£350-
NewburyNew entry-9£250-
EdinburghUp+198£270-
WalesUp+118£150-57.74 %
BirminghamDown-18£275+4.76 %
CoventryUp+207£225-
South WalesUp+67£185-47.88 %

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11007 (99.70 %).NET
2587 (58.12 %)SQL Server
3504 (49.90 %)ASP.NET
4428 (42.38 %)C#
5395 (39.11 %)SQL
6300 (29.70 %)SQL Server 2005
7235 (23.27 %)VB
8208 (20.59 %)XML
9171 (16.93 %)SQL Server 2000
10158 (15.64 %)Microsoft
10158 (15.64 %)HTML
10158 (15.64 %)JavaScript
11155 (15.35 %)CSS
12142 (14.06 %)VB6
13128 (12.67 %)Windows
14123 (12.18 %)Visual Studio
15119 (11.78 %)Oracle
16116 (11.49 %)SharePoint
17112 (11.09 %)WebServices
18105 (10.40 %)Finance
1997 (9.604 %)ASP
2093 (9.208 %)T-SQL
2190 (8.911 %)AJAX
2276 (7.525 %)VBA
2375 (7.426 %)Crystal Reports
2375 (7.426 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2375 (7.426 %).NET Framework
2469 (6.832 %)OO
2567 (6.634 %)IIS
2665 (6.436 %)SharePoint Server 2007

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11007 (99.70 %).NET
2504 (49.90 %)ASP.NET
3208 (20.59 %)XML
4158 (15.64 %)HTML
5155 (15.35 %)CSS
6112 (11.09 %)WebServices
797 (9.604 %)ASP
890 (8.911 %)AJAX
975 (7.426 %).NET Framework
1054 (5.347 %)ADO.NET
1150 (4.950 %)XHTML
1243 (4.257 %)WinForms
1336 (3.564 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1336 (3.564 %)XSLT
1434 (3.366 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1520 (1.980 %)Flash
1520 (1.980 %)SOAP
1618 (1.782 %)jQuery
1618 (1.782 %)WCF
1715 (1.485 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1116 (11.49 %)SharePoint
267 (6.634 %)IIS
365 (6.436 %)SharePoint Server 2007
449 (4.851 %)BizTalk Server
535 (3.465 %)CMS
617 (1.683 %)ColdFusion
710 (0.990 %)Apache
87 (0.693 %)ArcGIS
96 (0.594 %)Content Management Server
96 (0.594 %)MS Exchange
96 (0.594 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (0.396 %)SharePoint Portal Server
113 (0.297 %)Exchange Server 2000
113 (0.297 %)Exchange Server 2007
113 (0.297 %)SAS
113 (0.297 %)WebSphere MQ
122 (0.198 %)WebLogic
122 (0.198 %)Tomcat
122 (0.198 %)DotNetNuke
122 (0.198 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
155 (5.446 %)MS Excel
251 (5.050 %)MS Office
317 (1.683 %)InfoPath
49 (0.891 %)Photoshop
55 (0.495 %)MS Visio
55 (0.495 %)Spreadsheet
64 (0.396 %)CA Clarity
73 (0.297 %)FreeHand
73 (0.297 %)Authorware
82 (0.198 %)MS Project
82 (0.198 %)Paint Shop Pro
91 (0.099 %)Fireworks
91 (0.099 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (1.287 %)Dynamics CRM
27 (0.693 %)Dynamics AX
35 (0.495 %)Microsoft CRM
43 (0.297 %)Global One
43 (0.297 %)Capstone
43 (0.297 %)Tesseract
43 (0.297 %)Minerva
43 (0.297 %)Sentinel
43 (0.297 %)Sophis VALUE
52 (0.198 %)Navision
61 (0.099 %)Pivotal CRM
61 (0.099 %)Bond Adapt
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (4.554 %)Internet
216 (1.584 %)Intranet
311 (1.089 %)SSL
410 (0.990 %)LDAP
59 (0.891 %)DHCP
59 (0.891 %)DNS
67 (0.693 %)HTTP
67 (0.693 %)SMS
75 (0.495 %)TCP/IP
84 (0.396 %)VoIP
93 (0.297 %)FTP
93 (0.297 %)iSCSI
93 (0.297 %)RFID
102 (0.198 %)LAN
102 (0.198 %)SMTP
102 (0.198 %)CTI
102 (0.198 %)3G
111 (0.099 %)VPN
111 (0.099 %)WAN
111 (0.099 %)Kerberos
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1587 (58.12 %)SQL Server
2300 (29.70 %)SQL Server 2005
3171 (16.93 %)SQL Server 2000
475 (7.426 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
475 (7.426 %)Crystal Reports
545 (4.455 %)SQL Server Integration Services
637 (3.663 %)SQL Server 2008
728 (2.772 %)MS Access
824 (2.376 %)DTS
922 (2.178 %)Datawarehouse
922 (2.178 %)Oracle Reports
1021 (2.079 %)MySQL
1120 (1.980 %)Oracle 8/8i
1218 (1.782 %)ETL
1218 (1.782 %)BusinessObjects
1313 (1.287 %)OLAP
1313 (1.287 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1410 (0.990 %)GIS
158 (0.792 %)Oracle 10g
166 (0.594 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (12.18 %)Visual Studio
223 (2.277 %)VSS/SourceSafe
316 (1.584 %)Team Foundation Server
415 (1.485 %)PowerBuilder
59 (0.891 %)Dreamweaver
59 (0.891 %)NUnit
65 (0.495 %)Subversion
65 (0.495 %)Oracle Forms
72 (0.198 %)PowerDesigner
72 (0.198 %)Oracle APEX
72 (0.198 %)MSI
72 (0.198 %)InstallShield
81 (0.099 %)Visual Studio Team System
81 (0.099 %)Expression Blend
81 (0.099 %)ProC
81 (0.099 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.099 %)Synon
81 (0.099 %)Ant
81 (0.099 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1105 (10.40 %)Finance
264 (6.337 %)Banking
333 (3.267 %)Government
432 (3.168 %)Front Office
519 (1.881 %)Insurance
617 (1.683 %)Back Office
617 (1.683 %)Investment Banking
715 (1.485 %)Marketing
812 (1.188 %)Retail
812 (1.188 %)Health
910 (0.990 %)Local Government
109 (0.891 %)Telecoms
118 (0.792 %)Financial Institution
127 (0.693 %)Manufacturing
127 (0.693 %)Education
136 (0.594 %)Pensions
145 (0.495 %)Graphic Design
145 (0.495 %)Electric
145 (0.495 %)Billing
154 (0.396 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1775 (76.73 %)Developer
2427 (42.28 %).NET Developer
3218 (21.58 %)VB.NET Developer
4121 (11.98 %)Web Developer
598 (9.703 %)ASP.NET Developer
689 (8.812 %)Analyst
766 (6.535 %)C# Developer
861 (6.040 %)SQL Developer
959 (5.842 %)Software Developer
959 (5.842 %)Programmer
1050 (4.950 %)Senior Developer
1147 (4.653 %)Applications Developer
1244 (4.356 %)Analyst Programmer
1343 (4.257 %)SharePoint Developer
1343 (4.257 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1438 (3.762 %)SQL Server Developer
1533 (3.267 %).NET Web Developer
1630 (2.970 %)Architect
1726 (2.574 %).NET Programmer
1825 (2.475 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (2.376 %)NHS
215 (1.485 %)N-Tier
312 (1.188 %)W3C
312 (1.188 %)Management Information System
47 (0.693 %)Dutch Language
47 (0.693 %)French Language
56 (0.594 %)Derivative
56 (0.594 %)Replication
56 (0.594 %)Client/Server
56 (0.594 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
65 (0.495 %)Learning Management System
74 (0.396 %)Data Integration
74 (0.396 %)Fat Client
74 (0.396 %)Thin Client
74 (0.396 %)E-Learning
74 (0.396 %)Web 2.0
74 (0.396 %)PDA
83 (0.297 %)IVR
83 (0.297 %)Equity Derivative
83 (0.297 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1128 (12.67 %)Windows
224 (2.376 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (1.980 %)Windows XP
416 (1.584 %)UNIX
515 (1.485 %)Linux
69 (0.891 %)Windows Vista
77 (0.693 %)Windows Server 2008
85 (0.495 %)Windows 2000
85 (0.495 %)Windows Mobile
94 (0.396 %)Windows NT
102 (0.198 %)Solaris
102 (0.198 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.099 %)AIX
111 (0.099 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
169 (6.832 %)OO
255 (5.446 %)Web Development
342 (4.158 %)Migration
441 (4.059 %)E-Commerce
441 (4.059 %)Project Management
537 (3.663 %)UML
634 (3.366 %)Agile Software Development
731 (3.069 %)CRM
824 (2.376 %)Unit Testing
921 (2.079 %)Scrum
1018 (1.782 %)ITIL
1116 (1.584 %)Business Intelligence
1116 (1.584 %)Content Management
1214 (1.386 %)ERP
1313 (1.287 %)Workflow
1412 (1.188 %)Data Modelling
1412 (1.188 %)PRINCE2
1511 (1.089 %)SEO
1511 (1.089 %)SOA
169 (0.891 %)Investment Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1428 (42.38 %)C#
2395 (39.11 %)SQL
3235 (23.27 %)VB
4158 (15.64 %)JavaScript
5142 (14.06 %)VB6
693 (9.208 %)T-SQL
776 (7.525 %)VBA
854 (5.347 %)Java
950 (4.950 %)VBScript
1040 (3.960 %)C
1135 (3.465 %)C++
1233 (3.267 %)PL/SQL
1317 (1.683 %)PHP
1412 (1.188 %)Perl
1511 (1.089 %)PowerShell
165 (0.495 %)Delphi
174 (0.396 %)Ruby
174 (0.396 %)Tcl
174 (0.396 %)Shell Script
183 (0.297 %)Pascal
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
145 (4.455 %)Degree
145 (4.455 %)Security Cleared
225 (2.475 %)SC Cleared
319 (1.881 %)Microsoft Certification
410 (0.990 %)MCTS
56 (0.594 %)MCP
56 (0.594 %)MCSD
64 (0.396 %)PhD
73 (0.297 %)HND
73 (0.297 %)MCAD
73 (0.297 %)MCPD
82 (0.198 %)MCDBA
82 (0.198 %)ISEB
82 (0.198 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.396 %)SLA
23 (0.297 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.198 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (2.871 %)Active Directory
24 (0.396 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (0.396 %)Hyper-V
31 (0.099 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.891 %)MIIS
19 (0.891 %)SCCM
27 (0.693 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
33 (0.297 %)Unicenter
33 (0.297 %)CONTROL-M
42 (0.198 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1158 (15.64 %)Microsoft
2119 (11.78 %)Oracle
324 (2.376 %)Sybase
418 (1.782 %)Business Objects
512 (1.188 %)Cognos
512 (1.188 %)BMC
69 (0.891 %)HP
77 (0.693 %)ILOG
77 (0.693 %)IBM
86 (0.594 %)ESRI
86 (0.594 %)Citrix
95 (0.495 %)TIBCO
95 (0.495 %)telerik
104 (0.396 %)VMware
104 (0.396 %)ProClarity
104 (0.396 %)Informatica
104 (0.396 %)Dell
104 (0.396 %)Intel
104 (0.396 %)Siebel
104 (0.396 %)SAP