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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7665
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads15141897
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.902 %2.132 %
As % of the category below5.551 %5.981 %
Daily rates quoted333338
Average minimum daily rate£329£317
Average daily rate£352£338
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£306
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Hourly rates quoted153183
Average minimum hourly rate£29.55£31.22
Average hourly rate£32.87£33.84
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.19£36.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.34£34.55
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching contract IT job ads2727631715
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled34.27 %35.64 %
Daily rates quoted88549345
Average minimum daily rate£385£401
Average daily rate£413£427
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£331
% change on same period last year+3.39 %
Hourly rates quoted18272065
Average minimum hourly rate£30.52£30.03
Average hourly rate£33.09£32.04
% change on same period last year+3.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.67£34.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£32.14
% change on same period last year+4.12 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VB.NET across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing VB.NET across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing VB.NET across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

VB.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-131437£354+4.88 %
2LondonDown-4491£401+7.13 %
3South EastDown-9288£308+1.09 %
4East of EnglandDown-21129£320+3.20 %
5City of LondonUp+10125£446+11.44 %
6West MidlandsUp+4112£280-3.02 %
6North WestDown-12112£299+11.94 %
7South WestUp+8104£314-2.97 %
8East MidlandsDown-682£277+5.13 %
9YorkshireDown-2673£276+7.00 %
10CambridgeshireDown-155£316+15.32 %
11West YorkshireDown-2050£233-15.45 %
12BerkshireDown-1147£320+2.01 %
13HampshireUp+446£265-4.07 %
13ManchesterDown-1246£360+53.19 %
14SurreyDown-1744£282-6.83 %
15BuckinghamshireUp+1441£331+26.77 %
16MidlandsUp+939£300-4.00 %
17WalesUp+1133£264-8.96 %
18LeedsDown-1732£190-30.90 %
18Milton KeynesUp+1232£344-9.83 %
19PeterboroughDown-131£313+12.91 %
20WiltshireDown-1430--
20West SussexDown-430£322+11.03 %
20ScotlandDown-2030£312-13.89 %
21South WalesUp+2129£264-
22BristolUp+1526£333+12.92 %
23OxfordshireUp+822£311+24.50 %
23CheshireDown-2122£369-
24StaffordshireUp+1021--

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing VB.NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.NET.

13036 (99.97 %).NET
21748 (57.56 %)SQL Server
31554 (51.17 %)ASP.NET
41205 (39.68 %)C#
51010 (33.26 %)SQL
6794 (26.14 %)VB
7714 (23.51 %)XML
8663 (21.83 %)SQL Server 2005
9478 (15.74 %)SQL Server 2000
10476 (15.67 %)Windows
11471 (15.51 %)VB6
12461 (15.18 %)HTML
13438 (14.42 %)Microsoft
14398 (13.11 %)ASP
15394 (12.97 %)JavaScript
16380 (12.51 %)Visual Studio
17379 (12.48 %)Finance
18368 (12.12 %)WebServices
19328 (10.80 %)CSS
20310 (10.21 %).NET Framework
21301 (9.911 %)Oracle
22271 (8.923 %)OO
23255 (8.396 %)WinForms
24228 (7.507 %)Transact-SQL
25218 (7.178 %)AJAX
26208 (6.849 %)XSLT
27195 (6.421 %)VBA
28177 (5.828 %)SharePoint
29175 (5.762 %)IIS
30168 (5.532 %)Banking

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing VB.NET also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13036 (99.97 %).NET
21554 (51.17 %)ASP.NET
3714 (23.51 %)XML
4461 (15.18 %)HTML
5398 (13.11 %)ASP
6368 (12.12 %)WebServices
7328 (10.80 %)CSS
8310 (10.21 %).NET Framework
9255 (8.396 %)WinForms
10218 (7.178 %)AJAX
11208 (6.849 %)XSLT
1299 (3.260 %)ADO.NET
1393 (3.062 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1474 (2.437 %)XHTML
1569 (2.272 %)SOAP
1651 (1.679 %)XSL
1749 (1.613 %)WCF
1840 (1.317 %)COM+
1936 (1.185 %)WPF
2034 (1.120 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
1177 (5.828 %)SharePoint
2175 (5.762 %)IIS
3105 (3.457 %)BizTalk Server
481 (2.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
567 (2.206 %)CMS
618 (0.593 %)Content Management Server
713 (0.428 %)Lotus Notes
713 (0.428 %)SharePoint Portal Server
811 (0.362 %)LiveLink
811 (0.362 %)ArcGIS
98 (0.263 %)MS Exchange
107 (0.230 %)Apache
116 (0.198 %)Exchange Server 2000
125 (0.165 %)Oracle Application Server
125 (0.165 %)Documentum
125 (0.165 %)ColdFusion
134 (0.132 %)Exchange Server 2003
134 (0.132 %)Community Server
134 (0.132 %)DotNetNuke
143 (0.099 %)Tomcat
Applications
1141 (4.643 %)MS Excel
2111 (3.655 %)MS Office
324 (0.790 %)Photoshop
416 (0.527 %)MS Project
513 (0.428 %)MS Visio
612 (0.395 %)MATLAB
612 (0.395 %)Simulink
77 (0.230 %)MS PowerPoint
86 (0.198 %)AutoCAD
93 (0.099 %)Fireworks
93 (0.099 %)Acrobat
102 (0.066 %)InfoPath
102 (0.066 %)Adobe Director
102 (0.066 %)CA Clarity
111 (0.033 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.033 %)ArcView
111 (0.033 %)S-PLUS
111 (0.033 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.033 %)Authorware
111 (0.033 %)ImageReady
Business Applications
117 (0.560 %)Microsoft CRM
212 (0.395 %)Fidessa
36 (0.198 %)Dynamics CRM
44 (0.132 %)Great Plains
53 (0.099 %)GoldMine
53 (0.099 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.066 %)SyteLine
62 (0.066 %)Pivotal CRM
62 (0.066 %)RMDS
62 (0.066 %)InvestOne
62 (0.066 %)Navision
62 (0.066 %)SAP R/3
71 (0.033 %)Oracle EBS
71 (0.033 %)Oracle 11i
71 (0.033 %)Singl.eView
71 (0.033 %)LabWindows
71 (0.033 %)Line 100
71 (0.033 %)Sage MMS
Communications & Networking
1112 (3.688 %)Internet
295 (3.128 %)Intranet
333 (1.087 %)Extranet
423 (0.757 %)Wireless
520 (0.659 %)TCP/IP
619 (0.626 %)CTI
716 (0.527 %)SMS
814 (0.461 %)WINS
814 (0.461 %)TETRA
99 (0.296 %)DNS
108 (0.263 %)VoIP
108 (0.263 %)LDAP
116 (0.198 %)Ethernet
116 (0.198 %)HTTP
125 (0.165 %)GPRS
134 (0.132 %)Kerberos
134 (0.132 %)VPN
134 (0.132 %)Firewall
134 (0.132 %)SAN
143 (0.099 %)LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
11748 (57.56 %)SQL Server
2663 (21.83 %)SQL Server 2005
3478 (15.74 %)SQL Server 2000
4146 (4.807 %)Crystal Reports
5118 (3.885 %)SQL Server 7
697 (3.194 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
763 (2.074 %)MS Access
861 (2.009 %)Datawarehouse
958 (1.910 %)BusinessObjects
1048 (1.581 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1048 (1.581 %)DTS
1146 (1.515 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1146 (1.515 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1242 (1.383 %)RDBMS
1337 (1.218 %)MySQL
1433 (1.087 %)OLAP
1528 (0.922 %)Oracle Reports
1619 (0.626 %)Oracle 9i
1619 (0.626 %)Oracle 10g
1718 (0.593 %)OLTP
Development Applications
1380 (12.51 %)Visual Studio
279 (2.601 %)VSS/SourceSafe
339 (1.284 %)NUnit
437 (1.218 %)Flash
531 (1.021 %)Dreamweaver
618 (0.593 %)InstallShield
717 (0.560 %)Oracle Forms
813 (0.428 %)MSI
911 (0.362 %)QuickTest Pro
1010 (0.329 %)TestDirector
117 (0.230 %)PowerBuilder
126 (0.198 %)ClearQuest
126 (0.198 %)InterDev
135 (0.165 %)Subversion
144 (0.132 %)WinRunner
144 (0.132 %)ARTiSAN
153 (0.099 %)PVCS
153 (0.099 %)ProC
162 (0.066 %)NetAdvantage
162 (0.066 %)FrontPage
General
1379 (12.48 %)Finance
2168 (5.532 %)Banking
3115 (3.787 %)Front Office
487 (2.865 %)Government
579 (2.601 %)Insurance
674 (2.437 %)Investment Banking
756 (1.844 %)Retail
849 (1.613 %)Health
849 (1.613 %)Back Office
941 (1.350 %)Manufacturing
1038 (1.251 %)Marketing
1134 (1.120 %)Publishing
1232 (1.054 %)Telecoms
1326 (0.856 %)Pensions
1419 (0.626 %)Legal
1515 (0.494 %)Construction
1613 (0.428 %)Education
1712 (0.395 %)Law
1810 (0.329 %)Financial Institution
1810 (0.329 %)Retail Banking
Job Titles
12504 (82.45 %)Developer
21648 (54.26 %).NET Developer
3999 (32.89 %)VB.NET Developer
4476 (15.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
5391 (12.87 %)C# Developer
6332 (10.93 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7287 (9.450 %)SQL Developer
8266 (8.759 %)Web Developer
9213 (7.014 %)Analyst
10187 (6.157 %)SQL Server Developer
11170 (5.598 %)Programmer
12123 (4.050 %)Senior Developer
13119 (3.918 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
14118 (3.885 %).NET Web Developer
1598 (3.227 %)Analyst Programmer
1694 (3.095 %)Software Developer
1791 (2.996 %)Applications Developer
1889 (2.931 %).NET Programmer
1987 (2.865 %)VB Developer
2064 (2.107 %)VB.NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
188 (2.898 %)Derivative
275 (2.470 %)N-Tier
373 (2.404 %)Equity Derivative
456 (1.844 %)Asset Management
551 (1.679 %)Client/Server
632 (1.054 %)NHS
632 (1.054 %)Credit Derivative
726 (0.856 %)PDA
822 (0.724 %)Computer Science
919 (0.626 %)Equities
1017 (0.560 %)Thin Client
1017 (0.560 %)Fat Client
1115 (0.494 %)W3C
1213 (0.428 %)Fixed Income
1312 (0.395 %)Management Information System
1411 (0.362 %)French Language
1510 (0.329 %)Fund Management
1510 (0.329 %)Index Arbitrage
1510 (0.329 %)E-Learning
168 (0.263 %)Replication
Operating Systems
1476 (15.67 %)Windows
2107 (3.523 %)Unix
357 (1.877 %)Windows 2000
438 (1.251 %)Windows NT
531 (1.021 %)Windows XP
617 (0.560 %)Windows Vista
715 (0.494 %)Windows Mobile
814 (0.461 %)Windows Server 2003
99 (0.296 %)Windows CE
105 (0.165 %)Linux
111 (0.033 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1271 (8.923 %)OO
2166 (5.466 %)Web Development
3136 (4.478 %)UML
4107 (3.523 %)Migration
5100 (3.293 %)CRM
691 (2.996 %)Agile Software Development
766 (2.173 %)E-Commerce
840 (1.317 %)Workflow
840 (1.317 %)Unit Testing
939 (1.284 %)Content Management
1038 (1.251 %)OOD
1135 (1.152 %)Project Management
1231 (1.021 %)TDD
1330 (0.988 %)Systems Analysis
1429 (0.955 %)Business Intelligence
1429 (0.955 %)B2B
1429 (0.955 %)OOP
1429 (0.955 %)ITIL
1528 (0.922 %)E-business
1625 (0.823 %)PRINCE2
Programming Languages
11205 (39.68 %)C#
21010 (33.26 %)SQL
3794 (26.14 %)VB
4471 (15.51 %)VB6
5394 (12.97 %)JavaScript
6228 (7.507 %)Transact-SQL
7195 (6.421 %)VBA
8157 (5.170 %)C++
9128 (4.215 %)VBScript
10111 (3.655 %)Java
1172 (2.371 %)PL/SQL
1261 (2.009 %)C
1348 (1.581 %)Perl
1442 (1.383 %)DHTML
1525 (0.823 %)PHP
1618 (0.593 %)Shell Script
1713 (0.428 %)ActionScript
1810 (0.329 %)VC++
198 (0.263 %)XPath
207 (0.230 %)COBOL
Qualifications
181 (2.667 %)Degree
251 (1.679 %)Microsoft Certification
334 (1.120 %)MCSD
430 (0.988 %)MCTS
525 (0.823 %)MCAD
620 (0.659 %)MCP
75 (0.165 %)ISEB
84 (0.132 %)MCSE
84 (0.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
84 (0.132 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.066 %)MOS
92 (0.066 %)MCDBA
92 (0.066 %)CCNA
92 (0.066 %)Cisco Certification
92 (0.066 %)MCPD
101 (0.033 %)HND
101 (0.033 %)MCITP
101 (0.033 %)NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.461 %)QA
23 (0.099 %)WAI
32 (0.066 %)SLA
System Software
127 (0.889 %)MSMQ
225 (0.823 %)Active Directory
313 (0.428 %)VMware ESX
47 (0.230 %)NetBackup
54 (0.132 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.066 %)VMware Server
62 (0.066 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.033 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
114 (0.461 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
210 (0.329 %)SCCM
34 (0.132 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
43 (0.099 %)Legato
43 (0.099 %)MOM
43 (0.099 %)BMC Marimba
43 (0.099 %)BMC Performance Manager
43 (0.099 %)ServiceCenter
52 (0.066 %)MIIS
61 (0.033 %)AutoSys
Vendors
1438 (14.42 %)Microsoft
2301 (9.911 %)Oracle
396 (3.161 %)Sybase
458 (1.910 %)Business Objects
523 (0.757 %)Murex
620 (0.659 %)ESRI
717 (0.560 %)VMware
814 (0.461 %)SAP
913 (0.428 %)Lotus
913 (0.428 %)Altiris
1012 (0.395 %)Sage
1012 (0.395 %)Cognos
119 (0.296 %)HP
119 (0.296 %)Infragistics
128 (0.263 %)Remedy
128 (0.263 %)Calypso
128 (0.263 %)IBM
128 (0.263 %)Adobe
137 (0.230 %)Siebel
146 (0.198 %)TIBCO
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