The first table below 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 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 242 163 166
Rank change year-on-year
-79 +3
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 377 673 701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.774% 1.159% 1.127%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.062% 3.315% 2.984%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 329 423
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £420 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-0.71% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 27
Average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.40 £21.75 £16.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £43.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18280 20299 23493
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.55% 34.96% 37.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11212 12044 13861
Average daily rate £395 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.33% -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 599 737 850
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.51 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -85 332 £325 - 346
London -32 90 £363 +3.57% 44
South East -40 76 £325 -7.14% 76
West Midlands -13 44 £300 - 38
South West +12 35 £265 -17.18% 39
City of London +7 33 £369 +1.02% 10
North West -10 32 £275 - 71
Yorkshire -10 24 £275 -26.66% 19
Berkshire +19 21 £275 -6.38% 10
Hampshire -7 21 £358 +1.41% 12
Surrey -2 19 £403 +18.47% 21
Manchester -11 15 £275 - 35
Scotland -19 15 £368 +20.65% 6
Wales +20 14 £325 +73.33% 2
South Wales +13 12 £325 +73.33% 1
Devon +10 12 £325 - 5
Staffordshire -2 12 £315 -4.54% 13
West Yorkshire -7 12 £275 -24.65% 15
East Midlands -37 12 £325 +18.18% 19
East of England -48 12 £279 +11.50% 32
Guildford 0 11 £426 +6.60% 6
Bristol +26 10 £265 +24.70% 7
Stoke-on-Trent +1 10 £320 -3.03% 9
Leeds -6 10 £300 -17.80% 8
North East +21 9 £250 -23.07% 9
Northamptonshire +8 9 £325 +20.37% 5
Slough +2 9 £150 - 3
Birmingham +3 8 £275 - 6
Exeter - 8 £325 - 2
Wiltshire -8 7 £438 +66.66% 10

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 945 (100.00%) .NET
2 549 (58.10%) SQL
3 531 (56.19%) SQL Server
4 529 (55.98%) C#
5 498 (52.70%) ASP.NET
6 282 (29.84%) Microsoft
7 267 (28.25%) JavaScript
8 240 (25.40%) XML
9 223 (23.60%) HTML
10 212 (22.43%) VB
11 182 (19.26%) Visual Studio
12 180 (19.05%) Windows
13 178 (18.84%) .NET Framework
14 177 (18.73%) CSS
15 175 (18.52%) T-SQL
16 167 (17.67%) SQL Server 2008
17 160 (16.93%) Finance
17 160 (16.93%) SQL Server 2005
18 157 (16.61%) jQuery
19 155 (16.40%) Oracle
20 139 (14.71%) Web Services
21 138 (14.60%) SharePoint
22 114 (12.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 111 (11.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
24 109 (11.53%) Ajax
25 107 (11.32%) MVC
26 102 (10.79%) MS Excel
27 96 (10.16%) XSLT
28 91 (9.630%) VB6
29 87 (9.206%) WCF

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 945 (100.00%) .NET
2 498 (52.70%) ASP.NET
3 240 (25.40%) XML
4 223 (23.60%) HTML
5 178 (18.84%) .NET Framework
6 177 (18.73%) CSS
7 157 (16.61%) jQuery
8 139 (14.71%) Web Services
9 109 (11.53%) Ajax
10 96 (10.16%) XSLT
11 87 (9.206%) WCF
12 86 (9.101%) WinForms
13 76 (8.042%) ASP
14 53 (5.608%) ASP.NET MVC
15 46 (4.868%) WPF
16 41 (4.339%) XHTML
17 39 (4.127%) ADO.NET
18 34 (3.598%) HTML5
19 32 (3.386%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
20 31 (3.280%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 138 (14.60%) SharePoint
2 73 (7.725%) IIS
3 26 (2.751%) CMS
4 25 (2.646%) SharePoint 2010
5 23 (2.434%) OpenROAD
6 19 (2.011%) BizTalk Server
7 16 (1.693%) SharePoint Server
8 15 (1.587%) DotNetNuke
9 13 (1.376%) Umbraco
10 12 (1.270%) Apache
11 11 (1.164%) Tomcat
12 10 (1.058%) Sitecore CMS
13 7 (0.741%) MS Exchange
14 5 (0.529%) SharePoint 2013
15 4 (0.423%) Exchange Server 2010
15 4 (0.423%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.423%) Exchange Server 2007
15 4 (0.423%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 4 (0.423%) ArcGIS
16 2 (0.212%) Documentum
Applications
1 102 (10.79%) MS Excel
2 66 (6.984%) MS Office
3 26 (2.751%) InfoPath
4 11 (1.164%) Acrobat
5 8 (0.847%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.741%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.741%) MS Project
7 6 (0.635%) Windchill
7 6 (0.635%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (0.317%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.106%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.106%) Maya
9 1 (0.106%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 39 (4.127%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.741%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.635%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.635%) ENOVIA
3 6 (0.635%) ZaiNet
3 6 (0.635%) Endur
3 6 (0.635%) Aligne
4 4 (0.423%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.317%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.212%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.106%) Summit
7 1 (0.106%) HFM
7 1 (0.106%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.106%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.106%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.106%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.751%) Internet
2 16 (1.693%) FTP
2 16 (1.693%) Intranet
3 14 (1.481%) NAS
4 8 (0.847%) Wireless
5 7 (0.741%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.635%) DNS
6 6 (0.635%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.635%) HTTP
7 5 (0.529%) SMS
8 4 (0.423%) SMTP
8 4 (0.423%) SAN
8 4 (0.423%) 3G
9 3 (0.317%) GSM
10 2 (0.212%) VPN
11 1 (0.106%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.106%) DMZ
11 1 (0.106%) LAN
11 1 (0.106%) WAN
11 1 (0.106%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 531 (56.19%) SQL Server
2 167 (17.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 160 (16.93%) SQL Server 2005
4 114 (12.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 111 (11.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (3.598%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 31 (3.280%) MS Access
8 29 (3.069%) DTS
9 28 (2.963%) Data Warehouse
9 28 (2.963%) SQL Server 2000
10 27 (2.857%) Ingres
11 19 (2.011%) Crystal Reports
12 18 (1.905%) Oracle 8/8i
12 18 (1.905%) TOAD
13 15 (1.587%) SQL Server 2012
14 12 (1.270%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (1.270%) SQLPlus
15 8 (0.847%) Oracle 11g
16 7 (0.741%) OLAP
16 7 (0.741%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 182 (19.26%) Visual Studio
2 55 (5.820%) Team Foundation Server
3 44 (4.656%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 33 (3.492%) NUnit
5 25 (2.646%) Subversion
6 15 (1.587%) MSTest
7 13 (1.376%) CruiseControl
7 13 (1.376%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.270%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.058%) JIRA
10 7 (0.741%) Git (software)
11 6 (0.635%) JSUnit
11 6 (0.635%) MSBuild
11 6 (0.635%) WebSpeed
12 5 (0.529%) Visual Studio Team System
13 4 (0.423%) StarTeam
13 4 (0.423%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.317%) MSI
14 3 (0.317%) InstallShield
14 3 (0.317%) Oracle Forms
General
1 160 (16.93%) Finance
2 50 (5.291%) Banking
3 44 (4.656%) Telecoms
4 28 (2.963%) Retail
5 18 (1.905%) Investment Banking
6 14 (1.481%) Law
7 11 (1.164%) Front Office
7 11 (1.164%) Marketing
8 10 (1.058%) Back Office
9 7 (0.741%) Legal
10 5 (0.529%) Publishing
10 5 (0.529%) Games
10 5 (0.529%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.423%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.317%) Automotive
12 3 (0.317%) French Language
13 2 (0.212%) Norwegian Language
13 2 (0.212%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.212%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.212%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 754 (79.79%) Developer
2 395 (41.80%) .NET Developer
3 171 (18.10%) VB.NET Developer
4 90 (9.524%) Web Developer
5 84 (8.889%) SQL Developer
6 78 (8.254%) Analyst
7 70 (7.407%) ASP.NET Developer
8 55 (5.820%) Programmer
9 51 (5.397%) C# Developer
10 47 (4.974%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 47 (4.974%) C# .NET Developer
11 43 (4.550%) Senior Developer
12 42 (4.444%) Software Developer
13 32 (3.386%) SQL Server Developer
14 30 (3.175%) .NET Web Developer
14 30 (3.175%) Architect
15 27 (2.857%) Analyst Developer
16 25 (2.646%) Applications Developer
17 24 (2.540%) C# ASP.NET Developer
18 23 (2.434%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.868%) N-Tier
2 24 (2.540%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.011%) NHS
3 19 (2.011%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (1.587%) Client/Server
5 13 (1.376%) Derivative
6 12 (1.270%) Smartcard
7 11 (1.164%) Computer Science
8 10 (1.058%) Clustering
9 9 (0.952%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.847%) Data Extraction
10 8 (0.847%) Inversion of Control
11 7 (0.741%) iPad
11 7 (0.741%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.741%) Graphic Design
11 7 (0.741%) Cryptography
11 7 (0.741%) Blackberry
12 6 (0.635%) SaaS
13 5 (0.529%) Visualisation
13 5 (0.529%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 180 (19.05%) Windows
2 37 (3.915%) UNIX
3 35 (3.704%) Windows 7
4 26 (2.751%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (2.646%) Windows Server 2008
6 22 (2.328%) Windows XP
7 15 (1.587%) Android
8 7 (0.741%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.529%) Windows 2000 Server
9 5 (0.529%) Linux
10 4 (0.423%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.317%) BlackBerry OS
11 3 (0.317%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.317%) Windows Mobile
11 3 (0.317%) Solaris
12 2 (0.212%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.212%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.106%) MVS
13 1 (0.106%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.106%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (11.32%) MVC
2 75 (7.937%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (7.302%) Unit Testing
4 64 (6.772%) ITIL
5 60 (6.349%) OO
6 58 (6.138%) UML
7 55 (5.820%) CRM
7 55 (5.820%) E-Commerce
7 55 (5.820%) Workflow
7 55 (5.820%) Scrum
8 51 (5.397%) Web Development
9 50 (5.291%) Agile Software Development
10 45 (4.762%) TDD
11 38 (4.021%) OOP
11 38 (4.021%) SOA
12 37 (3.915%) Migration
13 32 (3.386%) Continuous Integration
14 27 (2.857%) Project Management
15 26 (2.751%) Document Management
16 21 (2.222%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 549 (58.10%) SQL
2 529 (55.98%) C#
3 267 (28.25%) JavaScript
4 212 (22.43%) VB
5 175 (18.52%) T-SQL
6 91 (9.630%) VB6
7 74 (7.831%) VBA
8 69 (7.302%) Java
9 57 (6.032%) C++
10 47 (4.974%) VBScript
11 46 (4.868%) PL/SQL
12 23 (2.434%) Perl
13 22 (2.328%) PowerShell
14 14 (1.481%) C
15 11 (1.164%) XPath
16 10 (1.058%) Ruby
16 10 (1.058%) PHP
17 9 (0.952%) XQuery
18 8 (0.847%) F#
19 7 (0.741%) XAML
Qualifications
1 76 (8.042%) Security Cleared
2 58 (6.138%) SC Cleared
3 47 (4.974%) Degree
4 43 (4.550%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (3.069%) MCP
6 24 (2.540%) MCTS
7 22 (2.328%) ISEB
8 13 (1.376%) MCSD
9 12 (1.270%) MCAD
10 11 (1.164%) MCSE
10 11 (1.164%) MCPD
11 9 (0.952%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.847%) MCITP
13 6 (0.635%) CISSP
13 6 (0.635%) BC Cleared
14 5 (0.529%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.529%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.423%) PMP
15 4 (0.423%) MCSA
16 3 (0.317%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.222%) QA
2 7 (0.741%) Basel II
3 6 (0.635%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.423%) SLA
5 3 (0.317%) HL7
5 3 (0.317%) Basel III
6 1 (0.106%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.106%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.106%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (2.540%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.481%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.058%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.423%) Postfix
5 3 (0.317%) LiteSpeed
6 2 (0.212%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.106%) Cygwin
7 1 (0.106%) Snort
7 1 (0.106%) Samba
Systems Management
1 10 (1.058%) BMC PATROL
1 10 (1.058%) BMC Performance Manager
2 5 (0.529%) SCCM
3 4 (0.423%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 4 (0.423%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (0.423%) WSUS
4 3 (0.317%) OpenView
5 2 (0.212%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 282 (29.84%) Microsoft
2 155 (16.40%) Oracle
3 16 (1.693%) Business Objects
4 15 (1.587%) VMware
5 11 (1.164%) Sitecore
6 10 (1.058%) EPiServer
6 10 (1.058%) NetApp
6 10 (1.058%) Sybase
6 10 (1.058%) BMC
7 7 (0.741%) Telerik
7 7 (0.741%) AccuRev
7 7 (0.741%) Cadis
8 6 (0.635%) Tableau
8 6 (0.635%) Trayport
8 6 (0.635%) Aquila
8 6 (0.635%) Charles River
8 6 (0.635%) OpenLink
8 6 (0.635%) Siemens
8 6 (0.635%) SunGard
8 6 (0.635%) SAP
London
Location: Central London Day rate: £300 - £400 per day DOE Start date: ASAP Duration: 3 - 6 Months + future extensions Developer - C# / .NET - CONTRACT - London .NET (C#) Software developer...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Web Developer, .NET Developer URGENTLY required £350 to £400 per day to start next Monday in Stoke on Trent... Developers must be experienced working with VB.NET version...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: From £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
NET, C#, ASP.NET, UMBRACO, MVC, VB.NET, SQL SERVER, AGILE, Greater Manchester, 3-6 months My software services client now have a requirement for 1-2 experienced ...
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
You are required to work on a business critical application which is integral to the success of the company.The individualYou must a proficient programmer in C# and...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £240 - £280 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client is looking for a VB.NET developer for a 10 Month contract in Cambridge to help with a existing project.
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013
West Midlands
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £320 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Durham, North East
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £251300 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
West Midlands
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP250 - 290 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Sanderson
Rate: £35 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Amoria Bond
Posted: 13 June 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Posted: 30 May 2013
Livingston, West Lothian
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Provisio Solutions
Rate: EXCELLENT DAILY RATE
Posted: 14 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Computer Futures
Posted: 28 May 2013
South West
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £40000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
South West London
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + extension
Posted: 31 May 2013
Slough, South East
OCC Computing
Rate: £150 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, South East
OCC Computing
Rate: To £250pd
Posted: 13 June 2013
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