VB Contracts in Wales
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 May 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 for the Wales region.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 32 47 48
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +1
Contract jobs citing VB 13 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.066% 1.431% 2.022%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.08% 5.000% 6.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 2
Average daily rate £325 £175 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% -48.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £95 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £195 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £26.14 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+30.06% -12.86%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 129 160 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 30.42% 28.62% 32.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 91
Average daily rate £325 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
UK

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB across the Wales region.

Wales VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Wales region.

Wales VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
South Wales +16 13 £325 +85.71%
VB
UK

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 20 (86.96%) Finance
1 20 (86.96%) VB.NET
1 20 (86.96%) .NET
2 19 (82.61%) VB6
3 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (73.91%) .NET Framework
3 17 (73.91%) ERP
3 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
3 17 (73.91%) Visual Studio
3 17 (73.91%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 17 (73.91%) Windows
3 17 (73.91%) Performance Management
3 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (47.83%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 2 (8.696%) ProC
6 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
6 2 (8.696%) Banking
6 2 (8.696%) Retail
6 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (8.696%) SAS
6 2 (8.696%) Tcl
6 2 (8.696%) NHS
6 2 (8.696%) Solaris
6 2 (8.696%) UNIX
6 2 (8.696%) Product Management
7 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
7 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.348%) QlikView

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 20 (86.96%) .NET
2 17 (73.91%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SalesLogix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2005
1 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
1 17 (73.91%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.348%) QlikView
3 1 (4.348%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 17 (73.91%) Visual Studio
1 17 (73.91%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 11 (47.83%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (8.696%) ProC
General
1 20 (86.96%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Retail Banking
2 2 (8.696%) Banking
2 2 (8.696%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (91.30%) Developer
2 19 (82.61%) Software Developer
3 17 (73.91%) Programmer
3 17 (73.91%) Software Programmer
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Solaris
2 2 (8.696%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) ERP
1 17 (73.91%) Performance Management
2 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 2 (8.696%) Product Management
4 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.348%) Time Management
4 1 (4.348%) CRM
4 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) VB.NET
2 19 (82.61%) VB6
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.696%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com
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