The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 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 for the Warwickshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 28 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Contract jobs citing VB 4 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.810% 0.885% 2.655%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.556% 4.255% 9.836%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £238 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 47 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 32.58% 20.80% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 33
Average daily rate £325 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% +6.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
West Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Kenilworth - 3 £325 -
Leamington Spa - 3 £325 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 3 £325 -
Warwick - 3 £325 - 1
Atherstone - - - -
Nuneaton - - - -
Rugby - - - -
VB
West Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) System Testing
4 3 (50.00%) COBOL
4 3 (50.00%) ISEB
4 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Middleware
5 2 (33.33%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
5 2 (33.33%) VB6
5 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 2 (33.33%) QA
5 2 (33.33%) Selenium
6 1 (16.67%) jQuery
6 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Ajax
6 1 (16.67%) Subversion
6 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (16.67%) Open Text
6 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Git (software)

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Middleware
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) DHTML
3 1 (16.67%) ASP
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) DOM
3 1 (16.67%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (16.67%) Subversion
3 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VB Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) COBOL
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 2 (33.33%) VB6
4 1 (16.67%) VBA
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Open Text