The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 27 23 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +5
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 3 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.456% 2.000% 0.467%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.263% 6.849% 1.587%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £375 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -11.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57 73 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 27.67% 29.20% 29.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 41 32
Average daily rate £325 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £238 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
Average hourly rate £26.75 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.12% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £11.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £17.30 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Warwickshire 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 across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire VB.NET Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leamington Spa - 2 £338 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £375 -
Warwick - 1 £375 -
Kenilworth - 1 £375 -
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
3 7 (77.78%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
4 6 (66.67%) Web Services
5 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
5 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (44.44%) Subversion
6 4 (44.44%) CRM
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (22.22%) WinForms
7 2 (22.22%) XML
7 2 (22.22%) HTML
7 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (11.11%) VB6
8 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
8 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (11.11%) SaaS
8 1 (11.11%) Ajax
8 1 (11.11%) Web Development
8 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
8 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
8 1 (11.11%) jQuery
8 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Dimensional Modelling
8 1 (11.11%) VB

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) Web Services
3 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 2 (22.22%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) WinForms
5 1 (11.11%) Ajax
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
5 1 (11.11%) jQuery
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) XSLT
5 1 (11.11%) Middleware
5 1 (11.11%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Objects Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) N-Tier
1 1 (11.11%) VLE
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) Web Development
2 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (11.11%) VB
4 1 (11.11%) VB6
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Business Objects