The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 26 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -6
Contract jobs citing VBA 7 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 3.070% 0.422% 4.036%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.722% 1.961% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £283 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.72% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 51 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 31.58% 21.52% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 28 33
Average daily rate £325 £275 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £385 £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
VBA
West Midlands

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Warwickshire region 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
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Job
Vacancies
Stratford-upon-Avon - - - -
Warwick - - - -
VBA
West Midlands

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing VBA 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 VBA.

1 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (22.22%) MS Access
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Statistics
4 1 (11.11%) Choice Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) R
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
4 1 (11.11%) VB
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (11.11%) Tuxedo
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) SPSS
4 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 1 (11.11%) TIBCO
4 1 (11.11%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing VBA 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 VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Tuxedo
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
2 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) SPSS
3 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (22.22%) MS Access
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Analyst Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Excel Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Excel VBA Developer
4 2 (22.22%) VBA Developer
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Access Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Choice Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) VB6
2 1 (11.11%) R
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) TIBCO
2 1 (11.11%) Open Text
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) IBM