VB.NET Contracts in the West Midlands
 
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.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 51 40 17
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -23
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 46 74 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.786% 3.317% 6.280%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.037% 9.840% 19.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 40 68
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £234 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £352 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +62.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 509 752 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.83% 33.71% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 383 318
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 32
Average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.50 £13.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £32.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Staffordshire +2 14 £330 +1.53%
Birmingham +4 6 £275 -4.34%
Coventry -2 3 - -
Warwickshire -4 3 £375 +30.43%
Worcestershire -13 3 £375 +87.50%
Shropshire +7 1 £250 -16.66%
Solihull - 1 - -
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 115 (100.00%) .NET
2 87 (75.65%) C#
3 79 (68.70%) SQL Server
4 78 (67.83%) SQL
5 77 (66.96%) ASP.NET
6 61 (53.04%) JavaScript
7 52 (45.22%) CSS
8 46 (40.00%) XML
9 44 (38.26%) jQuery
10 38 (33.04%) XSLT
11 33 (28.70%) E-Commerce
12 28 (24.35%) XHTML
13 27 (23.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (23.48%) Ajax
14 26 (22.61%) HTML
15 25 (21.74%) N-Tier
16 23 (20.00%) .NET Framework
17 22 (19.13%) SEO
18 21 (18.26%) Unit Testing
18 21 (18.26%) HTML5
18 21 (18.26%) CSS3
19 20 (17.39%) SOA
20 18 (15.65%) Microsoft
20 18 (15.65%) Degree
21 17 (14.78%) Web Application Development
22 16 (13.91%) Web Development
22 16 (13.91%) SQL Server 2008
22 16 (13.91%) Web Services
23 15 (13.04%) TDD
24 13 (11.30%) Document Management

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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
1 115 (100.00%) .NET
2 77 (66.96%) ASP.NET
3 52 (45.22%) CSS
4 46 (40.00%) XML
5 44 (38.26%) jQuery
6 38 (33.04%) XSLT
7 28 (24.35%) XHTML
8 27 (23.48%) Ajax
9 26 (22.61%) HTML
10 23 (20.00%) .NET Framework
11 21 (18.26%) HTML5
11 21 (18.26%) CSS3
12 16 (13.91%) Web Services
13 11 (9.565%) WCF
14 9 (7.826%) WinForms
15 7 (6.087%) ASP.NET MVC
16 6 (5.217%) WPF
16 6 (5.217%) ASP
17 5 (4.348%) Silverlight
18 4 (3.478%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.217%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.609%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (2.609%) IIS
3 2 (1.739%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.739%) CMS
4 1 (0.870%) SAP EP
4 1 (0.870%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.870%) SAP Portal
4 1 (0.870%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (0.870%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (6.087%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.478%) MS Office
3 2 (1.739%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (3.478%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.870%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.870%) LDAP
1 1 (0.870%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (68.70%) SQL Server
2 27 (23.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (13.91%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (10.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (3.478%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (1.739%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.739%) OLTP
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.870%) MySQL
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (8.696%) Subversion
2 7 (6.087%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.217%) JIRA
4 3 (2.609%) NUnit
4 3 (2.609%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.870%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.870%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.870%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.870%) NWDI
5 1 (0.870%) NWDS
General
1 6 (5.217%) Finance
2 4 (3.478%) Games
3 2 (1.739%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.739%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.739%) Marketing
4 1 (0.870%) Billing
Job Titles
1 107 (93.04%) Developer
2 72 (62.61%) .NET Developer
3 31 (26.96%) VB.NET Developer
4 30 (26.09%) Web Developer
5 28 (24.35%) ASP.NET Developer
6 24 (20.87%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 23 (20.00%) SQL Developer
7 23 (20.00%) .NET Web Developer
8 6 (5.217%) C# Developer
9 5 (4.348%) Software Developer
10 4 (3.478%) Programmer
10 4 (3.478%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (3.478%) C# .NET Developer
11 3 (2.609%) Software Engineer
11 3 (2.609%) CRM Developer
12 2 (1.739%) Software Programmer
12 2 (1.739%) Website Developer
12 2 (1.739%) Business Analyst
12 2 (1.739%) Analyst
12 2 (1.739%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.74%) N-Tier
2 3 (2.609%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.609%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.609%) SaaS
2 3 (2.609%) WURFL
3 2 (1.739%) RIA
4 1 (0.870%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.870%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.870%) VLE
4 1 (0.870%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.565%) Windows
2 3 (2.609%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (2.609%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.609%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (2.609%) Android
3 2 (1.739%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.870%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.870%) UNIX
4 1 (0.870%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.870%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.870%) Linux
4 1 (0.870%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.70%) E-Commerce
2 22 (19.13%) SEO
3 21 (18.26%) Unit Testing
4 20 (17.39%) SOA
5 17 (14.78%) Web Application Development
6 16 (13.91%) Web Development
7 15 (13.04%) TDD
8 13 (11.30%) Document Management
9 11 (9.565%) CRM
10 8 (6.957%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (6.087%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (5.217%) MVC
13 5 (4.348%) OO
14 4 (3.478%) Release Management
15 3 (2.609%) Test Scripting
15 3 (2.609%) Continuous Integration
15 3 (2.609%) OOP
15 3 (2.609%) Scrum
16 2 (1.739%) OOA/OOD
16 2 (1.739%) UML
Programming Languages
1 87 (75.65%) C#
2 78 (67.83%) SQL
3 61 (53.04%) JavaScript
4 12 (10.43%) VB
5 11 (9.565%) T-SQL
6 5 (4.348%) Java
6 5 (4.348%) VBA
6 5 (4.348%) VB6
7 3 (2.609%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.609%) XAML
7 3 (2.609%) C++
8 2 (1.739%) J#
9 1 (0.870%) COBOL
9 1 (0.870%) C
9 1 (0.870%) VBScript
9 1 (0.870%) Perl
9 1 (0.870%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (15.65%) Degree
2 2 (1.739%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.739%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.870%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.870%) ISEB
3 1 (0.870%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.870%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.696%) Oracle
3 6 (5.217%) AccuRev
4 2 (1.739%) SAP
4 2 (1.739%) Adobe
4 2 (1.739%) Macromedia
4 2 (1.739%) Apple
4 2 (1.739%) Telerik
5 1 (0.870%) Business Objects
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