The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB.NET 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 West Sussex 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 .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 39 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 3 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.813% 2.381% 1.085%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.830% 9.934% 3.106%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £343 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £319 £334
10% offered a daily rate of more than £357 £463 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £315 £320
% change year-on-year
-3.17% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
All Programming Languages
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
106 151 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 28.73% 23.97% 34.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 89 79
Average daily rate £360 £304 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +1.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 15
Average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £24.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% +53.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Crawley +4 1 - -
Haywards Heath - - - -
Horsham - - - - 1
Pulborough - - - -
Burgess Hill - - - -
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (50.00%) XML
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (50.00%) UML
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) VB
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) VB6
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
6 1 (16.67%) WCF
6 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (16.67%) JavaScript

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
3 1 (16.67%) WCF
3 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (50.00%) UML
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
4 2 (33.33%) VB
5 1 (16.67%) VB6
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft