The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 47 43 44
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs citing VB 3 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.589% 1.897% 1.629%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.128% 6.707% 5.464%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £475 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £34.50 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
All Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
141 164 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 27.70% 28.28% 29.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 87 80
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £213 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £497
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 13
Average hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £23.88 £22.58
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB
South West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon -10 2 £475 +58.33% 3
Chippenham - - - -
Salisbury - - - -
VB
South West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 11 (52.38%) C#
1 11 (52.38%) .NET
2 9 (42.86%) Web Services
3 8 (38.10%) VBScript
3 8 (38.10%) MOM
3 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
3 8 (38.10%) SCOM
4 7 (33.33%) Migration
4 7 (33.33%) Service Management
4 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 7 (33.33%) Workflow
4 7 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
4 7 (33.33%) Siebel
4 7 (33.33%) Oracle
4 7 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (28.57%) Windows
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
6 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (19.05%) WMI
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
8 2 (9.524%) XML
8 2 (9.524%) XSLT
8 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (9.524%) Intranet
8 2 (9.524%) Internet
8 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 11 (52.38%) .NET
2 9 (42.86%) Web Services
3 2 (9.524%) XML
3 2 (9.524%) XSLT
3 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.524%) WinForms
4 1 (4.762%) Grails
4 1 (4.762%) Hibernate
4 1 (4.762%) CSS
4 1 (4.762%) JDBC
4 1 (4.762%) J2EE
4 1 (4.762%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) Intranet
1 2 (9.524%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle 9i
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.762%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Consultant
2 7 (33.33%) Siebel Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
4 3 (14.29%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) IT Support
5 1 (4.762%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (4.762%) VB6 Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.762%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (4.762%) VB Developer
5 1 (4.762%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Author
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Migration
1 7 (33.33%) Service Management
1 7 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
2 1 (4.762%) ERP
2 1 (4.762%) OOP
2 1 (4.762%) OO
2 1 (4.762%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) C#
2 8 (38.10%) VBScript
3 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 2 (9.524%) SQL
5 2 (9.524%) VB6
6 1 (4.762%) Groovy
6 1 (4.762%) VBA
6 1 (4.762%) Java
6 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) MOM
1 8 (38.10%) SCOM
2 4 (19.05%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Siebel
1 7 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Compuware
3 1 (4.762%) Epicor
3 1 (4.762%) Business Objects