Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Wiltshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank345933
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Down-26
Matching contract IT job ads18133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire3.051 %0.140 %2.857 %
As % of the Programming Languages category10.47 %0.565 %12.00 %
Daily rates quoted1313
Average daily rate£350£275£340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.27 %-19.11 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£300
Hourly rates quoted005
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %-21.87 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
172177275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire29.15 %24.82 %23.81 %
Daily rates quoted825158
Average daily rate£325£325£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--12.16 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£436£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted62353
Average hourly rate£37.50£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.75£16.00£28.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
VB.NET South WestVB.NET
South West

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.

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wiltshire VB.NET Demand Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB.NET across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire VB.NET Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Wiltshire VB.NET Daily Rate Histogram

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SwindonNew entry-8£310-
SalisburyUp+115£394+43.18 %
VB.NET South WestVB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

143 (100.00 %).NET
238 (88.37 %)C#
336 (83.72 %)ASP.NET
435 (81.40 %)Visual Studio
534 (79.07 %)IIS
633 (76.74 %)Security Cleared
732 (74.42 %)SharePoint
831 (72.09 %)SC Cleared
919 (44.19 %)MySQL
1018 (41.86 %)SQL
1117 (39.53 %)VBScript
1117 (39.53 %)HTML
1117 (39.53 %)ADO
1117 (39.53 %)CSS
1117 (39.53 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1216 (37.21 %)SQL Server
1315 (34.88 %)T-SQL
1414 (32.56 %)ASP
1512 (27.91 %)JavaScript
1512 (27.91 %)InfoPath
1512 (27.91 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1611 (25.58 %)SharePoint Portal Server
177 (16.28 %)VB
185 (11.63 %)Intranet
185 (11.63 %)Web Services
185 (11.63 %)Web Development
194 (9.302 %)Microsoft
194 (9.302 %)LAMP
194 (9.302 %)Windows
194 (9.302 %)PHP

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
143 (100.00 %).NET
236 (83.72 %)ASP.NET
317 (39.53 %)HTML
317 (39.53 %)ADO
317 (39.53 %)CSS
414 (32.56 %)ASP
512 (27.91 %)Windows SharePoint Services
65 (11.63 %)Web Services
74 (9.302 %)LAMP
82 (4.651 %)XML
91 (2.326 %)XSLT
91 (2.326 %)SOAP
91 (2.326 %)ADO.NET
91 (2.326 %).NET Framework
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (79.07 %)IIS
232 (74.42 %)SharePoint
317 (39.53 %)SharePoint Server 2007
411 (25.58 %)SharePoint Portal Server
51 (2.326 %)Apache
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (27.91 %)InfoPath
21 (2.326 %)MS Excel
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (11.63 %)Intranet
21 (2.326 %)Extranet
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (44.19 %)MySQL
216 (37.21 %)SQL Server
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2005
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
135 (81.40 %)Visual Studio
22 (4.651 %)LoadRunner
31 (2.326 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (6.977 %)Finance
22 (4.651 %)Government
31 (2.326 %)Advertising
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
135 (81.40 %)Developer
217 (39.53 %)SharePoint Developer
315 (34.88 %)Web Developer
43 (6.977 %).NET Developer
43 (6.977 %)Analyst
43 (6.977 %)Systems Analyst
43 (6.977 %)Consultant
52 (4.651 %)Applications Developer
52 (4.651 %)C# Developer
52 (4.651 %)C# Application Developer
52 (4.651 %)SharePoint Consultant
52 (4.651 %)Web Applications Developer
52 (4.651 %)C# Web Developer
61 (2.326 %)Senior SharePoint Developer
61 (2.326 %)Software Developer
61 (2.326 %)Tester
61 (2.326 %)Software Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Integration Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Software Integration Engineer
61 (2.326 %)Performance Tester
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (2.326 %)Tandem
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (9.302 %)Windows
22 (4.651 %)Linux
22 (4.651 %)UNIX
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (11.63 %)Web Development
22 (4.651 %)Requirements Analysis
22 (4.651 %)Performance Testing
31 (2.326 %)System Testing
31 (2.326 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (2.326 %)E-Commerce
31 (2.326 %)CAD
31 (2.326 %)Content Management
31 (2.326 %)Systems Analysis
31 (2.326 %)Workflow
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (88.37 %)C#
218 (41.86 %)SQL
317 (39.53 %)VBScript
415 (34.88 %)T-SQL
512 (27.91 %)JavaScript
67 (16.28 %)VB
74 (9.302 %)PHP
74 (9.302 %)C++
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (76.74 %)Security Cleared
231 (72.09 %)SC Cleared
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (9.302 %)Microsoft
21 (2.326 %)Oracle
21 (2.326 %)Citrix