The first table below looks at the demand for VBA 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 VBA over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 43 42 50
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Contract jobs citing VBA 9 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.969% 1.794% 0.181%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.164% 5.729% 0.588%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 0
Average daily rate £325 £310 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £23.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+59.15% -5.00%
All Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
146 192 170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 31.95% 31.32% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 115 76
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £23.88 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VBA
South West

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon +3 9 £325 +8.06%
VBA
South West

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) ERP
2 9 (75.00%) Finance
3 6 (50.00%) Epicor
4 5 (41.67%) General Ledger
5 4 (33.33%) Investment Management
5 4 (33.33%) SLA
5 4 (33.33%) Business Objects
6 3 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (25.00%) FRx
6 3 (25.00%) Back Office
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (16.67%) MS Office
7 2 (16.67%) C
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) VB
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (8.333%) OpenGL
8 1 (8.333%) Biometrics
8 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
8 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
8 1 (8.333%) Military
8 1 (8.333%) SIMUL8
8 1 (8.333%) VB.NET

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (8.333%) OpenGL
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) OpenCV
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
1 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) General Ledger
3 3 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (8.333%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
1 9 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support
3 3 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VBA Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Biometrics
1 1 (8.333%) Open Source
1 1 (8.333%) Physics
1 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) ERP
2 4 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.333%) Pattern Recognition
5 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Fund Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
3 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
3 1 (8.333%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Epicor
2 4 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.333%) SIMUL8
4 1 (8.333%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (8.333%) Twitter