Reply to: VBA contracting

[mrdonuts]

I meant head to India!

would you get in ? i thought it was a one way street, they can come here and work (claim benefits?) in there millions but not the other way around

[rl4engc]

Hi,

Have I been looking in the wrong places or have VBA contracting roles really dried up in 2016?

IT Jobs Watch - VBA Search

I use this for my current skillset, if you start to see lots of red down arrows, it's time to retrain or become a "specialist" (read, hardly any jobs, have to travel further to get one).

A rank of 209 or 370 would suggest you're already firmly niche.

[smileyface]

I meant head to India!

[FatLazyContractor]

What, like Sheffield?

Leicester

[stek]

Let's all learn Hindi and head down South, a long way South!

What, like Sheffield?

[smileyface]

Let's all learn Hindi and head down South, a long way South!

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

He will outsource it to Suity, to totally feck it up, for £6.69 / hour.

[FatLazyContractor]

Giving it some thought?

He will outsource it to Suity for £6.69 / hour.

[MrMarkyMark]

Yes I have seen a few of them in the distant past and can knock out a mean spreadsheet myself when needs must. But thats a nice neat use case for a comparatively small market. Everyone else that I have looked at helping migrate to new platforms wants Access and Excel monsters gone. Especially If the information needs to log who has seen it or changed it.

This. Covered by BCBS compliance in IBs....

[bobspud]

It's hard to believe I know, but all these banks and casino investment companies run everything from Access and Excel. I think they spent all the billions on bonuses...

VBA is still crazy popular in the City for powering spreadsheets used by analysts, traders and risk desks.

Yes I have seen a few of them in the distant past and can knock out a mean spreadsheet myself when needs must. But thats a nice neat use case for a comparatively small market. Everyone else that I have looked at helping migrate to new platforms wants Access and Excel monsters gone. Especially If the information needs to log who has seen it or changed it.

[MrMarkyMark]

Wow 450 sobs for Excel. Who'd have thunk it.

Giving it some thought?

[DimPrawn]

Wow 450 sobs for Excel. Who'd have thunk it.

Used to be nearer £600 pd in London for that....

[MarillionFan]

Wow 450 sobs for Excel. Who'd have thunk it.

[smileyface]

FTFY

The more they quote, the more skilled the contractor needs to be and the more £ they expect.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Meaning they prob DON'T need all that, but some tosser of a manager has decided to list all the components of his teams technology stack, as it makes him feel more important