The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 45 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Permanent jobs citing VB 8 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.279% 2.302% 0.337%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.161% 7.563% 1.087%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 1
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +2.56%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
155 119 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 44.16% 30.43% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 110 101 56
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Scotland

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Aberdeen VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VB.

1 12 (92.31%) Degree
2 9 (69.23%) .NET
3 7 (53.85%) C#
3 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
4 5 (38.46%) C++
4 5 (38.46%) C
4 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
5 4 (30.77%) Windows
5 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 4 (30.77%) Project Management
6 3 (23.08%) SCADA
6 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
6 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 2 (15.38%) VBA
7 2 (15.38%) HTML
7 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
7 2 (15.38%) Perl
7 2 (15.38%) Oracle
7 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
7 2 (15.38%) CSS
7 2 (15.38%) XML
7 2 (15.38%) XSLT
7 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
7 2 (15.38%) Linux
7 2 (15.38%) Python
7 2 (15.38%) Physics
7 2 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) XSLT
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) Modbus
3 1 (7.692%) CDMA
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Software Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Junior
3 2 (15.38%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Graduate
4 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (7.692%) VBA Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Graduate Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) SCADA
2 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
3 2 (15.38%) Physics
3 2 (15.38%) VHDL
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
4 1 (7.692%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Project Management
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (15.38%) Signal Processing
3 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C#
2 5 (38.46%) C++
2 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
2 5 (38.46%) C
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) Ruby
4 2 (15.38%) VBA
4 2 (15.38%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) Perl
5 1 (7.692%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) MCTS
2 1 (7.692%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.692%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Business Desktop Deployment
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix
2 1 (7.692%) VMware
Aberdeen, Scotland
Knowledge of .net (C# or VB) and C/C++ is required, developing code that interfaces with embedded devices is highly desirable, estimating development timescales and good documentation is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Knowledge of .net (C# or VB) and C/C++ is required, developing code that interfaces with embedded devices is highly desirable, estimating development timescales and good documentation is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013