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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 16 22 28
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Permanent jobs citing VB 6 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aylesbury 7.792% 6.250% 1.835%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.29% 8.642% 2.597%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 2
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £33,600 £32,650
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £33,850
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Aylesbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
42 81 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aylesbury 54.55% 72.32% 70.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41 74 73
Average salary £34,500 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Buckinghamshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aylesbury 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 Aylesbury region.

Aylesbury VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aylesbury 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
2 6 (85.71%) C++
3 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) WPF
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) JIRA
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) WinForms
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) NUnit
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Subversion
5 1 (14.29%) C
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) ASP

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aylesbury 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 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) WPF
3 1 (14.29%) ASP
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) WinForms
3 1 (14.29%) WCF
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Software Support Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Software Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Software Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Team Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Development Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (85.71%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) C
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft