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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-23
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads06
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %8.824 %
Salaries quoted06
Average minimum salary-£28,833
Average salary-£32,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£35,167
UK excluding London average salary£33,337£34,040
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads6068
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.031 %
Salaries quoted2846
Average minimum salary£27,533£31,933
Average salary£30,025£36,179
% change on same period last year-17.01 %
Average maximum salary£32,517£40,425
UK excluding London average salary£35,738£35,968
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
VB County AntrimVB
County Antrim

VB
Demand Trend

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

Belfast VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

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

Belfast VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

11 (100.00 %)VBScript
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)Windows NT
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Compaq
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)VERITAS
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)ARCserve
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)SAN
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Systems Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Senior Systems Engineer
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows NT
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)VBScript
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)ARCserve
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Compaq
11 (100.00 %)VERITAS