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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 148 142 92
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -50
Permanent jobs citing VB 72 81 136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.382% 1.315% 2.615%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.341% 2.711% 5.150%
Number of salaries quoted 59 76 110
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £21,475
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2155 2988 2641
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 41.36% 48.50% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1908 2640 2333
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -14 20 £35,000 -6.66%
Bracknell -19 8 £47,500 +6.74%
Newbury +11 5 £32,500 +30.00%
Hungerford -2 1 £33,500 +45.65%
Slough -4 1 - -
VB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 84 (70.00%) .NET
2 80 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 77 (64.17%) C#
4 74 (61.67%) SQL Server
5 72 (60.00%) SQL
6 57 (47.50%) ASP.NET
7 46 (38.33%) JavaScript
7 46 (38.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 45 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
9 43 (35.83%) VB6
10 42 (35.00%) Windows
11 40 (33.33%) Web Services
12 39 (32.50%) Agile Software Development
13 37 (30.83%) TDD
13 37 (30.83%) HTML
14 36 (30.00%) WCF
15 33 (27.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 33 (27.50%) CSS
15 33 (27.50%) MS Excel
16 27 (22.50%) QA
16 27 (22.50%) Scrum
17 22 (18.33%) T-SQL
17 22 (18.33%) Oracle
17 22 (18.33%) VB.NET
18 17 (14.17%) COM
18 17 (14.17%) Finance
19 16 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
20 15 (12.50%) XML
21 13 (10.83%) ISEB
21 13 (10.83%) Active Directory

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 84 (70.00%) .NET
2 57 (47.50%) ASP.NET
3 40 (33.33%) Web Services
4 37 (30.83%) HTML
5 36 (30.00%) WCF
6 33 (27.50%) CSS
7 17 (14.17%) COM
8 15 (12.50%) XML
9 12 (10.00%) ASP
10 9 (7.500%) WebSphere
10 9 (7.500%) Silverlight
10 9 (7.500%) Middleware
11 7 (5.833%) WinForms
12 4 (3.333%) jQuery
13 3 (2.500%) Ajax
14 2 (1.667%) WSH
14 2 (1.667%) XSLT
14 2 (1.667%) Software Packaging
15 1 (0.833%) WPF
15 1 (0.833%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.333%) IIS
2 9 (7.500%) Apache
2 9 (7.500%) Tomcat
2 9 (7.500%) WebSphere MQ
3 8 (6.667%) MS Exchange
4 7 (5.833%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (5.833%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (5.833%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.333%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.833%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (27.50%) MS Excel
2 11 (9.167%) MS Office
3 3 (2.500%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.833%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.833%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.333%) SSL
2 9 (7.500%) S/MIME
2 9 (7.500%) SAN
3 5 (4.167%) Internet
4 3 (2.500%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.500%) Intranet
5 1 (0.833%) VLAN
5 1 (0.833%) DNS
5 1 (0.833%) IPv6
5 1 (0.833%) VPN
5 1 (0.833%) WAN
5 1 (0.833%) DHCP
5 1 (0.833%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (61.67%) SQL Server
2 46 (38.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 45 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (10.83%) TOAD
5 6 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.333%) MySQL
6 4 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.667%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.667%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (1.667%) Xcelsius
7 2 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.833%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.833%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.833%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.833%) OLAP
8 1 (0.833%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.833%) MS Access
8 1 (0.833%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (9.167%) Selenium
2 6 (5.000%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (3.333%) MSI
3 4 (3.333%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.333%) StarTeam
4 3 (2.500%) TestComplete
4 3 (2.500%) Rational Robot
5 2 (1.667%) WinRunner
5 2 (1.667%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (1.667%) QARun
6 1 (0.833%) TestPartner
6 1 (0.833%) QADirector
General
1 17 (14.17%) Finance
2 8 (6.667%) Telecoms
2 8 (6.667%) Retail
3 2 (1.667%) Legal
4 1 (0.833%) Banking
4 1 (0.833%) French Language
4 1 (0.833%) German Language
4 1 (0.833%) Spanish Language
4 1 (0.833%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (49.17%) Developer
2 35 (29.17%) Analyst
3 30 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 14 (11.67%) Support Analyst
5 12 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 12 (10.00%) QA Analyst
6 10 (8.333%) Test Analyst
6 10 (8.333%) Applications Support
6 10 (8.333%) .NET Developer
7 9 (7.500%) Applications Support Analyst
7 9 (7.500%) Web Analyst
7 9 (7.500%) Web Support Analyst
8 7 (5.833%) Web Developer
9 6 (5.000%) Support Engineer
9 6 (5.000%) Team Leader
10 5 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (4.167%) Server Engineer
10 5 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
10 5 (4.167%) Server Support Analyst
10 5 (4.167%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.167%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (7.500%) Open Source
2 9 (7.500%) SaaS
2 9 (7.500%) EPoS
3 7 (5.833%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.333%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.500%) W3C
6 2 (1.667%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.667%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.833%) Mashup
7 1 (0.833%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.833%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 42 (35.00%) Windows
2 16 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 11 (9.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (7.500%) Windows Vista
6 8 (6.667%) Windows XP
7 5 (4.167%) Android
7 5 (4.167%) UNIX
7 5 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Agile Software Development
2 37 (30.83%) TDD
3 27 (22.50%) Scrum
4 13 (10.83%) ITIL
5 12 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 11 (9.167%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (8.333%) Software Testing
7 10 (8.333%) Test Scripting
8 9 (7.500%) Automated Testing
8 9 (7.500%) Integration Testing
8 9 (7.500%) Scalability Testing
8 9 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (7.500%) SOA
8 9 (7.500%) ETL
8 9 (7.500%) E-Commerce
8 9 (7.500%) UML
8 9 (7.500%) Data Security
8 9 (7.500%) Configuration Management
8 9 (7.500%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (6.667%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 77 (64.17%) C#
2 72 (60.00%) SQL
3 46 (38.33%) JavaScript
4 43 (35.83%) VB6
5 22 (18.33%) T-SQL
5 22 (18.33%) VB.NET
6 10 (8.333%) PHP
7 9 (7.500%) PowerShell
8 6 (5.000%) VBScript
9 5 (4.167%) Java
10 4 (3.333%) C++
11 3 (2.500%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (27.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (10.83%) ISEB
3 12 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.333%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.833%) Degree
6 4 (3.333%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (3.333%) CCNA
6 4 (3.333%) MCSE
7 3 (2.500%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.667%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.50%) QA
System Software
1 13 (10.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.833%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.333%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (3.333%) Xen
4 3 (2.500%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (6.667%) SCCM
2 6 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (4.167%) SCOM
4 4 (3.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 4 (3.333%) MIMEsweeper
4 4 (3.333%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 80 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.33%) Oracle
3 9 (7.500%) IBM
3 9 (7.500%) Salesforce.com
4 8 (6.667%) HP
4 8 (6.667%) Fujitsu
5 7 (5.833%) VMware
5 7 (5.833%) Citrix
6 5 (4.167%) CA
7 4 (3.333%) Borland
7 4 (3.333%) Business Objects
7 4 (3.333%) LANDesk
8 2 (1.667%) SAP
9 1 (0.833%) Altiris
9 1 (0.833%) Kofax
9 1 (0.833%) Symantec
Bracknell, Berkshire
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: GBP25000 to GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Job Title: Junior Software DeveloperSkills: Junior Software Developer, Graduate Developer, *Any experience in any of the following IT programming languages from either Visual basic or VB.net or...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £22,500 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £19,000 to £22,500 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £42000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,500 per annum plus bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading digital broadcast organisation, near Bracknell, as a Validation Engineer. You will be fully responsible for the validation activities within...
set2recruit
Posted: 17 May 2013
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The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
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Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
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