Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank792941
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads89219495
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire2.259 %4.710 %4.190 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.882 %12.17 %10.86 %
Salaries quoted82173456
Average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %-
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
182317994556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire46.28 %38.69 %38.56 %
Salaries quoted160115153932
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidenheadUp+728£40,000+14.28 %
ReadingDown-1920£36,000+2.85 %
SloughDown-185£36,000-4.00 %
BracknellDown-54£38,750+28.09 %
NewburyDown-104£26,250-4.54 %
WokinghamDown-221£28,000-
HungerfordNew entry-1£24,000-
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

183 (50.61 %).NET
276 (46.34 %)SQL Server
369 (42.07 %)C#
462 (37.80 %)VBScript
560 (36.59 %)SQL
651 (31.10 %)ASP.NET
748 (29.27 %)C++
845 (27.44 %)VB.NET
944 (26.83 %)Microsoft
1037 (22.56 %)VB6
1136 (21.95 %)Windows
1234 (20.73 %)Oracle
1331 (18.90 %)MS Excel
1331 (18.90 %)SQL Server 2005
1331 (18.90 %)Degree
1430 (18.29 %)XML
1529 (17.68 %)SQL Server 2000
1627 (16.46 %)ASP
1724 (14.63 %)CSS
1823 (14.02 %)HTML
1922 (13.41 %)JavaScript
1922 (13.41 %)Security Cleared
2021 (12.80 %)Java
2021 (12.80 %)OO
2120 (12.20 %)Finance
2219 (11.59 %)Computer Science
2219 (11.59 %)C
2219 (11.59 %)Windows Server 2003
2317 (10.37 %)Mathematics
2317 (10.37 %)VMware

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
183 (50.61 %).NET
251 (31.10 %)ASP.NET
330 (18.29 %)XML
427 (16.46 %)ASP
524 (14.63 %)CSS
623 (14.02 %)HTML
711 (6.707 %)COM
711 (6.707 %)AJAX
810 (6.098 %)MFC
98 (4.878 %)Web Services
106 (3.659 %)WPF
106 (3.659 %)Silverlight
115 (3.049 %)Application Packaging
115 (3.049 %)Spring
115 (3.049 %)J2EE
124 (2.439 %)XSL
133 (1.829 %)JDBC
133 (1.829 %)SOAP
133 (1.829 %)Hibernate
133 (1.829 %).NET Framework
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (5.488 %)IIS
27 (4.268 %)MS Exchange
32 (1.220 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (0.610 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.610 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (0.610 %)Moodle
41 (0.610 %)Apache
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
131 (18.90 %)MS Excel
211 (6.707 %)MS Office
32 (1.220 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.220 %)Pivotal CRM
21 (0.610 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.610 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.610 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.610 %)GoldMine
21 (0.610 %)Google Analytics
21 (0.610 %)Apache OFBiz
21 (0.610 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.610 %)Navision
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (4.878 %)TCP/IP
27 (4.268 %)Firewall
36 (3.659 %)SAN
43 (1.829 %)Intranet
43 (1.829 %)Internet
43 (1.829 %)3G
52 (1.220 %)CTI
52 (1.220 %)VPN
52 (1.220 %)VoIP
52 (1.220 %)2G
61 (0.610 %)IMAP
61 (0.610 %)POP3
61 (0.610 %)HTTP
61 (0.610 %)HTTPS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
176 (46.34 %)SQL Server
231 (18.90 %)SQL Server 2005
329 (17.68 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (7.927 %)Crystal Reports
510 (6.098 %)MS Access
69 (5.488 %)BusinessObjects
75 (3.049 %)DTS
83 (1.829 %)SQL Server 2008
92 (1.220 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (1.220 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (1.220 %)SQL Server 7
92 (1.220 %)MySQL
92 (1.220 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.610 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.610 %)ETL
101 (0.610 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.610 %)GIS
101 (0.610 %)PostgreSQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (9.146 %)Visual Studio
28 (4.878 %)InstallShield
28 (4.878 %)NUnit
35 (3.049 %)CruiseControl
35 (3.049 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (3.049 %)StarTeam
43 (1.829 %)Eclipse
43 (1.829 %)Subversion
43 (1.829 %)Maven
52 (1.220 %)Expression Blend
52 (1.220 %)Ant
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (12.20 %)Finance
211 (6.707 %)Telecoms
37 (4.268 %)Marketing
46 (3.659 %)Government
46 (3.659 %)Health
53 (1.829 %)Military
53 (1.829 %)Retail
53 (1.829 %)Back Office
61 (0.610 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.610 %)Insurance
61 (0.610 %)Pensions
61 (0.610 %)Games
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
186 (52.44 %)Developer
236 (21.95 %)Software Developer
319 (11.59 %)Senior Developer
417 (10.37 %).NET Developer
516 (9.756 %)Analyst
615 (9.146 %)Senior Software Developer
714 (8.537 %)ASP.NET Developer
714 (8.537 %)Programmer
811 (6.707 %)ASP Developer
811 (6.707 %)Applications Packager
910 (6.098 %)C# Developer
109 (5.488 %)Consultant
118 (4.878 %)Graduate
118 (4.878 %)Applications Manager
118 (4.878 %).NET Programmer
118 (4.878 %)VB.NET Programmer
127 (4.268 %)C# Software Developer
127 (4.268 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
127 (4.268 %)Report Analyst
127 (4.268 %)Support Manager
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (11.59 %)Computer Science
217 (10.37 %)Mathematics
38 (4.878 %)SaaS
45 (3.049 %)Cloud Computing
52 (1.220 %)N-Tier
52 (1.220 %)Management Information System
61 (0.610 %)Pocket PC
61 (0.610 %)Physics
61 (0.610 %)Dependency Injection
61 (0.610 %)Data Extraction
61 (0.610 %)iPhone
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
136 (21.95 %)Windows
219 (11.59 %)Windows Server 2003
315 (9.146 %)UNIX
49 (5.488 %)Windows XP
53 (1.829 %)Linux
53 (1.829 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (1.220 %)Windows Vista
62 (1.220 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.610 %)Windows Mobile
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
121 (12.80 %)OO
213 (7.927 %)ITIL
213 (7.927 %)CRM
311 (6.707 %)Web Development
410 (6.098 %)Information Management
58 (4.878 %)Configuration Management
66 (3.659 %)Scrum
66 (3.659 %)Statistical Analysis
75 (3.049 %)Project Management
75 (3.049 %)OOP
84 (2.439 %)Logistics
84 (2.439 %)Software Engineering
84 (2.439 %)Resource Management
84 (2.439 %)Performance Management
84 (2.439 %)Incident Management
93 (1.829 %)Requirements Analysis
93 (1.829 %)Migration
93 (1.829 %)Data Migration
93 (1.829 %)Unit Testing
93 (1.829 %)Test Scripting
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
169 (42.07 %)C#
262 (37.80 %)VBScript
360 (36.59 %)SQL
448 (29.27 %)C++
545 (27.44 %)VB.NET
637 (22.56 %)VB6
722 (13.41 %)JavaScript
821 (12.80 %)Java
919 (11.59 %)C
1016 (9.756 %)T-SQL
1111 (6.707 %)VBA
128 (4.878 %)PHP
137 (4.268 %)Shell Script
146 (3.659 %)Python
152 (1.220 %)PL/SQL
152 (1.220 %)Perl
152 (1.220 %)PowerShell
161 (0.610 %)REXX
161 (0.610 %)Tcl
161 (0.610 %)VC++
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (18.90 %)Degree
222 (13.41 %)Security Cleared
316 (9.756 %)SC Cleared
46 (3.659 %)DV Cleared
55 (3.049 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (2.439 %)ITIL Certification
72 (1.220 %)MCITP
72 (1.220 %)MCSD
72 (1.220 %)MCSE
72 (1.220 %)CCNA
72 (1.220 %)Cisco Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (6.707 %)SLA
23 (1.829 %)QA
31 (0.610 %)GAMP
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (9.756 %)Active Directory
27 (4.268 %)VMware Infrastructure
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (7.927 %)MSI
211 (6.707 %)OpenView Configuration Management
37 (4.268 %)SCCM
41 (0.610 %)HP Data Protector
41 (0.610 %)Legato
41 (0.610 %)WSUS
41 (0.610 %)EMC NetWorker
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
144 (26.83 %)Microsoft
234 (20.73 %)Oracle
317 (10.37 %)VMware
413 (7.927 %)HP
59 (5.488 %)Business Objects
65 (3.049 %)Borland
65 (3.049 %)Dell
65 (3.049 %)EMC
73 (1.829 %)JBoss
82 (1.220 %)Cisco
82 (1.220 %)IBM
82 (1.220 %)SAP
82 (1.220 %)Perforce
91 (0.610 %)Sage
91 (0.610 %)Google
91 (0.610 %)Nortel
91 (0.610 %)Citrix
91 (0.610 %)Avaya
91 (0.610 %)Alcatel
91 (0.610 %)Informatica