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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Bishop's Stortford 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads230
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below58.97 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted220
Average minimum salary£40,045-
Average salary£41,795-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£43,545-
UK excluding London average salary£33,077£33,686
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bishop's Stortford
Matching permanent IT job ads3914
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted3814
Average minimum salary£39,095£42,516
Average salary£41,500£43,871
% change on same period last year-5.40 %
Average maximum salary£43,905£45,226
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
VB HertfordshireVB
Hertfordshire

VB
Demand Trend

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

Bishop's Stortford 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 Bishop's Stortford region.

Bishop's Stortford VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Bishop's Stortford region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bishop's Stortford VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bishop's Stortford 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.

128 (93.33 %).NET
223 (76.67 %)C#
318 (60.00 %)SQL Server
416 (53.33 %)VB.NET
512 (40.00 %)FileMaker
512 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
611 (36.67 %)Visual Studio
611 (36.67 %)Finance
611 (36.67 %)VB6
76 (20.00 %)Fat Client
76 (20.00 %)VBScript
76 (20.00 %)Java
76 (20.00 %)Client/Server
76 (20.00 %)Citrix
76 (20.00 %)Thin Client
85 (16.67 %)SQL
85 (16.67 %)Back Office
94 (13.33 %)Degree
94 (13.33 %)MS Excel
94 (13.33 %)Firewall
94 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
94 (13.33 %)JavaScript
94 (13.33 %)Oracle
94 (13.33 %)ASP
94 (13.33 %)WebServices
94 (13.33 %)OO
103 (10.00 %)Windows
103 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
103 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
103 (10.00 %)Extranet

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bishop's Stortford 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.

Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (93.33 %).NET
212 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
34 (13.33 %)WebServices
34 (13.33 %)ASP
43 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (3.333 %)XML
51 (3.333 %)XSLT
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.33 %)MS Excel
22 (6.667 %)Spreadsheet
22 (6.667 %)MS Office
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (13.33 %)Firewall
23 (10.00 %)Extranet
32 (6.667 %)Internet
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (60.00 %)SQL Server
212 (40.00 %)FileMaker
31 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2000
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (36.67 %)Visual Studio
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (36.67 %)Finance
25 (16.67 %)Back Office
31 (3.333 %)Education
31 (3.333 %)Government
31 (3.333 %)Health
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (73.33 %)Developer
214 (46.67 %)VB Developer
311 (36.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
410 (33.33 %)C# Developer
410 (33.33 %)Senior Developer
410 (33.33 %)Senior C# Developer
410 (33.33 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
410 (33.33 %)Senior VB Developer
410 (33.33 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
56 (20.00 %)Technical Support Consultant
56 (20.00 %)Technical Support
56 (20.00 %)Consultant
56 (20.00 %)Technical Consultant
56 (20.00 %)Support Consultant
64 (13.33 %)Technical Support Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Support Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Technical Engineer
64 (13.33 %)VB6 Developer
64 (13.33 %)Web Developer
73 (10.00 %)Software Developer
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (20.00 %)Client/Server
16 (20.00 %)Thin Client
16 (20.00 %)Fat Client
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.00 %)Windows
13 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
13 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (13.33 %)OO
21 (3.333 %)Time Management
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (76.67 %)C#
216 (53.33 %)VB.NET
311 (36.67 %)VB6
46 (20.00 %)Java
46 (20.00 %)VBScript
55 (16.67 %)SQL
64 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
64 (13.33 %)JavaScript
73 (10.00 %)DHTML
82 (6.667 %)C++
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (13.33 %)Degree
22 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
Bishop's Stortford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (20.00 %)Citrix
24 (13.33 %)Oracle
32 (6.667 %)Microsoft