The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 71 50 44
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -6
Permanent jobs citing VB 47 69 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.726% 3.988% 4.329%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.038% 7.070% 7.111%
Number of salaries quoted 45 67 77
Average salary £35,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.69% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £21,000 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,300
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1164 976 1125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.52% 56.42% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 905 941
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £26,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Bristol VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 60 (74.07%) .NET
2 58 (71.60%) SQL
3 54 (66.67%) C#
4 47 (58.02%) SQL Server
5 32 (39.51%) VB.NET
6 27 (33.33%) ASP.NET
7 24 (29.63%) VB6
8 22 (27.16%) MS Excel
9 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
10 17 (20.99%) Agile Software Development
10 17 (20.99%) VBA
10 17 (20.99%) JavaScript
11 16 (19.75%) C++
12 15 (18.52%) Oracle
13 14 (17.28%) Crystal Reports
13 14 (17.28%) XML
13 14 (17.28%) Windows
14 13 (16.05%) Finance
15 12 (14.81%) Scrum
15 12 (14.81%) OO
15 12 (14.81%) CSS
15 12 (14.81%) T-SQL
15 12 (14.81%) VBScript
15 12 (14.81%) HTML
15 12 (14.81%) WPF
16 10 (12.35%) SQL Server 2005
17 9 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
17 9 (11.11%) Banking
18 8 (9.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 8 (9.877%) MVC

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 60 (74.07%) .NET
2 27 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 14 (17.28%) XML
4 12 (14.81%) CSS
4 12 (14.81%) HTML
4 12 (14.81%) WPF
5 8 (9.877%) ASP
5 8 (9.877%) WCF
6 7 (8.642%) ATL
7 6 (7.407%) .NET Framework
8 4 (4.938%) SOAP
8 4 (4.938%) STL
8 4 (4.938%) Web Services
9 3 (3.704%) jQuery
9 3 (3.704%) XSLT
9 3 (3.704%) DCOM
9 3 (3.704%) WinForms
10 1 (1.235%) COM
10 1 (1.235%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.469%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (27.16%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.407%) MS Office
3 1 (1.235%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.235%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.704%) Visualfiles
2 1 (1.235%) SAP R/3
2 1 (1.235%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.235%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.469%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (58.02%) SQL Server
2 14 (17.28%) Crystal Reports
3 10 (12.35%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (9.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (4.938%) MS Access
7 2 (2.469%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (1.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.235%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (1.235%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (1.235%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (8.642%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.235%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.235%) PowerBuilder
General
1 13 (16.05%) Finance
2 9 (11.11%) Banking
3 6 (7.407%) Legal
4 5 (6.173%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.173%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.173%) Military
5 4 (4.938%) Advertising
6 3 (3.704%) Law
6 3 (3.704%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.469%) Retail
8 1 (1.235%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 54 (66.67%) Developer
2 28 (34.57%) Software Developer
3 18 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 18 (22.22%) Analyst
4 12 (14.81%) Senior Developer
5 9 (11.11%) C# Developer
6 8 (9.877%) Senior Software Developer
7 7 (8.642%) Data Analyst
7 7 (8.642%) Information Analyst
7 7 (8.642%) C++ Developer
8 6 (7.407%) VB.NET Developer
8 6 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (7.407%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (6.173%) Agile .NET Developer
9 5 (6.173%) .NET Software Developer
10 4 (4.938%) C++ Software Developer
10 4 (4.938%) Data Manager
10 4 (4.938%) C# Software Developer
10 4 (4.938%) Data Migration Manager
11 3 (3.704%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.407%) BBC
2 4 (4.938%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.704%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.704%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.469%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.235%) Data Conversion
5 1 (1.235%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.235%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.28%) Windows
2 3 (3.704%) Android
3 2 (2.469%) UNIX
3 2 (2.469%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.235%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.235%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.235%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.99%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (14.81%) Scrum
2 12 (14.81%) OO
3 8 (9.877%) MVC
4 7 (8.642%) Unit Testing
5 6 (7.407%) Web Design
5 6 (7.407%) Data Analysis
5 6 (7.407%) ERP
5 6 (7.407%) Web Development
6 5 (6.173%) Pattern Recognition
6 5 (6.173%) Data Migration
6 5 (6.173%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (6.173%) Data Modelling
6 5 (6.173%) ETL
6 5 (6.173%) Validation
6 5 (6.173%) Migration
6 5 (6.173%) Logistics
7 4 (4.938%) Project Management
7 4 (4.938%) Multithreading
7 4 (4.938%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (71.60%) SQL
2 54 (66.67%) C#
3 32 (39.51%) VB.NET
4 24 (29.63%) VB6
5 17 (20.99%) VBA
5 17 (20.99%) JavaScript
6 16 (19.75%) C++
7 12 (14.81%) T-SQL
7 12 (14.81%) VBScript
8 8 (9.877%) Java
9 6 (7.407%) PL/SQL
10 4 (4.938%) Delphi
11 3 (3.704%) PHP
11 3 (3.704%) VC++
12 2 (2.469%) C
12 2 (2.469%) Perl
13 1 (1.235%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.877%) Degree
2 3 (3.704%) ISEB
3 2 (2.469%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.469%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.235%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.235%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.235%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.235%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.469%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.52%) Oracle
3 3 (3.704%) Apple
4 2 (2.469%) HP
5 1 (1.235%) Fiserv
5 1 (1.235%) SAP
5 1 (1.235%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.235%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.235%) IBM
5 1 (1.235%) Kofax
5 1 (1.235%) VMware
Bristol, Avon
Support, bug fixes and Changes - Development of business systems Key skills, knowledge, experience; Essential: - Strong SQL Server knowledge including stored procedures, views, tables, triggers - Background in VB .net /...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013