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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3036
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads269204
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.084 %
As % of the category below9.225 %7.724 %
Salaries quoted246168
Average minimum salary£29,153£29,491
Average salary£32,065£32,697
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum salary£34,976£35,902
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads29162641
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.539 %1.081 %
Salaries quoted24902227
Average minimum salary£32,150£32,069
Average salary£35,575£35,632
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Average maximum salary£38,999£39,195
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

VB
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cambridgeshire VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+8141£33,480-2.42 %
PeterboroughUp+397£31,508-1.45 %
HuntingdonNew entry-4£28,875-
St NeotsNew entry-1£25,000-
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1314 (62.30 %).NET
2255 (50.60 %)C#
3226 (44.84 %)SQL Server
4225 (44.64 %)SQL
5166 (32.94 %)Microsoft
6160 (31.75 %)VB6
7159 (31.55 %)Windows
8155 (30.75 %)ASP
9153 (30.36 %)ASP.NET
10141 (27.98 %)VB.NET
11130 (25.79 %)XML
12112 (22.22 %)C++
13110 (21.83 %)HTML
14105 (20.83 %)Degree
1597 (19.25 %)OO
1691 (18.06 %)JavaScript
1779 (15.67 %)MS Excel
1870 (13.89 %)CSS
1965 (12.90 %)Crystal Reports
2063 (12.50 %)Oracle
2161 (12.10 %)Java
2161 (12.10 %)SQL Server 2000
2260 (11.90 %)C
2352 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
2450 (9.921 %)MS Office
2549 (9.722 %)VBA
2648 (9.524 %)Multimedia
2648 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
2745 (8.929 %)Finance
2843 (8.532 %)Citrix

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1314 (62.30 %).NET
2155 (30.75 %)ASP
3153 (30.36 %)ASP.NET
4130 (25.79 %)XML
5110 (21.83 %)HTML
670 (13.89 %)CSS
738 (7.540 %)WebServices
825 (4.960 %)WinForms
922 (4.365 %)XSL
922 (4.365 %)XSLT
1020 (3.968 %).NET Framework
1119 (3.770 %)AJAX
1211 (2.183 %)MFC
139 (1.786 %)Silverlight
148 (1.587 %)ASP.NET 2.0
148 (1.587 %)J2EE
148 (1.587 %)COM+
157 (1.389 %)XHTML
166 (1.190 %)ArcObjects
166 (1.190 %)Ruby on Rails
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (6.349 %)IIS
224 (4.762 %)BizTalk Server
311 (2.183 %)SharePoint
49 (1.786 %)ColdFusion
58 (1.587 %)Commerce Server
66 (1.190 %)ArcSDE
71 (0.198 %)Exchange Server 2003
71 (0.198 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.198 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.198 %)ColdFusion MX
71 (0.198 %)MS Exchange
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
179 (15.67 %)MS Excel
250 (9.921 %)MS Office
317 (3.373 %)MATLAB
47 (1.389 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.198 %)Spreadsheet
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
130 (5.952 %)Axapta
219 (3.770 %)Dynamics AX
37 (1.389 %)Navision
44 (0.794 %)Summit
44 (0.794 %)Dynamics NAV
53 (0.595 %)GoldMine
53 (0.595 %)Line 500
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (3.175 %)Internet
214 (2.778 %)HTTP
311 (2.183 %)Intranet
49 (1.786 %)SAN
57 (1.389 %)TCP/IP
64 (0.794 %)VoIP
64 (0.794 %)ADSL
64 (0.794 %)GSM
64 (0.794 %)3G
73 (0.595 %)PSTN
81 (0.198 %)UMTS
81 (0.198 %)GPRS
81 (0.198 %)Wireless
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1226 (44.84 %)SQL Server
265 (12.90 %)Crystal Reports
361 (12.10 %)SQL Server 2000
448 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
539 (7.738 %)RDBMS
617 (3.373 %)SQL Server 7
714 (2.778 %)MS Access
813 (2.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
912 (2.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
912 (2.381 %)DTS
1010 (1.984 %)GIS
1010 (1.984 %)SQL Server Integration Services
117 (1.389 %)Oracle 11g
117 (1.389 %)PostgreSQL
117 (1.389 %)Oracle 10g
117 (1.389 %)MySQL
117 (1.389 %)Oracle 9i
125 (0.992 %)Oracle Reports
134 (0.794 %)SQLPlus
143 (0.595 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (3.571 %)Visual Studio
217 (3.373 %)LabVIEW
314 (2.778 %)MorphX
47 (1.389 %)InstallShield
56 (1.190 %)Subversion
56 (1.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.595 %)WinRunner
63 (0.595 %)TestDirector
63 (0.595 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.595 %)LoadRunner
63 (0.595 %)SilkTest
72 (0.397 %)TeamTrack
81 (0.198 %)TestPartner
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (9.524 %)Multimedia
245 (8.929 %)Finance
332 (6.349 %)Pharmaceutical
423 (4.563 %)Publishing
521 (4.167 %)Education
616 (3.175 %)Pensions
715 (2.976 %)Health
814 (2.778 %)Manufacturing
913 (2.579 %)Electronics
109 (1.786 %)Insurance
118 (1.587 %)Telecoms
127 (1.389 %)Government
127 (1.389 %)Banking
127 (1.389 %)Local Government
136 (1.190 %)Automotive
144 (0.794 %)Financial Institution
153 (0.595 %)Electric
162 (0.397 %)Back Office
162 (0.397 %)Online Banking
162 (0.397 %)Marketing
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1288 (57.14 %)Developer
2106 (21.03 %).NET Developer
367 (13.29 %)Software Developer
455 (10.91 %)C# Developer
551 (10.12 %)Programmer
649 (9.722 %)Analyst
745 (8.929 %)Applications Support
843 (8.532 %)Software Engineer
941 (8.135 %)VB Developer
1036 (7.143 %)Consultant
1131 (6.151 %)Applications Developer
1228 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
1327 (5.357 %)Delphi Developer
1424 (4.762 %)2nd Line Support
1522 (4.365 %)ASP.NET Developer
1621 (4.167 %)CSharp Software Developer
1720 (3.968 %)VB.NET Developer
1819 (3.770 %)Senior Developer
1918 (3.571 %)Team Leader
1918 (3.571 %)SQL Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (7.540 %)Computer Science
228 (5.556 %)Mathematics
314 (2.778 %)Device Driver
314 (2.778 %)Firmware
46 (1.190 %)W3C
55 (0.992 %)Wiki
62 (0.397 %)Physics
62 (0.397 %)Mainframe
62 (0.397 %)Client/Server
62 (0.397 %)N-Tier
71 (0.198 %)Chemistry
71 (0.198 %)Data Integration
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1159 (31.55 %)Windows
252 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
314 (2.778 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (1.786 %)Windows NT
53 (0.595 %)Linux
53 (0.595 %)UNIX
62 (0.397 %)Symbian OS
71 (0.198 %)Windows XP
71 (0.198 %)Windows CE
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
197 (19.25 %)OO
237 (7.341 %)Systems Analysis
326 (5.159 %)Web Development
424 (4.762 %)Data Analysis
523 (4.563 %)ERP
620 (3.968 %)UML
719 (3.770 %)OOD
816 (3.175 %)Agile Software Development
913 (2.579 %)Extreme Programming
1010 (1.984 %)OOA/OOD
1010 (1.984 %)Resource Management
119 (1.786 %)System Testing
119 (1.786 %)OOP
119 (1.786 %)CAD
119 (1.786 %)Content Management
128 (1.587 %)Data Management
137 (1.389 %)Software Engineering
137 (1.389 %)Document Management
137 (1.389 %)ITIL
146 (1.190 %)CRM
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1255 (50.60 %)C#
2225 (44.64 %)SQL
3160 (31.75 %)VB6
4141 (27.98 %)VB.NET
5112 (22.22 %)C++
691 (18.06 %)JavaScript
761 (12.10 %)Java
860 (11.90 %)C
949 (9.722 %)VBA
1038 (7.540 %)Delphi
1134 (6.746 %)X++
1229 (5.754 %)VBScript
1318 (3.571 %)Assembly Language
1414 (2.778 %)DHTML
1511 (2.183 %)PL/SQL
1511 (2.183 %)Transact-SQL
168 (1.587 %)Perl
168 (1.587 %)PHP
175 (0.992 %)Pascal
175 (0.992 %)Embedded C++
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1105 (20.83 %)Degree
213 (2.579 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (1.389 %)MCP
45 (0.992 %)ISEB
52 (0.397 %)HND
52 (0.397 %)PhD
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.190 %)WAI
22 (0.397 %)QA
22 (0.397 %)SLA
31 (0.198 %)ISO9000
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (7.143 %)Active Directory
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1166 (32.94 %)Microsoft
263 (12.50 %)Oracle
343 (8.532 %)Citrix
49 (1.786 %)ESRI
57 (1.389 %)IBM
66 (1.190 %)FileNet
74 (0.794 %)BMC
74 (0.794 %)PeopleSoft
83 (0.595 %)Macromedia
83 (0.595 %)Siemens
83 (0.595 %)Sage
92 (0.397 %)Perforce
92 (0.397 %)Symbian
92 (0.397 %)Sybase
101 (0.198 %)Cognos
101 (0.198 %)Dundas
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