The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cannock region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Cannock region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - - 2
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cannock - - 80.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Cannock
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
46 27 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cannock 43.81% 45.76% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 45 23 5
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +38.88%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Staffordshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cannock 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 Cannock region.

Cannock VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cannock 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 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cannock 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware