The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 33 51 34
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -17
Permanent jobs citing VB 6 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.830% 1.500% 0.797%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.659% 2.083% 1.869%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 2
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% +21.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £30,000 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £31,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
164 288 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 77.36% 72.00% 42.63%
Number of salaries quoted 159 216 95
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Gloucestershire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheltenham VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 22 (95.65%) C#
2 19 (82.61%) SQL
3 18 (78.26%) .NET
4 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
4 17 (73.91%) ASP.NET
5 16 (69.57%) XML
6 15 (65.22%) C++
6 15 (65.22%) HTML
6 15 (65.22%) Finance
6 15 (65.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 12 (52.17%) T-SQL
8 11 (47.83%) JavaScript
8 11 (47.83%) .NET Framework
9 10 (43.48%) Performance Testing
9 10 (43.48%) Load Testing
9 10 (43.48%) Performance Management
9 10 (43.48%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (43.48%) COM+
9 10 (43.48%) XSL
9 10 (43.48%) IIS
9 10 (43.48%) ADO.NET
9 10 (43.48%) Web Services
9 10 (43.48%) WSDL
9 10 (43.48%) XML Schema
9 10 (43.48%) VB6
9 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2005
9 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
11 6 (26.09%) Windows
11 6 (26.09%) Java

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 18 (78.26%) .NET
2 17 (73.91%) ASP.NET
3 16 (69.57%) XML
4 15 (65.22%) HTML
5 11 (47.83%) .NET Framework
6 10 (43.48%) COM+
6 10 (43.48%) XSL
6 10 (43.48%) ADO.NET
6 10 (43.48%) Web Services
6 10 (43.48%) WSDL
6 10 (43.48%) XML Schema
7 5 (21.74%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 5 (21.74%) CSS
8 3 (13.04%) WPF
9 2 (8.696%) SOAP
9 2 (8.696%) Managed Extensibility Framework
10 1 (4.348%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 10 (43.48%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) SMTP
1 5 (21.74%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
2 15 (65.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (43.48%) SQL Server 2000
4 5 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (8.696%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.348%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (4.348%) TestDirector
2 1 (4.348%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (65.22%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
3 4 (17.39%) Military
4 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.348%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Head of Development
3 5 (21.74%) Applications Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Development Manager
3 5 (21.74%) Database Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) .NET Developer
5 2 (8.696%) C# Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Software Development Manager
5 2 (8.696%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Software Manager
5 2 (8.696%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Systems Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.348%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (21.74%) UNIX
3 4 (17.39%) HPUX
3 4 (17.39%) Solaris
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
4 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Performance Testing
1 10 (43.48%) Load Testing
1 10 (43.48%) Performance Management
2 5 (21.74%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.348%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.348%) Service Management
4 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.348%) OO
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 22 (95.65%) C#
2 19 (82.61%) SQL
3 15 (65.22%) C++
4 12 (52.17%) T-SQL
5 11 (47.83%) JavaScript
6 10 (43.48%) VB6
7 6 (26.09%) Java
8 5 (21.74%) XPath
8 5 (21.74%) XQuery
9 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
10 1 (4.348%) C
10 1 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) ISEB
2 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) DO-178B
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Citrix
3 3 (13.04%) HP
4 1 (4.348%) Altiris
4 1 (4.348%) Oracle