The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 81 40 38
Rank change year-on-year
-41 -2
Permanent jobs citing VB 39 105 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.165% 5.229% 5.624%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.775% 8.178% 9.211%
Number of salaries quoted 32 101 88
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1033 1284 988
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.36% 63.94% 61.06%
Number of salaries quoted 856 1146 868
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
North West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crewe +15 10 £30,000 -21.05%
Warrington -27 6 £33,750 -4.25%
Chester -31 6 £30,000 -7.69%
Runcorn - 3 £35,000 -
Wilmslow -13 2 £28,500 +22.58%
Macclesfield -8 1 £27,500 +44.73%
Knutsford - 1 £33,000 -
VB
North West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 73 (75.26%) .NET
2 67 (69.07%) SQL Server
3 55 (56.70%) SQL
4 53 (54.64%) C#
5 37 (38.14%) ASP.NET
6 36 (37.11%) XML
7 34 (35.05%) HTML
8 32 (32.99%) VB.NET
9 30 (30.93%) JavaScript
10 29 (29.90%) Windows
11 28 (28.87%) Microsoft
12 27 (27.84%) Web Services
13 22 (22.68%) Java
13 22 (22.68%) C++
14 21 (21.65%) WCF
15 19 (19.59%) Oracle
16 18 (18.56%) Visual Studio
16 18 (18.56%) CSS
16 18 (18.56%) WinForms
17 17 (17.53%) MVC
17 17 (17.53%) C
17 17 (17.53%) WPF
18 16 (16.49%) jQuery
19 15 (15.46%) SQL Server 2008
19 15 (15.46%) RDBMS
19 15 (15.46%) MS Excel
20 14 (14.43%) VBA
20 14 (14.43%) T-SQL
20 14 (14.43%) Perl
20 14 (14.43%) ASP.NET MVC

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 73 (75.26%) .NET
2 37 (38.14%) ASP.NET
3 36 (37.11%) XML
4 34 (35.05%) HTML
5 27 (27.84%) Web Services
6 21 (21.65%) WCF
7 18 (18.56%) CSS
7 18 (18.56%) WinForms
8 17 (17.53%) WPF
9 16 (16.49%) jQuery
10 14 (14.43%) ASP.NET MVC
10 14 (14.43%) .NET Framework
11 11 (11.34%) Node.js
11 11 (11.34%) Ninject
11 11 (11.34%) KnockoutJS
11 11 (11.34%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 10 (10.31%) HTML5
13 9 (9.278%) ASP
14 8 (8.247%) XSLT
15 7 (7.216%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.093%) CMS
1 3 (3.093%) DotNetNuke
1 3 (3.093%) Drupal
2 2 (2.062%) IIS
3 1 (1.031%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (15.46%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.247%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.031%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.186%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (69.07%) SQL Server
2 15 (15.46%) SQL Server 2008
2 15 (15.46%) RDBMS
3 14 (14.43%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (9.278%) MS Access
4 9 (9.278%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (8.247%) DB2
5 8 (8.247%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (6.186%) MySQL
7 5 (5.155%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (5.155%) DTS
7 5 (5.155%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (5.155%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (5.155%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (4.124%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (3.093%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (3.093%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (1.031%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 18 (18.56%) Visual Studio
2 8 (8.247%) Selenium
3 6 (6.186%) Synon
3 6 (6.186%) Ant
4 3 (3.093%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (1.031%) NUnit
5 1 (1.031%) Subversion
5 1 (1.031%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (11.34%) Music
2 7 (7.216%) Finance
3 4 (4.124%) Aerospace
3 4 (4.124%) Automotive
3 4 (4.124%) Electronics
3 4 (4.124%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.093%) French Language
4 3 (3.093%) German Language
5 2 (2.062%) Local Government
5 2 (2.062%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.031%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 68 (70.10%) Developer
2 34 (35.05%) .NET Developer
3 13 (13.40%) Senior Developer
3 13 (13.40%) Analyst
3 13 (13.40%) Software Engineer
4 11 (11.34%) Graduate
5 10 (10.31%) Web Developer
6 7 (7.216%) VB.NET Developer
6 7 (7.216%) SQL Developer
7 6 (6.186%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
7 6 (6.186%) Senior Java Programmer
7 6 (6.186%) Senior Programmer
7 6 (6.186%) Java Analyst Developer
7 6 (6.186%) Graduate Java Developer
7 6 (6.186%) Java Analyst Programmer
7 6 (6.186%) Java Programmer
7 6 (6.186%) Senior Java Developer
7 6 (6.186%) Developer Analyst
7 6 (6.186%) Graduate Developer
7 6 (6.186%) Senior Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.34%) Streaming Music
1 11 (11.34%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (6.186%) iSeries
2 6 (6.186%) Derivative
2 6 (6.186%) Computer Science
3 4 (4.124%) NHS
3 4 (4.124%) Firmware
4 3 (3.093%) E-Learning
4 3 (3.093%) Mathematics
4 3 (3.093%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.031%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.031%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (1.031%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 29 (29.90%) Windows
2 3 (3.093%) Android
3 2 (2.062%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.062%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.031%) UNIX
4 1 (1.031%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.031%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.031%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.53%) MVC
2 13 (13.40%) TDD
2 13 (13.40%) Web Development
3 12 (12.37%) OO
4 11 (11.34%) Dependency Injection
4 11 (11.34%) Domain-Driven Design
4 11 (11.34%) Web Application Development
5 9 (9.278%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (8.247%) Test Scripting
7 7 (7.216%) Unit Testing
7 7 (7.216%) Integration Testing
8 5 (5.155%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (5.155%) ETL
8 5 (5.155%) Scrum
8 5 (5.155%) Migration
8 5 (5.155%) Data Migration
9 4 (4.124%) Automated Testing
9 4 (4.124%) Information Management
9 4 (4.124%) Software Testing
10 3 (3.093%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 55 (56.70%) SQL
2 53 (54.64%) C#
3 32 (32.99%) VB.NET
4 30 (30.93%) JavaScript
5 22 (22.68%) Java
5 22 (22.68%) C++
6 17 (17.53%) C
7 14 (14.43%) VBA
7 14 (14.43%) T-SQL
7 14 (14.43%) Perl
7 14 (14.43%) VB6
8 13 (13.40%) PHP
9 8 (8.247%) PL/SQL
10 7 (7.216%) Python
11 6 (6.186%) RPG/400
11 6 (6.186%) RPG IV
11 6 (6.186%) RPG
12 5 (5.155%) Delphi
13 4 (4.124%) Assembly Language
14 3 (3.093%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (11.34%) MCP
1 11 (11.34%) MCAD
1 11 (11.34%) MCSD
1 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (11.34%) MCTS
2 8 (8.247%) Degree
3 1 (1.031%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.031%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.186%) QA
2 4 (4.124%) HL7
2 4 (4.124%) SLA
3 1 (1.031%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (3.093%) Terminal Services
2 1 (1.031%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.031%) XenApp
2 1 (1.031%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.031%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.031%) SCCM
1 1 (1.031%) WSUS
1 1 (1.031%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 28 (28.87%) Microsoft
2 19 (19.59%) Oracle
3 6 (6.186%) JD Edwards
3 6 (6.186%) IBM
4 5 (5.155%) SAP
4 5 (5.155%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.031%) Cognos
5 1 (1.031%) Citrix
5 1 (1.031%) VMware
5 1 (1.031%) McAfee
5 1 (1.031%) Sophos
5 1 (1.031%) Sage
5 1 (1.031%) Apple
5 1 (1.031%) Cadence
5 1 (1.031%) Netezza
Lymm, Cheshire
My client is currently looking for a SQL, Windows, .Net, C#, VB6 Application Support Specialist to join their team supporting a global customer base... *Provide training sessions to...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, North West
The key skills and experience you need for this role are ASP.net with C# to build large internal web systems, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to develop the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
The key skills required for the C# Developer role are: Strong experience with C# and ASP.Net development. Experience with Javascript and good knowledge of OO / Object Oriented...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, North West
As a .Net Developer / Software Engineer it's highly likely that you will have existing knowledge of the .Net framework, ideally using C# and knowledge of developing software...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Rapidly expanding IT services business in Chester are looking to expand their technical team with the addition of a skilled .Net developer with particular knowledge of C#... As...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a SQL Reporting Analyst ... The primary requirement is familiarity with SSRS, ideally able to design, build and test reports...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013