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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Cumbria 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
Rank1423
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads63
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below16.22 %5.660 %
Salaries quoted20
Average minimum salary£22,500-
Average salary£22,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£22,500-
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Cumbria IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cumbria
Matching permanent IT job ads3753
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.022 %
Salaries quoted2137
Average minimum salary£23,211£26,044
Average salary£27,219£30,390
% change on same period last year-10.43 %
Average maximum salary£31,228£34,736
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB North WestVB
North West

VB
Demand Trend

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

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region.

Cumbria VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Cumbria 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 Cumbria 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
CarlisleNew entry-1£25,000-
VB North WestVB
North West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (100.00 %).NET
26 (66.67 %)VB.NET
35 (55.56 %)C#
35 (55.56 %)ASP.NET
44 (44.44 %)SQL Server
44 (44.44 %)VB6
53 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
53 (33.33 %)SQL
62 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
62 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
62 (22.22 %)HTML
62 (22.22 %)Java
62 (22.22 %)IIS
62 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
62 (22.22 %)ASP
62 (22.22 %)Intranet
62 (22.22 %)Migration
71 (11.11 %)SUSE
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (11.11 %)Degree
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (11.11 %)Education
71 (11.11 %)Publishing
71 (11.11 %)Microsoft
71 (11.11 %)MySQL
71 (11.11 %)Oracle
71 (11.11 %)JavaScript
71 (11.11 %)VBScript
71 (11.11 %)CSS
71 (11.11 %)JSP

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cumbria IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %).NET
25 (55.56 %)ASP.NET
32 (22.22 %)ASP
32 (22.22 %)HTML
41 (11.11 %)CSS
41 (11.11 %)JSP
41 (11.11 %)XHTML
Cumbria IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)IIS
21 (11.11 %)Tomcat
21 (11.11 %)SharePoint
Cumbria IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)Intranet
Cumbria IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (11.11 %)MySQL
Cumbria IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
Cumbria IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Education
11 (11.11 %)Publishing
Cumbria IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %).NET Developer
24 (44.44 %)VB.NET Developer
32 (22.22 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (22.22 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
32 (22.22 %)Web Developer
32 (22.22 %)Software Developer
41 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Graduate Software Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Graduate
Cumbria IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
11 (11.11 %)Linux
11 (11.11 %)SUSE
Cumbria IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
22 (22.22 %)Migration
Cumbria IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)VB.NET
25 (55.56 %)C#
34 (44.44 %)VB6
43 (33.33 %)SQL
52 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
52 (22.22 %)Java
52 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
61 (11.11 %)JavaScript
61 (11.11 %)VBScript
Cumbria IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Cumbria IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Oracle
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
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