The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cumbria region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 26 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 Cumbria region.

Location
3 months to
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 17 14 12
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cumbria 2.128% 8.163% 7.692%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.704% 16.67% 9.524%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
Average salary £18,000 £24,250 £26,380
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.77% -8.07%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Cumbria
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
27 24 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cumbria 57.45% 48.98% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 22 24 19
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £23,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +29.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £27,442 £42,400
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 Cumbria region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cumbria 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 Cumbria region.

Cumbria VB Salary Trend

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 Cumbria region over the 3 months to 26 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Carlisle 0 1 £18,000 -
VB
North West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, 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.

1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (91.67%) ASP.NET
3 10 (83.33%) SQL
4 9 (75.00%) VB.NET
5 8 (66.67%) HTML
5 8 (66.67%) Java
5 8 (66.67%) CSS
5 8 (66.67%) VB6
6 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 3 (25.00%) C#
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (16.67%) C++
8 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
8 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
8 2 (16.67%) VBA
8 2 (16.67%) Oracle
8 2 (16.67%) ASP
8 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
8 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 2 (16.67%) VMware
8 2 (16.67%) Degree
8 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (16.67%) QA
8 2 (16.67%) System Testing
8 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
8 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
9 1 (8.333%) Delphi
9 1 (8.333%) JavaScript

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (91.67%) ASP.NET
3 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) ASP
5 1 (8.333%) jQuery
5 1 (8.333%) JSON
5 1 (8.333%) Ajax
5 1 (8.333%) SOAP
5 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 8 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) Software Developer
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior VB Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Junior .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Development Manager
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Development Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) System Testing
1 2 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) VB.NET
3 8 (66.67%) Java
3 8 (66.67%) VB6
4 3 (25.00%) C#
5 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 2 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (16.67%) VBA
5 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (8.333%) PowerShell
6 1 (8.333%) Ruby
6 1 (8.333%) Python
6 1 (8.333%) Delphi
6 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
6 1 (8.333%) Objective-C
6 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle