The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 50 28 42
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +14
Permanent jobs citing VB 4 30 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.941% 6.834% 3.327%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.709% 12.15% 6.316%
Number of salaries quoted 4 28 18
Average salary £43,000 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.66% +36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,750 £30,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,050 £40,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
234 247 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 55.06% 56.26% 52.68%
Number of salaries quoted 224 233 263
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Derby +10 3 £42,500 +82.79%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 16 (76.19%) SQL Server
2 14 (66.67%) C#
3 13 (61.90%) .NET
4 10 (47.62%) C
5 9 (42.86%) C++
5 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET
6 8 (38.10%) MVC
6 8 (38.10%) TDD
6 8 (38.10%) ASP
6 8 (38.10%) VB.NET
7 7 (33.33%) OOD
7 7 (33.33%) Windows
7 7 (33.33%) OO
7 7 (33.33%) NUnit
7 7 (33.33%) Web Development
7 7 (33.33%) Windows Azure
7 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 7 (33.33%) MSTest
7 7 (33.33%) Moq
7 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (28.57%) VBA
9 5 (23.81%) Java
9 5 (23.81%) XML
9 5 (23.81%) Degree
9 5 (23.81%) SCADA
9 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
9 5 (23.81%) CCTV
10 4 (19.05%) Finance
10 4 (19.05%) JDBC

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 13 (61.90%) .NET
2 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 8 (38.10%) ASP
4 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 5 (23.81%) XML
6 4 (19.05%) JDBC
6 4 (19.05%) J2EE
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (4.762%) soapUI
7 1 (4.762%) Node.js
7 1 (4.762%) Ninject
7 1 (4.762%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (4.762%) Web Services
7 1 (4.762%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (76.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (19.05%) MySQL
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.762%) OLAP
4 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.762%) Data Mining
4 1 (4.762%) TOAD
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.762%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) NUnit
1 7 (33.33%) MSTest
1 7 (33.33%) Moq
2 1 (4.762%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.762%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) Selenium
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Music
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Developer
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) .NET Software Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
3 4 (19.05%) PLC Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) SCADA Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) PLC SCADA Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Database Developer
5 2 (9.524%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Automated Tester
6 1 (4.762%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Tester
6 1 (4.762%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Project Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Tester
6 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) SCADA
1 5 (23.81%) CCTV
2 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.762%) Open Source
3 1 (4.762%) New Media
3 1 (4.762%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) MVC
1 8 (38.10%) TDD
2 7 (33.33%) OOD
2 7 (33.33%) OO
2 7 (33.33%) Web Development
2 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.524%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.762%) System Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (4.762%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (4.762%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) Web Application Development
5 1 (4.762%) BDD
5 1 (4.762%) Automation Testing
5 1 (4.762%) CRM
5 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.762%) Validation
5 1 (4.762%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (47.62%) C
3 9 (42.86%) C++
4 8 (38.10%) VB.NET
5 6 (28.57%) VBA
6 5 (23.81%) Java
7 2 (9.524%) SQL
8 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
8 1 (4.762%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) MCP
2 1 (4.762%) MCAD
2 1 (4.762%) MCSD
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.762%) MCTS
2 1 (4.762%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) SAP
2 1 (4.762%) Cognos
2 1 (4.762%) HP