The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 52 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +3
Permanent jobs citing VB 15 40 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.427% 7.968% 7.203%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.286% 11.46% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10 39 35
Average salary £33,250 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,200 £19,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
350 349 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 56.63% 69.52% 56.11%
Number of salaries quoted 316 283 273
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £23,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Poole 0 2 £25,250 -32.66%
Dorchester - 2 £30,903 -
VB
South West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 18 (75.00%) SQL
2 15 (62.50%) .NET
3 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
4 12 (50.00%) VB.NET
5 11 (45.83%) C#
6 10 (41.67%) PHP
6 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
6 10 (41.67%) Finance
7 9 (37.50%) T-SQL
8 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
8 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (29.17%) VB6
9 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (25.00%) Web Services
10 6 (25.00%) XML
10 6 (25.00%) HND
10 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 6 (25.00%) Analytics
10 6 (25.00%) Marketing
10 6 (25.00%) Blog
11 5 (20.83%) Visualisation
11 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
12 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
12 4 (16.67%) Oracle
12 4 (16.67%) HTML
12 4 (16.67%) Windows
12 4 (16.67%) CSS
12 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
12 4 (16.67%) MVC
12 4 (16.67%) jQuery

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 15 (62.50%) .NET
2 10 (41.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (25.00%) Web Services
3 6 (25.00%) XML
4 4 (16.67%) HTML
4 4 (16.67%) CSS
4 4 (16.67%) jQuery
5 3 (12.50%) WCF
5 3 (12.50%) ASP
6 2 (8.333%) WSDL
6 2 (8.333%) SOAP
6 2 (8.333%) WinForms
6 2 (8.333%) Ajax
6 2 (8.333%) JSON
7 1 (4.167%) WSE
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.333%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (12.50%) DTS
5 2 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (8.333%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (4.167%) MSBuild
3 1 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.167%) NUnit
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 7 (29.17%) Business Consultant
3 7 (29.17%) Consultant
3 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 6 (25.00%) Software Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Business Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 3 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (12.50%) C# Developer
7 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Analyst
8 1 (4.167%) Analyst Programmer
8 1 (4.167%) Support Technician
8 1 (4.167%) Programmer
8 1 (4.167%) Junior
8 1 (4.167%) Software Engineer
8 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Blog
2 5 (20.83%) Visualisation
3 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
2 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (16.67%) MVC
4 3 (12.50%) MVVM
5 2 (8.333%) Migration
5 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (4.167%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.167%) Project Management
6 1 (4.167%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Logistics
6 1 (4.167%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) SQL
2 12 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 11 (45.83%) C#
4 10 (41.67%) PHP
5 9 (37.50%) T-SQL
6 7 (29.17%) VB6
7 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 2 (8.333%) Java
9 1 (4.167%) PowerShell
9 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
9 1 (4.167%) VBScript
9 1 (4.167%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) HND
2 1 (4.167%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.167%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (8.333%) Adobe
3 2 (8.333%) Appcelerator
4 1 (4.167%) Tableau
4 1 (4.167%) VMware
4 1 (4.167%) Citrix
4 1 (4.167%) SAP
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Core skill set: -.Net 2.0 - 4.0 using either VB.NET or C#- ASP.Net- ADO.Net- HTML, CSS, JavaScript- XML- RDMS platforms including MS SQL Server,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Pension
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