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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 19 21 14
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 1.299% 4.930% 7.767%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.923% 13.21% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 6
Average salary - £26,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
52 53 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 67.53% 37.32% 41.75%
Number of salaries quoted 50 48 32
Average salary £33,000 £30,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,950 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £60,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
North East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham 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 Durham 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
Stockton-on-Tees +2 1 - -
VB
North East

VB
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) VB6

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Stockton-on-Tees, North East
Software Engineer (VB6, ADO, SQL Server), Stockton-On-TeesI have fantastic opportunity for an experienced and skilled Developer (VB6, ADO, SQL Server) to provide software development for a...
Mint
Salary: £1 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013