The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 78 77 59
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -18
Permanent jobs citing VB 95 97 138
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.106% 2.845% 3.810%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.719% 5.410% 7.688%
Number of salaries quoted 90 91 132
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,750 £40,000 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1661 1793 1795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 54.30% 52.60% 49.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1498 1635 1591
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
England

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicestershire +19 37 £40,000 +21.21%
Northamptonshire -6 26 £31,000 +3.33%
Nottinghamshire -8 16 £32,500 -5.10%
Lincolnshire -7 11 £32,500 +13.04%
Derbyshire -18 5 £42,500 +21.42%
VB
England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 183 (85.12%) .NET
2 148 (68.84%) C#
3 147 (68.37%) SQL Server
4 118 (54.88%) SQL
5 84 (39.07%) VB.NET
6 79 (36.74%) ASP.NET
7 77 (35.81%) Microsoft
8 69 (32.09%) Windows
9 62 (28.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 60 (27.91%) JavaScript
11 57 (26.51%) MVC
12 53 (24.65%) ASP
12 53 (24.65%) XML
13 46 (21.40%) Java
14 41 (19.07%) C++
14 41 (19.07%) Oracle
14 41 (19.07%) MS Excel
15 40 (18.60%) Ajax
16 39 (18.14%) WCF
16 39 (18.14%) jQuery
17 36 (16.74%) Retail
18 35 (16.28%) TDD
18 35 (16.28%) Web Development
19 34 (15.81%) VB6
19 34 (15.81%) HTML
19 34 (15.81%) T-SQL
20 33 (15.35%) VBScript
20 33 (15.35%) SQL Server 2005
21 31 (14.42%) Degree
21 31 (14.42%) HTML5

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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
1 183 (85.12%) .NET
2 79 (36.74%) ASP.NET
3 53 (24.65%) ASP
3 53 (24.65%) XML
4 40 (18.60%) Ajax
5 39 (18.14%) WCF
5 39 (18.14%) jQuery
6 34 (15.81%) HTML
7 31 (14.42%) HTML5
8 26 (12.09%) Web Services
9 21 (9.767%) CSS
10 18 (8.372%) ASP.NET MVC 2
11 14 (6.512%) ASP.NET MVC
12 12 (5.581%) LINQ
12 12 (5.581%) WinForms
13 9 (4.186%) XHTML
13 9 (4.186%) EDI
14 8 (3.721%) J2EE
14 8 (3.721%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 6 (2.791%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 24 (11.16%) Windows Azure
2 16 (7.442%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.581%) BizTalk Server
3 12 (5.581%) IIS
4 4 (1.860%) MS Exchange
4 4 (1.860%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (1.395%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.930%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.465%) SAS
7 1 (0.465%) Captiva
Applications
1 41 (19.07%) MS Excel
2 24 (11.16%) MS Office
3 2 (0.930%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.465%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.930%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.930%) Retail-J
1 2 (0.930%) Line 500
1 2 (0.930%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.465%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.465%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.791%) Internet
2 5 (2.326%) WAN
3 4 (1.860%) LAN
4 3 (1.395%) Firewall
4 3 (1.395%) VPN
5 2 (0.930%) Wireless
5 2 (0.930%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (0.930%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.930%) FWSM
5 2 (0.930%) VoIP
5 2 (0.930%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.930%) MPLS
5 2 (0.930%) OSPF
5 2 (0.930%) BGP
5 2 (0.930%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.465%) SAN
6 1 (0.465%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (68.37%) SQL Server
2 62 (28.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 33 (15.35%) SQL Server 2005
4 29 (13.49%) Crystal Reports
5 26 (12.09%) SQL Server 2008
6 22 (10.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (8.372%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (8.372%) DTS
8 15 (6.977%) MS Access
9 11 (5.116%) QlikView
10 10 (4.651%) MySQL
10 10 (4.651%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (4.186%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (4.186%) Oracle 8/8i
12 6 (2.791%) RDBMS
13 5 (2.326%) SAP Data Services
13 5 (2.326%) BusinessObjects XI
14 3 (1.395%) OLAP
15 2 (0.930%) GIS
15 2 (0.930%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 31 (14.42%) Visual Studio
2 20 (9.302%) NUnit
3 15 (6.977%) Subversion
3 15 (6.977%) MSTest
3 15 (6.977%) Moq
4 14 (6.512%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (2.326%) Rhino Mocks
5 5 (2.326%) Selenium
6 4 (1.860%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (1.860%) JUnit
7 3 (1.395%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.395%) CruiseControl
8 2 (0.930%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.930%) FogBugz
9 1 (0.465%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.465%) Hudson
9 1 (0.465%) Xcode
General
1 36 (16.74%) Retail
2 17 (7.907%) Finance
3 7 (3.256%) Back Office
4 5 (2.326%) Manufacturing
4 5 (2.326%) Games
5 3 (1.395%) Music
6 1 (0.465%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 95 (44.19%) Developer
2 45 (20.93%) .NET Developer
3 29 (13.49%) Analyst
4 23 (10.70%) Project Manager
5 18 (8.372%) Software Developer
5 18 (8.372%) Software Engineer
6 14 (6.512%) Web Developer
6 14 (6.512%) C# Developer
6 14 (6.512%) Applications Support
6 14 (6.512%) C# .NET Developer
7 12 (5.581%) .NET Team Leader
7 12 (5.581%) Team Leader
7 12 (5.581%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.581%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.651%) Graduate
8 10 (4.651%) Applications Support Engineer
9 9 (4.186%) Systems Developer
9 9 (4.186%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.721%) Junior
10 8 (3.721%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.512%) EPoS
3 9 (4.186%) N-Tier
4 7 (3.256%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.326%) CCTV
5 5 (2.326%) SCADA
5 5 (2.326%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.395%) Streaming Music
7 2 (0.930%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.930%) Statistics
7 2 (0.930%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.465%) LIMS
8 1 (0.465%) Clustering
8 1 (0.465%) VLE
8 1 (0.465%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.465%) W3C
8 1 (0.465%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.465%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.465%) FMCG
8 1 (0.465%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 69 (32.09%) Windows
2 10 (4.651%) Windows Mobile
3 9 (4.186%) UNIX
4 7 (3.256%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (2.791%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.326%) Linux
7 2 (0.930%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.930%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.930%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.465%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.465%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (26.51%) MVC
2 35 (16.28%) TDD
2 35 (16.28%) Web Development
3 31 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (14.42%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (12.09%) Project Management
5 25 (11.63%) OO
6 16 (7.442%) Test Scripting
7 15 (6.977%) OOD
8 14 (6.512%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (6.512%) Data Analysis
8 14 (6.512%) Web Application Development
9 12 (5.581%) CRM
9 12 (5.581%) ERP
10 11 (5.116%) E-Commerce
11 10 (4.651%) OOP
11 10 (4.651%) Migration
11 10 (4.651%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (4.186%) ITIL
12 9 (4.186%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 148 (68.84%) C#
2 118 (54.88%) SQL
3 84 (39.07%) VB.NET
4 60 (27.91%) JavaScript
5 46 (21.40%) Java
6 41 (19.07%) C++
7 34 (15.81%) T-SQL
7 34 (15.81%) VB6
8 33 (15.35%) VBScript
9 30 (13.95%) VBA
10 23 (10.70%) C
11 9 (4.186%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.791%) Bourne shell
13 5 (2.326%) Python
14 4 (1.860%) PHP
15 3 (1.395%) Delphi
16 2 (0.930%) VC++
17 1 (0.465%) Smalltalk
17 1 (0.465%) Objective-C
17 1 (0.465%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 31 (14.42%) Degree
2 12 (5.581%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.186%) MCP
4 8 (3.721%) MCAD
4 8 (3.721%) MCSD
4 8 (3.721%) MCTS
5 6 (2.791%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.930%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.930%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.930%) MCSE
6 2 (0.930%) CCNP
6 2 (0.930%) ISEB
6 2 (0.930%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.721%) SLA
2 7 (3.256%) QA
3 2 (0.930%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.465%) CDISC
4 1 (0.465%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.791%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.326%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.930%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.930%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.465%) vSphere
4 1 (0.465%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (1.860%) SCCM
2 1 (0.465%) SCOM
2 1 (0.465%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (0.465%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (35.81%) Microsoft
2 41 (19.07%) Oracle
3 10 (4.651%) Citrix
4 9 (4.186%) Business Objects
4 9 (4.186%) DevExpress
5 7 (3.256%) VMware
6 4 (1.860%) Mapinfo
6 4 (1.860%) Symantec
7 3 (1.395%) Sage
7 3 (1.395%) SAP
7 3 (1.395%) Cisco
7 3 (1.395%) Sophos
8 2 (0.930%) Imperva
8 2 (0.930%) F5
8 2 (0.930%) Open Text
8 2 (0.930%) Adobe
8 2 (0.930%) HP
8 2 (0.930%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.930%) Remedy
8 2 (0.930%) Avaya
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
You will be working on VB.Net Desktop applications with a SQL Server back end, with the possibility of some C# experience in future projects, so exposure to...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £21000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Working within a team of multi skilled developers you will be using your .Net programming skills to expand the functionality of the existing systems & platforms to customer specifications...
greywood
Salary: £15000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Skills - VB.net, ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Visual studio, AJAX, HTML, CSS, XTML, Javascript, OOP, Web Developer, Software Developer. We are looking for a Talented VB/ASP.net...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lincolnshire
VB.Net and ASP.Net languages (C#.Net is also beneficial)(client / web application development) - XML, XSL. - Windows service development... Keywords: systems engineer, systems, systems development, systems developer,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £37,000 per annum (experience dependent)
Posted: 17 May 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
ASP.Net / C# / VB.Net )... You will bring to the team good skills in ASP.Net - either C# or VB.Net (or ideally both), strong database - SQL Server...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
My client is a global eCommerce business with offices based in premium sites across the worldDue to vast business expansion and a large technology refresh programme they are...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, healthcare etc
Posted: 23 April 2013
Kettering, Northamptonshire, East Midlands
The person will also work closely with Pegasus Solutions Marketplace developers to assist expansion of the programme. Main Responsibilities will include provision of the following; - Support to Solutions...
Infor
Posted: 19 May 2013
Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
3 yrs + of the following - C# ASP.NET... Commercial use of Javascript, JQuery, ASP, HTML, CSS... IOS Development, phone application development, objective C,XCode. PHP. HTML5. XML. Flash/...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + pension, 25 days hol
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
The successful candidate must have experience in the following:- -VMware (Implementation & Admin) -SANs Specialist -Scripting skills (DOS, Kix, Perl, VB) -Symantec Antivirus, Endpoint -Active Directory Administration & Security -Windows...
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Good working knowledge of TCPIP over WAN / LAN network infrastructures is also essential. Technical Skills: Windows 2003 / 2008 Server... Active Directory Administration & Security. Windows XP / Windows 7 Client...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013