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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2725
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads729724
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.351 %0.322 %
As % of the category below10.60 %11.68 %
Salaries quoted624612
Average minimum salary£29,938£33,829
Average salary£32,696£35,595
% change on same period last year-8.14 %
Average maximum salary£35,454£37,361
UK excluding London average salary£33,081£32,952
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Programming Languages East of EnglandProgramming Languages
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads68756200
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.314 %2.756 %
Salaries quoted57865242
Average minimum salary£32,955£33,210
Average salary£36,125£36,372
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum salary£39,295£39,534
UK excluding London average salary£35,411£35,471
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
VB EnglandVB
England

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing VB across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East of England VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing VB across the East of England region.

East of England VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

East of England VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1CambridgeshireUp+10239£30,600-7.98 %
2EssexDown-7186£31,936-20.29 %
3HertfordshireDown-18167£36,417+8.15 %
4SuffolkUp+1460£34,061+11.17 %
5NorfolkUp+153£30,760+1.60 %
6BedfordshireDown-1530£31,792-3.61 %
7East AngliaUp+23£45,000+35.00 %
VB EnglandVB
England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the East of England region citing VB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.

11012 (72.65 %).NET
2781 (56.07 %)SQL Server
3603 (43.29 %)C#
4558 (40.06 %)SQL
5497 (35.68 %)ASP.NET
6488 (35.03 %)ASP
7481 (34.53 %)VB.NET
8430 (30.87 %)VB6
9373 (26.78 %)Microsoft
10350 (25.13 %)XML
11336 (24.12 %)Windows
12317 (22.76 %)C++
13246 (17.66 %)SQL Server 2000
14229 (16.44 %)JavaScript
15212 (15.22 %)HTML
16202 (14.50 %)Web Development
17162 (11.63 %)OO
18160 (11.49 %)SQL Server 2005
19159 (11.41 %)Finance
20153 (10.98 %)Degree
21136 (9.763 %)Oracle
22129 (9.261 %)Visual Studio
22129 (9.261 %)CSS
23126 (9.045 %)MS Excel
24112 (8.040 %)Java
25109 (7.825 %)Windows 2000
2698 (7.035 %)WebServices
2792 (6.604 %)Crystal Reports
2887 (6.246 %).NET Framework
2984 (6.030 %)VBA

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the East of England region citing VB also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11012 (72.65 %).NET
2497 (35.68 %)ASP.NET
3488 (35.03 %)ASP
4350 (25.13 %)XML
5212 (15.22 %)HTML
6129 (9.261 %)CSS
798 (7.035 %)WebServices
887 (6.246 %).NET Framework
976 (5.456 %)AJAX
1072 (5.169 %)XSLT
1170 (5.025 %)ADO.NET
1268 (4.882 %)WinForms
1351 (3.661 %)COM
1446 (3.302 %)XHTML
1545 (3.230 %)COM+
1625 (1.795 %)ADO
1625 (1.795 %)XSL
1625 (1.795 %)WebSphere
1721 (1.508 %)DCOM
1819 (1.364 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
171 (5.097 %)IIS
260 (4.307 %)SharePoint
347 (3.374 %)BizTalk Server
426 (1.866 %)MS Exchange
518 (1.292 %)Documentum
518 (1.292 %)CMS
518 (1.292 %)LiveLink
610 (0.718 %)SharePoint Server 2007
79 (0.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (0.646 %)ColdFusion
86 (0.431 %)CICS
86 (0.431 %)ArcSDE
86 (0.431 %)Commerce Server
94 (0.287 %)MTS
102 (0.144 %)SAS
111 (0.072 %)ArcGIS
111 (0.072 %)ArcIMS
111 (0.072 %)ColdFusion MX
111 (0.072 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1126 (9.045 %)MS Excel
273 (5.240 %)MS Office
324 (1.723 %)MATLAB
411 (0.790 %)Photoshop
58 (0.574 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.431 %)MS Project
72 (0.144 %)PrintSoft PReS
72 (0.144 %)MS Visio
81 (0.072 %)Acrobat
81 (0.072 %)Fireworks
81 (0.072 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
125 (1.795 %)Axapta
215 (1.077 %)Navision
37 (0.503 %)Dynamics NAV
46 (0.431 %)Dynamics AX
54 (0.287 %)Summit
63 (0.215 %)Line 100
63 (0.215 %)Sage MMS
63 (0.215 %)MFGPRO
72 (0.144 %)Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
159 (4.235 %)Internet
235 (2.513 %)Intranet
323 (1.651 %)HTTP
413 (0.933 %)TCP/IP
58 (0.574 %)SAN
67 (0.503 %)SNMP
67 (0.503 %)SMS
76 (0.431 %)Wireless
85 (0.359 %)Extranet
94 (0.287 %)3G
94 (0.287 %)GSM
94 (0.287 %)ADSL
94 (0.287 %)VoIP
94 (0.287 %)FTP
103 (0.215 %)PSTN
103 (0.215 %)DNS
103 (0.215 %)Broadband
112 (0.144 %)LAN
112 (0.144 %)SSL
112 (0.144 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1781 (56.07 %)SQL Server
2246 (17.66 %)SQL Server 2000
3160 (11.49 %)SQL Server 2005
492 (6.604 %)Crystal Reports
562 (4.451 %)SQL Server 7
653 (3.805 %)DTS
748 (3.446 %)MS Access
835 (2.513 %)RDBMS
933 (2.369 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1030 (2.154 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1118 (1.292 %)MySQL
1214 (1.005 %)BusinessObjects
1313 (0.933 %)Oracle Reports
1410 (0.718 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
159 (0.646 %)GIS
168 (0.574 %)Datawarehouse
177 (0.503 %)Oracle 8/8i
186 (0.431 %)DB2
186 (0.431 %)ETL
186 (0.431 %)Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1129 (9.261 %)Visual Studio
233 (2.369 %)VSS/SourceSafe
326 (1.866 %)LabVIEW
419 (1.364 %)MorphX
514 (1.005 %)InstallShield
611 (0.790 %)Oracle Forms
78 (0.574 %)Flash
78 (0.574 %)Dreamweaver
87 (0.503 %)TestDirector
87 (0.503 %)LoadRunner
96 (0.431 %)QuickTest Pro
96 (0.431 %)WinRunner
96 (0.431 %)Subversion
105 (0.359 %)SilkTest
113 (0.215 %)ProC
122 (0.144 %)MSI
122 (0.144 %)Telon
122 (0.144 %)TeamTrack
131 (0.072 %)TestPartner
131 (0.072 %)PowerBuilder
General
1159 (11.41 %)Finance
270 (5.025 %)Insurance
356 (4.020 %)Pensions
445 (3.230 %)Construction
543 (3.087 %)Retail
641 (2.943 %)Multimedia
641 (2.943 %)Health
728 (2.010 %)Manufacturing
827 (1.938 %)Publishing
827 (1.938 %)Education
920 (1.436 %)Electronics
1017 (1.220 %)Pharmaceutical
1115 (1.077 %)Automotive
1212 (0.861 %)Financial Institution
1212 (0.861 %)Telecoms
139 (0.646 %)Games
139 (0.646 %)Banking
147 (0.503 %)Marketing
147 (0.503 %)Front Office
156 (0.431 %)Back Office
Job Titles
1930 (66.76 %)Developer
2308 (22.11 %).NET Developer
3217 (15.58 %)Analyst
4166 (11.92 %)Programmer
5160 (11.49 %)Software Developer
6159 (11.41 %)Web Developer
7131 (9.404 %)Junior
7131 (9.404 %)C# Developer
8120 (8.615 %)Analyst Programmer
8120 (8.615 %)Junior Developer
998 (7.035 %)Junior Web Developer
1096 (6.892 %)VB Developer
1185 (6.102 %)VB.NET Developer
1282 (5.887 %)ASP.NET Developer
1378 (5.599 %)Senior Developer
1458 (4.164 %)Software Engineer
1556 (4.020 %)Applications Support
1651 (3.661 %)Support Analyst
1747 (3.374 %)Applications Developer
1843 (3.087 %)Team Leader
Miscellaneous
136 (2.584 %)Computer Science
227 (1.938 %)Mathematics
323 (1.651 %)N-Tier
421 (1.508 %)Client/Server
421 (1.508 %)Device Driver
520 (1.436 %)Firmware
618 (1.292 %)Management Information System
714 (1.005 %)Mainframe
811 (0.790 %)Tandem
98 (0.574 %)Asset Management
98 (0.574 %)W3C
106 (0.431 %)Thin Client
106 (0.431 %)Fat Client
115 (0.359 %)Data Conversion
115 (0.359 %)Physics
115 (0.359 %)PDA
124 (0.287 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
133 (0.215 %)Statistics
133 (0.215 %)CMDB
142 (0.144 %)Wiki
Operating Systems
1336 (24.12 %)Windows
2109 (7.825 %)Windows 2000
334 (2.441 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (2.154 %)Linux
525 (1.795 %)Unix
614 (1.005 %)AIX
712 (0.861 %)Windows NT
85 (0.359 %)VMS
94 (0.287 %)Windows XP
102 (0.144 %)Windows CE
102 (0.144 %)Symbian OS
102 (0.144 %)Embedded Linux
111 (0.072 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.072 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.072 %)VxWorks
111 (0.072 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1202 (14.50 %)Web Development
2162 (11.63 %)OO
381 (5.815 %)Project Management
480 (5.743 %)UML
565 (4.666 %)OOD
658 (4.164 %)ERP
756 (4.020 %)E-Commerce
846 (3.302 %)Business Analysis
943 (3.087 %)Systems Analysis
943 (3.087 %)OOP
1034 (2.441 %)User Acceptance Testing
1130 (2.154 %)Content Management
1226 (1.866 %)ITIL
1322 (1.579 %)Refactoring
1421 (1.508 %)Extreme Programming
1421 (1.508 %)Agile Software Development
1520 (1.436 %)Migration
1618 (1.292 %)CRM
1618 (1.292 %)System Testing
1716 (1.149 %)Scrum
Programming Languages
1603 (43.29 %)C#
2558 (40.06 %)SQL
3481 (34.53 %)VB.NET
4430 (30.87 %)VB6
5317 (22.76 %)C++
6229 (16.44 %)JavaScript
7112 (8.040 %)Java
884 (6.030 %)VBA
979 (5.671 %)VBScript
1076 (5.456 %)C
1139 (2.800 %)Transact-SQL
1237 (2.656 %)PHP
1333 (2.369 %)Delphi
1432 (2.297 %)Perl
1527 (1.938 %)DHTML
1624 (1.723 %)Assembly Language
1624 (1.723 %)X++
1723 (1.651 %)PL/SQL
1817 (1.220 %)COBOL
1912 (0.861 %)Korn
Qualifications
1153 (10.98 %)Degree
259 (4.235 %)Microsoft Certification
346 (3.302 %)MCSD
421 (1.508 %)MCP
516 (1.149 %)MCAD
516 (1.149 %)ISEB
64 (0.287 %)PMP
64 (0.287 %)PMI Certification
64 (0.287 %)HND
73 (0.215 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.072 %)MCSE
81 (0.072 %)MCDBA
81 (0.072 %)PhD
81 (0.072 %)MBA
81 (0.072 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.364 %)QA
213 (0.933 %)SLA
311 (0.790 %)WAI
44 (0.287 %)DICOM
51 (0.072 %)ISO9000
System Software
122 (1.579 %)Active Directory
26 (0.431 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.072 %)ISA Server
31 (0.072 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
115 (1.077 %)Tivoli
212 (0.861 %)CONTROL-M
311 (0.790 %)Netcool
311 (0.790 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
410 (0.718 %)Tivoli Monitoring
54 (0.287 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.215 %)OpenView
72 (0.144 %)ARCserve
Vendors
1373 (26.78 %)Microsoft
2136 (9.763 %)Oracle
334 (2.441 %)Citrix
418 (1.292 %)Open Text
514 (1.005 %)BMC
514 (1.005 %)Business Objects
611 (0.790 %)Cognos
710 (0.718 %)IBM
88 (0.574 %)ESRI
97 (0.503 %)Macromedia
106 (0.431 %)HP
115 (0.359 %)Sybase
124 (0.287 %)Hyperion
124 (0.287 %)Actuate
124 (0.287 %)Infragistics
124 (0.287 %)Amdocs
133 (0.215 %)ProClarity
133 (0.215 %)Sage
133 (0.215 %)SAP
142 (0.144 %)Symbian
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