East of England VB Jobs

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.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Altrincham Amersham Ascot Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barnet Barry Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Chesham Cheshire Cheshunt Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Congleton Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Darlington Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Durham Dursley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Evesham Exeter Exmouth Fareham Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Fife Folkestone Gateshead Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grantham Great Yarmouth Greenford Grimsby Guernsey Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Huddersfield Hull Hungerford Ipswich Isle of Man Isleworth Jersey Kendal Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Lutterworth Lymington Lymm Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlborough Marlow Matlock Melksham Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Mirfield Monmouth Monmouthshire New Milton Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newport Pagnell Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Ross-on-Wye Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Saltash Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Spalding St Albans St Asaph St Helens St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Tamworth Teddington Telford Tewkesbury Thame Thames Valley Torfaen Torquay Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Vale of Glamorgan Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Waltham Cross Wantage Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Whyteleafe Widnes Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Winsford Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodbridge Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 12 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	27	25
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching permanent IT job ads	729	724
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.351 %	0.322 %
As % of the category below	10.60 %	11.68 %
Salaries quoted	624	612
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 England
Matching permanent IT job ads	6875	6200
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.314 %	2.756 %
Salaries quoted	5786	5242
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 %
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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.

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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.

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Salary Histogram

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

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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.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Cambridgeshire	+10	239	£30,600	-7.98 %
2	Essex	-7	186	£31,936	-20.29 %
3	Hertfordshire	-18	167	£36,417	+8.15 %
4	Suffolk	+14	60	£34,061	+11.17 %
5	Norfolk	+1	53	£30,760	+1.60 %
6	Bedfordshire	-15	30	£31,792	-3.61 %
7	East Anglia	+2	3	£45,000	+35.00 %

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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.

1 1012 (72.65 %) .NET 2 781 (56.07 %) SQL Server 3 603 (43.29 %) C# 4 558 (40.06 %) SQL 5 497 (35.68 %) ASP.NET 6 488 (35.03 %) ASP 7 481 (34.53 %) VB.NET 8 430 (30.87 %) VB6 9 373 (26.78 %) Microsoft 10 350 (25.13 %) XML 11 336 (24.12 %) Windows 12 317 (22.76 %) C++ 13 246 (17.66 %) SQL Server 2000 14 229 (16.44 %) JavaScript 15 212 (15.22 %) HTML

16 202 (14.50 %) Web Development 17 162 (11.63 %) OO 18 160 (11.49 %) SQL Server 2005 19 159 (11.41 %) Finance 20 153 (10.98 %) Degree 21 136 (9.763 %) Oracle 22 129 (9.261 %) Visual Studio 22 129 (9.261 %) CSS 23 126 (9.045 %) MS Excel 24 112 (8.040 %) Java 25 109 (7.825 %) Windows 2000 26 98 (7.035 %) WebServices 27 92 (6.604 %) Crystal Reports 28 87 (6.246 %) .NET Framework 29 84 (6.030 %) VBA

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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 1 1012 (72.65 %) .NET 2 497 (35.68 %) ASP.NET 3 488 (35.03 %) ASP 4 350 (25.13 %) XML 5 212 (15.22 %) HTML 6 129 (9.261 %) CSS 7 98 (7.035 %) WebServices 8 87 (6.246 %) .NET Framework 9 76 (5.456 %) AJAX 10 72 (5.169 %) XSLT 11 70 (5.025 %) ADO.NET 12 68 (4.882 %) WinForms 13 51 (3.661 %) COM 14 46 (3.302 %) XHTML 15 45 (3.230 %) COM+ 16 25 (1.795 %) ADO 16 25 (1.795 %) XSL 16 25 (1.795 %) WebSphere 17 21 (1.508 %) DCOM 18 19 (1.364 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 71 (5.097 %) IIS 2 60 (4.307 %) SharePoint 3 47 (3.374 %) BizTalk Server 4 26 (1.866 %) MS Exchange 5 18 (1.292 %) Documentum 5 18 (1.292 %) CMS 5 18 (1.292 %) LiveLink 6 10 (0.718 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 9 (0.646 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 9 (0.646 %) ColdFusion 8 6 (0.431 %) CICS 8 6 (0.431 %) ArcSDE 8 6 (0.431 %) Commerce Server 9 4 (0.287 %) MTS 10 2 (0.144 %) SAS 11 1 (0.072 %) ArcGIS 11 1 (0.072 %) ArcIMS 11 1 (0.072 %) ColdFusion MX 11 1 (0.072 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 126 (9.045 %) MS Excel 2 73 (5.240 %) MS Office 3 24 (1.723 %) MATLAB 4 11 (0.790 %) Photoshop 5 8 (0.574 %) MS PowerPoint 6 6 (0.431 %) MS Project 7 2 (0.144 %) PrintSoft PReS 7 2 (0.144 %) MS Visio 8 1 (0.072 %) Acrobat 8 1 (0.072 %) Fireworks 8 1 (0.072 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 25 (1.795 %) Axapta 2 15 (1.077 %) Navision 3 7 (0.503 %) Dynamics NAV 4 6 (0.431 %) Dynamics AX 5 4 (0.287 %) Summit 6 3 (0.215 %) Line 100 6 3 (0.215 %) Sage MMS 6 3 (0.215 %) MFGPRO 7 2 (0.144 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 59 (4.235 %) Internet 2 35 (2.513 %) Intranet 3 23 (1.651 %) HTTP 4 13 (0.933 %) TCP/IP 5 8 (0.574 %) SAN 6 7 (0.503 %) SNMP 6 7 (0.503 %) SMS 7 6 (0.431 %) Wireless 8 5 (0.359 %) Extranet 9 4 (0.287 %) 3G 9 4 (0.287 %) GSM 9 4 (0.287 %) ADSL 9 4 (0.287 %) VoIP 9 4 (0.287 %) FTP 10 3 (0.215 %) PSTN 10 3 (0.215 %) DNS 10 3 (0.215 %) Broadband 11 2 (0.144 %) LAN 11 2 (0.144 %) SSL 11 2 (0.144 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 781 (56.07 %) SQL Server 2 246 (17.66 %) SQL Server 2000 3 160 (11.49 %) SQL Server 2005 4 92 (6.604 %) Crystal Reports 5 62 (4.451 %) SQL Server 7 6 53 (3.805 %) DTS 7 48 (3.446 %) MS Access 8 35 (2.513 %) RDBMS 9 33 (2.369 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 30 (2.154 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 18 (1.292 %) MySQL 12 14 (1.005 %) BusinessObjects 13 13 (0.933 %) Oracle Reports 14 10 (0.718 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 15 9 (0.646 %) GIS 16 8 (0.574 %) Datawarehouse 17 7 (0.503 %) Oracle 8/8i 18 6 (0.431 %) DB2 18 6 (0.431 %) ETL 18 6 (0.431 %) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications 1 129 (9.261 %) Visual Studio 2 33 (2.369 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 26 (1.866 %) LabVIEW 4 19 (1.364 %) MorphX 5 14 (1.005 %) InstallShield 6 11 (0.790 %) Oracle Forms 7 8 (0.574 %) Flash 7 8 (0.574 %) Dreamweaver 8 7 (0.503 %) TestDirector 8 7 (0.503 %) LoadRunner 9 6 (0.431 %) QuickTest Pro 9 6 (0.431 %) WinRunner 9 6 (0.431 %) Subversion 10 5 (0.359 %) SilkTest 11 3 (0.215 %) ProC 12 2 (0.144 %) MSI 12 2 (0.144 %) Telon 12 2 (0.144 %) TeamTrack 13 1 (0.072 %) TestPartner 13 1 (0.072 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 159 (11.41 %) Finance 2 70 (5.025 %) Insurance 3 56 (4.020 %) Pensions 4 45 (3.230 %) Construction 5 43 (3.087 %) Retail 6 41 (2.943 %) Multimedia 6 41 (2.943 %) Health 7 28 (2.010 %) Manufacturing 8 27 (1.938 %) Publishing 8 27 (1.938 %) Education 9 20 (1.436 %) Electronics 10 17 (1.220 %) Pharmaceutical 11 15 (1.077 %) Automotive 12 12 (0.861 %) Financial Institution 12 12 (0.861 %) Telecoms 13 9 (0.646 %) Games 13 9 (0.646 %) Banking 14 7 (0.503 %) Marketing 14 7 (0.503 %) Front Office 15 6 (0.431 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 930 (66.76 %) Developer 2 308 (22.11 %) .NET Developer 3 217 (15.58 %) Analyst 4 166 (11.92 %) Programmer 5 160 (11.49 %) Software Developer 6 159 (11.41 %) Web Developer 7 131 (9.404 %) Junior 7 131 (9.404 %) C# Developer 8 120 (8.615 %) Analyst Programmer 8 120 (8.615 %) Junior Developer 9 98 (7.035 %) Junior Web Developer 10 96 (6.892 %) VB Developer 11 85 (6.102 %) VB.NET Developer 12 82 (5.887 %) ASP.NET Developer 13 78 (5.599 %) Senior Developer 14 58 (4.164 %) Software Engineer 15 56 (4.020 %) Applications Support 16 51 (3.661 %) Support Analyst 17 47 (3.374 %) Applications Developer 18 43 (3.087 %) Team Leader	Miscellaneous 1 36 (2.584 %) Computer Science 2 27 (1.938 %) Mathematics 3 23 (1.651 %) N-Tier 4 21 (1.508 %) Client/Server 4 21 (1.508 %) Device Driver 5 20 (1.436 %) Firmware 6 18 (1.292 %) Management Information System 7 14 (1.005 %) Mainframe 8 11 (0.790 %) Tandem 9 8 (0.574 %) Asset Management 9 8 (0.574 %) W3C 10 6 (0.431 %) Thin Client 10 6 (0.431 %) Fat Client 11 5 (0.359 %) Data Conversion 11 5 (0.359 %) Physics 11 5 (0.359 %) PDA 12 4 (0.287 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 13 3 (0.215 %) Statistics 13 3 (0.215 %) CMDB 14 2 (0.144 %) Wiki
Operating Systems 1 336 (24.12 %) Windows 2 109 (7.825 %) Windows 2000 3 34 (2.441 %) Windows Server 2003 4 30 (2.154 %) Linux 5 25 (1.795 %) Unix 6 14 (1.005 %) AIX 7 12 (0.861 %) Windows NT 8 5 (0.359 %) VMS 9 4 (0.287 %) Windows XP 10 2 (0.144 %) Windows CE 10 2 (0.144 %) Symbian OS 10 2 (0.144 %) Embedded Linux 11 1 (0.072 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (0.072 %) Windows Mobile 11 1 (0.072 %) VxWorks 11 1 (0.072 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 202 (14.50 %) Web Development 2 162 (11.63 %) OO 3 81 (5.815 %) Project Management 4 80 (5.743 %) UML 5 65 (4.666 %) OOD 6 58 (4.164 %) ERP 7 56 (4.020 %) E-Commerce 8 46 (3.302 %) Business Analysis 9 43 (3.087 %) Systems Analysis 9 43 (3.087 %) OOP 10 34 (2.441 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 30 (2.154 %) Content Management 12 26 (1.866 %) ITIL 13 22 (1.579 %) Refactoring 14 21 (1.508 %) Extreme Programming 14 21 (1.508 %) Agile Software Development 15 20 (1.436 %) Migration 16 18 (1.292 %) CRM 16 18 (1.292 %) System Testing 17 16 (1.149 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 603 (43.29 %) C# 2 558 (40.06 %) SQL 3 481 (34.53 %) VB.NET 4 430 (30.87 %) VB6 5 317 (22.76 %) C++ 6 229 (16.44 %) JavaScript 7 112 (8.040 %) Java 8 84 (6.030 %) VBA 9 79 (5.671 %) VBScript 10 76 (5.456 %) C 11 39 (2.800 %) Transact-SQL 12 37 (2.656 %) PHP 13 33 (2.369 %) Delphi 14 32 (2.297 %) Perl 15 27 (1.938 %) DHTML 16 24 (1.723 %) Assembly Language 16 24 (1.723 %) X++ 17 23 (1.651 %) PL/SQL 18 17 (1.220 %) COBOL 19 12 (0.861 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 153 (10.98 %) Degree 2 59 (4.235 %) Microsoft Certification 3 46 (3.302 %) MCSD 4 21 (1.508 %) MCP 5 16 (1.149 %) MCAD 5 16 (1.149 %) ISEB 6 4 (0.287 %) PMP 6 4 (0.287 %) PMI Certification 6 4 (0.287 %) HND 7 3 (0.215 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (0.072 %) MCSE 8 1 (0.072 %) MCDBA 8 1 (0.072 %) PhD 8 1 (0.072 %) MBA 8 1 (0.072 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (1.364 %) QA 2 13 (0.933 %) SLA 3 11 (0.790 %) WAI 4 4 (0.287 %) DICOM 5 1 (0.072 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 22 (1.579 %) Active Directory 2 6 (0.431 %) Terminal Services 3 1 (0.072 %) ISA Server 3 1 (0.072 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 15 (1.077 %) Tivoli 2 12 (0.861 %) CONTROL-M 3 11 (0.790 %) Netcool 3 11 (0.790 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 4 10 (0.718 %) Tivoli Monitoring 5 4 (0.287 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 3 (0.215 %) OpenView 7 2 (0.144 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 373 (26.78 %) Microsoft 2 136 (9.763 %) Oracle 3 34 (2.441 %) Citrix 4 18 (1.292 %) Open Text 5 14 (1.005 %) BMC 5 14 (1.005 %) Business Objects 6 11 (0.790 %) Cognos 7 10 (0.718 %) IBM 8 8 (0.574 %) ESRI 9 7 (0.503 %) Macromedia 10 6 (0.431 %) HP 11 5 (0.359 %) Sybase 12 4 (0.287 %) Hyperion 12 4 (0.287 %) Actuate 12 4 (0.287 %) Infragistics 12 4 (0.287 %) Amdocs 13 3 (0.215 %) ProClarity 13 3 (0.215 %) Sage 13 3 (0.215 %) SAP 14 2 (0.144 %) Symbian