The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 40 55 33
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -22
Permanent jobs citing VB 8 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 3.252% 0.743% 1.835%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.188% 1.068% 3.704%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 4
Average salary £32,750 £33,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.23% +45.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £24,300 £21,450
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,500 £25,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
191 281 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 77.64% 69.55% 49.54%
Number of salaries quoted 150 202 88
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Gloucestershire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 16 (84.21%) C#
2 11 (57.89%) HTML
2 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
2 11 (57.89%) .NET
2 11 (57.89%) ASP.NET
3 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
3 8 (42.11%) C++
4 7 (36.84%) CSS
5 4 (21.05%) UNIX
5 4 (21.05%) Linux
5 4 (21.05%) Java
5 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
5 4 (21.05%) CGI
5 4 (21.05%) C
5 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
5 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
5 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) Degree
6 3 (15.79%) Application Packaging
6 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
6 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
6 3 (15.79%) SCCM
6 3 (15.79%) LANDesk
6 3 (15.79%) Sysprep
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
6 3 (15.79%) Lumension

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 11 (57.89%) HTML
1 11 (57.89%) .NET
1 11 (57.89%) ASP.NET
2 7 (36.84%) CSS
3 4 (21.05%) CGI
4 3 (15.79%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) .NET Developer
2 8 (42.11%) C# Developer
2 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (36.84%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (36.84%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Web Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C++/Java Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C++ Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Java Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
6 2 (10.53%) Support Technician
6 2 (10.53%) Desktop Technician
6 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Technician
7 1 (5.263%) .NET Web Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
2 2 (10.53%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
2 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
2 3 (15.79%) Software Deployment
2 3 (15.79%) Change Management
2 3 (15.79%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Identity Management
3 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.263%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) C#
2 11 (57.89%) JavaScript
3 8 (42.11%) C++
4 4 (21.05%) Java
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
4 4 (21.05%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) MCP
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
1 3 (15.79%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
2 3 (15.79%) LANDesk
2 3 (15.79%) Lumension
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) McAfee
3 2 (10.53%) Apple