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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 43 89 77
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -12
Permanent jobs citing VB 59 15 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 6.674% 1.200% 1.590%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.133% 1.850% 2.896%
Number of salaries quoted 57 14 16
Average salary £35,000 £36,750 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £28,250 £21,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,750 £36,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646 811 656
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 73.08% 64.88% 54.90%
Number of salaries quoted 574 699 592
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cirencester +16 11 £35,000 -17.64%
Gloucester +15 8 £32,750 -2.23%
Wotton-under-Edge - 7 £37,500 -
Cheltenham +18 6 £42,500 +21.42%
VB
South West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 116 (86.57%) C#
2 81 (60.45%) .NET
3 72 (53.73%) ASP.NET
4 68 (50.75%) HTML
5 67 (50.00%) C++
6 61 (45.52%) JavaScript
7 56 (41.79%) SQL Server
8 46 (34.33%) SQL
9 45 (33.58%) Java
10 43 (32.09%) Security Cleared
11 42 (31.34%) UNIX
12 41 (30.60%) Linux
12 41 (30.60%) Shell Script
12 41 (30.60%) Software Engineering
12 41 (30.60%) DV Cleared
13 39 (29.10%) Degree
14 38 (28.36%) Mathematics
15 34 (25.37%) Microsoft
16 31 (23.13%) CGI
16 31 (23.13%) XML
16 31 (23.13%) Red Hat
17 26 (19.40%) CSS
18 25 (18.66%) Identity Management
18 25 (18.66%) Finance
18 25 (18.66%) SC Cleared
19 21 (15.67%) SQL Server 2005
19 21 (15.67%) Web Services
19 21 (15.67%) T-SQL
20 20 (14.93%) Visual Studio
21 19 (14.18%) SQL Server 2000

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 81 (60.45%) .NET
2 72 (53.73%) ASP.NET
3 68 (50.75%) HTML
4 31 (23.13%) CGI
4 31 (23.13%) XML
5 26 (19.40%) CSS
6 21 (15.67%) Web Services
7 17 (12.69%) COM+
8 16 (11.94%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (11.94%) WPF
9 13 (9.701%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 13 (9.701%) .NET Framework
10 10 (7.463%) XML Schema
10 10 (7.463%) WSDL
10 10 (7.463%) ADO.NET
10 10 (7.463%) XSL
11 7 (5.224%) MFC
11 7 (5.224%) SOAP
11 7 (5.224%) Silverlight
11 7 (5.224%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.45%) SharePoint 2010
1 14 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.463%) IIS
3 1 (0.746%) SAS
3 1 (0.746%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (9.701%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.716%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.701%) Intranet
2 8 (5.970%) VPN
3 5 (3.731%) SMTP
3 5 (3.731%) FTP
3 5 (3.731%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (41.79%) SQL Server
2 21 (15.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 19 (14.18%) SQL Server 2000
4 18 (13.43%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (5.970%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (4.478%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.493%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.493%) DTS
8 1 (0.746%) OLAP
8 1 (0.746%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.746%) OLTP
8 1 (0.746%) TOAD
8 1 (0.746%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 20 (14.93%) Visual Studio
2 16 (11.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.493%) Rhino Mocks
3 2 (1.493%) NUnit
4 1 (0.746%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.746%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.746%) Rational Functional Tester
4 1 (0.746%) Expression Blend
General
1 25 (18.66%) Finance
2 10 (7.463%) Military
3 7 (5.224%) Publishing
4 6 (4.478%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.493%) Marketing
5 2 (1.493%) Automotive
6 1 (0.746%) Retail
6 1 (0.746%) Advertising
6 1 (0.746%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.746%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 99 (73.88%) Developer
2 37 (27.61%) .NET Developer
3 31 (23.13%) C++ Developer
3 31 (23.13%) Java Developer
3 31 (23.13%) C++/Java Developer
4 19 (14.18%) C# Developer
5 10 (7.463%) Analyst
5 10 (7.463%) Consultant
6 9 (6.716%) C# .NET Developer
6 9 (6.716%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (6.716%) SharePoint Developer
6 9 (6.716%) Technical Consultant
7 8 (5.970%) Software Engineer
7 8 (5.970%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (5.970%) ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (5.224%) Web Developer
9 6 (4.478%) Head of Development
9 6 (4.478%) VB.NET Developer
10 5 (3.731%) Database Developer
10 5 (3.731%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 38 (28.36%) Mathematics
2 6 (4.478%) Computer Science
3 5 (3.731%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.493%) TRADACOMS
4 2 (1.493%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.493%) Tandem
5 1 (0.746%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.746%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.746%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 42 (31.34%) UNIX
2 41 (30.60%) Linux
3 10 (7.463%) HPUX
3 10 (7.463%) Solaris
4 9 (6.716%) Windows
5 5 (3.731%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.985%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.746%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.60%) Software Engineering
2 25 (18.66%) Identity Management
3 16 (11.94%) MVC
4 15 (11.19%) Web Development
5 10 (7.463%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (7.463%) Performance Testing
5 10 (7.463%) Load Testing
5 10 (7.463%) Unit Testing
5 10 (7.463%) Performance Management
5 10 (7.463%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (3.731%) MVVM
6 5 (3.731%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (2.985%) Software Deployment
7 4 (2.985%) ITIL
8 3 (2.239%) Asset Management
8 3 (2.239%) Change Management
8 3 (2.239%) ITIL V3
9 2 (1.493%) Web Application Development
9 2 (1.493%) Data Transformation
9 2 (1.493%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (86.57%) C#
2 67 (50.00%) C++
3 61 (45.52%) JavaScript
4 46 (34.33%) SQL
5 45 (33.58%) Java
6 41 (30.60%) Shell Script
7 21 (15.67%) T-SQL
8 17 (12.69%) VB.NET
9 10 (7.463%) VB6
10 9 (6.716%) VBA
11 7 (5.224%) C
12 5 (3.731%) XQuery
12 5 (3.731%) XPath
13 2 (1.493%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (32.09%) Security Cleared
2 41 (30.60%) DV Cleared
3 39 (29.10%) Degree
4 25 (18.66%) SC Cleared
5 10 (7.463%) ISEB
6 9 (6.716%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.985%) MCP
8 2 (1.493%) MCTS
8 2 (1.493%) MCITP
8 2 (1.493%) MCAD
8 2 (1.493%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.746%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (1.493%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.746%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.746%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.731%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (2.239%) Sysprep
2 3 (2.239%) SCCM
3 1 (0.746%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (23.13%) Red Hat
3 11 (8.209%) Citrix
4 3 (2.239%) McAfee
4 3 (2.239%) HP
4 3 (2.239%) Cisco
4 3 (2.239%) LANDesk
4 3 (2.239%) Lumension
5 2 (1.493%) Apple
6 1 (0.746%) Altiris
6 1 (0.746%) Oracle
6 1 (0.746%) Business Objects
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Software Developer, Engineer, C#, Object Orientated, Bristol) The Company... C# .Net framework... XML including Web Services. SQL Server 2005 onwards... VB.Net. BSc in computer science or other...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £22,500 to £25,000 per annum Plus good benefits and bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Solid knowledge of SQL Server tables/views and an understanding of SQL stored procedures is also required, and applicants should also have well-rounded knowledge of MS office...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013