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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 53 70 37
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -33
Permanent jobs citing VB 34 14 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 3.816% 1.942% 4.260%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.039% 2.817% 7.570%
Number of salaries quoted 34 14 17
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,450 £30,750 £23,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £56,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
563 497 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 63.19% 68.93% 56.28%
Number of salaries quoted 481 484 234
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Surrey

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Guildford VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 45 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 37 (68.52%) .NET
3 33 (61.11%) MS Excel
4 31 (57.41%) C#
5 30 (55.56%) SQL
6 29 (53.70%) ASP.NET
7 27 (50.00%) ASP
8 24 (44.44%) Visual Studio
8 24 (44.44%) PHP
9 23 (42.59%) Microsoft
10 20 (37.04%) Games
10 20 (37.04%) Ajax
10 20 (37.04%) jQuery
10 20 (37.04%) HTML
10 20 (37.04%) JavaScript
10 20 (37.04%) CSS
11 18 (33.33%) IIS
11 18 (33.33%) VB.NET
11 18 (33.33%) Online Games
11 18 (33.33%) Web Application Development
12 13 (24.07%) Windows
13 9 (16.67%) Web Services
14 7 (12.96%) CRM
14 7 (12.96%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (12.96%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (12.96%) Retail
14 7 (12.96%) VB6
15 6 (11.11%) Web Development
15 6 (11.11%) Pocket PC
15 6 (11.11%) Linux

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 37 (68.52%) .NET
2 29 (53.70%) ASP.NET
3 27 (50.00%) ASP
4 20 (37.04%) HTML
4 20 (37.04%) CSS
4 20 (37.04%) Ajax
4 20 (37.04%) jQuery
5 9 (16.67%) Web Services
6 5 (9.259%) J2EE
7 4 (7.407%) XML
7 4 (7.407%) Middleware
7 4 (7.407%) Spring
7 4 (7.407%) EJB
7 4 (7.407%) WebSphere
8 3 (5.556%) Application Packaging
9 1 (1.852%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (33.33%) IIS
2 6 (11.11%) Apache
3 4 (7.407%) WebSphere MQ
3 4 (7.407%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (7.407%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 3 (5.556%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 33 (61.11%) MS Excel
2 5 (9.259%) MS Project
3 3 (5.556%) MS Office
4 2 (3.704%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) Asterisk PBX
2 4 (7.407%) Internet
3 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.11%) MySQL
3 5 (9.259%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.407%) Adabas
5 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 24 (44.44%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.407%) ClearCase
2 4 (7.407%) Ant
2 4 (7.407%) RequisitePro
3 3 (5.556%) MSI
3 3 (5.556%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.852%) Subversion
4 1 (1.852%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 20 (37.04%) Games
2 7 (12.96%) Retail
3 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.852%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) Developer
2 26 (48.15%) .NET Developer
3 22 (40.74%) ASP.NET Developer
4 18 (33.33%) .NET Web Developer
4 18 (33.33%) Web Developer
5 11 (20.37%) C# Developer
6 10 (18.52%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 10 (18.52%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
7 6 (11.11%) IT Development Manager
7 6 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
7 6 (11.11%) Software Manager
7 6 (11.11%) Development Manager
8 4 (7.407%) VB.NET Developer
8 4 (7.407%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (7.407%) Architect
9 3 (5.556%) Project Manager
9 3 (5.556%) Applications Packager
9 3 (5.556%) Senior Developer
9 3 (5.556%) DotNetNuke Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Online Games
2 6 (11.11%) Pocket PC
3 2 (3.704%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.704%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.852%) NHS
4 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.852%) e-Health
4 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.07%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (12.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (11.11%) Linux
4 4 (7.407%) Debian
4 4 (7.407%) CentOS
4 4 (7.407%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (5.556%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Web Application Development
2 7 (12.96%) CRM
3 6 (11.11%) Web Development
3 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
4 5 (9.259%) Project Planning
5 4 (7.407%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (7.407%) Project Management
5 4 (7.407%) Workflow
5 4 (7.407%) B2C
5 4 (7.407%) ITIL
5 4 (7.407%) PRINCE2
5 4 (7.407%) UML
6 3 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.556%) Product Management
7 2 (3.704%) Document Management
7 2 (3.704%) Data Analysis
7 2 (3.704%) Market Research
7 2 (3.704%) OO
7 2 (3.704%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) C#
2 30 (55.56%) SQL
3 24 (44.44%) PHP
4 20 (37.04%) JavaScript
5 18 (33.33%) VB.NET
6 7 (12.96%) VB6
7 6 (11.11%) Perl
7 6 (11.11%) Delphi
8 5 (9.259%) Java
8 5 (9.259%) C++
9 4 (7.407%) PL/SQL
9 4 (7.407%) NATURAL
10 3 (5.556%) VC++
10 3 (5.556%) C
10 3 (5.556%) VBScript
11 2 (3.704%) T-SQL
12 1 (1.852%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (7.407%) ISEB
1 4 (7.407%) Sun Certification
1 4 (7.407%) SCJP
2 3 (5.556%) Degree
2 3 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.852%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.407%) Sun
2 4 (7.407%) Red Hat
2 4 (7.407%) Oracle
3 3 (5.556%) Symantec
3 3 (5.556%) VMware
3 3 (5.556%) Altiris
Guildford, South East
My client is actively looking to hire an Analyst Programmer who has strong technical skills but more importantly is looking for a Greenfield opportunity to help build something...
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Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: Unspecified Competitive
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