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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Hampshire 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3020
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads362535
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.191 %0.219 %
As % of the category below12.65 %15.83 %
Salaries quoted309468
Average minimum salary£31,633£33,325
Average salary£34,616£35,209
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Average maximum salary£37,599£37,093
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hampshire
Matching permanent IT job ads28613379
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.510 %1.384 %
Salaries quoted23832791
Average minimum salary£33,267£33,067
Average salary£36,400£35,691
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum salary£39,533£38,314
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeDown-1862£34,855-24.42 %
SouthamptonUp+4148£32,444-6.70 %
WinchesterDown-434£32,603+13.05 %
FarnboroughDown-1734£37,586+7.95 %
GosportUp+319£26,786-34.66 %
FarehamUp+715£30,800+2.02 %
PortsmouthDown-1312£37,750+15.65 %
AndoverDown-86£35,250+35.57 %
WaterloovilleUp+95£37,700+45.93 %
HavantUp+33£40,000+40.84 %
EastleighDown-122£33,000+17.33 %
AldershotUp+61£27,000-22.85 %
RingwoodNew entry-1£22,500-
RomseyNew entry-1--
New MiltonDown-11£27,500-13.46 %
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1566 (78.94 %).NET
2395 (55.09 %)VB6
3379 (52.86 %)SQL Server
4316 (44.07 %)SQL
5313 (43.65 %)C#
6287 (40.03 %)ASP.NET
7278 (38.77 %)VB.NET
8232 (32.36 %)XML
9201 (28.03 %)UML
10194 (27.06 %)Windows
11175 (24.41 %)HTML
12152 (21.20 %)Microsoft
13142 (19.80 %)C++
14128 (17.85 %)ASP
15116 (16.18 %)Oracle
16103 (14.37 %)SQL Server 2005
16103 (14.37 %)Finance
17101 (14.09 %)JavaScript
1898 (13.67 %)Visual Studio
1993 (12.97 %)VBA
2079 (11.02 %)SQL Server 2000
2173 (10.18 %)Java
2173 (10.18 %)Degree
2271 (9.902 %)IIS
2271 (9.902 %)OO
2363 (8.787 %)MS Excel
2461 (8.508 %)PL/SQL
2557 (7.950 %)WinForms
2557 (7.950 %)Pensions
2656 (7.810 %)Agile Software Development

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1566 (78.94 %).NET
2287 (40.03 %)ASP.NET
3232 (32.36 %)XML
4175 (24.41 %)HTML
5128 (17.85 %)ASP
657 (7.950 %)WinForms
756 (7.810 %)CSS
855 (7.671 %)ActiveX
948 (6.695 %).NET Framework
1041 (5.718 %)WebServices
1041 (5.718 %)XSLT
1136 (5.021 %)ADO.NET
1226 (3.626 %)ArcObjects
1325 (3.487 %)XSL
1424 (3.347 %)XML Messaging
1523 (3.208 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1622 (3.068 %)COM+
1720 (2.789 %)JSP
1720 (2.789 %)XHTML
1817 (2.371 %)AJAX
Hampshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
171 (9.902 %)IIS
226 (3.626 %)ArcGIS
323 (3.208 %)ArcSDE
416 (2.232 %)SharePoint
512 (1.674 %)Exchange Server 2007
611 (1.534 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (1.255 %)Exchange Server 5.5
88 (1.116 %)CMS
95 (0.697 %)BizTalk Server
104 (0.558 %)SAS
104 (0.558 %)MS Exchange
104 (0.558 %)Apache
104 (0.558 %)iFIX
113 (0.418 %)WebLogic
113 (0.418 %)Lotus Domino
113 (0.418 %)OnBase
122 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 2000
122 (0.279 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.279 %)Documentum
122 (0.279 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Hampshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
163 (8.787 %)MS Excel
236 (5.021 %)MS Office
319 (2.650 %)MS Project
48 (1.116 %)Fireworks
55 (0.697 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.697 %)MS Visio
61 (0.139 %)Acrobat
61 (0.139 %)Photoshop
61 (0.139 %)ArcInfo
Hampshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.558 %)Oracle Applications
23 (0.418 %)Summit
31 (0.139 %)Pivotal CRM
31 (0.139 %)SalesLogix
31 (0.139 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.139 %)Microsoft CRM
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (5.579 %)Internet
228 (3.905 %)TCP/IP
310 (1.395 %)SSL
48 (1.116 %)DNS
57 (0.976 %)Broadband
66 (0.837 %)Wireless
75 (0.697 %)ATM
84 (0.558 %)GSM
84 (0.558 %)WiMAX
93 (0.418 %)Firewall
102 (0.279 %)Intranet
102 (0.279 %)VPN
102 (0.279 %)LAN
102 (0.279 %)SMS
102 (0.279 %)WAN
102 (0.279 %)Bluetooth
102 (0.279 %)LDAP
102 (0.279 %)SNMP
102 (0.279 %)ZigBee
111 (0.139 %)DHCP
Hampshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1379 (52.86 %)SQL Server
2103 (14.37 %)SQL Server 2005
379 (11.02 %)SQL Server 2000
434 (4.742 %)GIS
527 (3.766 %)MS Access
527 (3.766 %)SQL Server 7
623 (3.208 %)MySQL
717 (2.371 %)Crystal Reports
816 (2.232 %)BusinessObjects
816 (2.232 %)RDBMS
913 (1.813 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1010 (1.395 %)PostgreSQL
1010 (1.395 %)DTS
117 (0.976 %)Oracle 8/8i
126 (0.837 %)Oracle Reports
135 (0.697 %)Oracle 10g
144 (0.558 %)Oracle Discoverer
153 (0.418 %)OLAP
162 (0.279 %)DB2
162 (0.279 %)Datawarehouse
Hampshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
198 (13.67 %)Visual Studio
238 (5.300 %)VSS/SourceSafe
318 (2.510 %)InstallShield
414 (1.953 %)Oracle Forms
513 (1.813 %)Dreamweaver
612 (1.674 %)QuickTest Pro
710 (1.395 %)Flash
710 (1.395 %)MSI
89 (1.255 %)NUnit
97 (0.976 %)PowerBuilder
106 (0.837 %)InterDev
114 (0.558 %)Eclipse
114 (0.558 %)ClearCase
123 (0.418 %)ClearQuest
132 (0.279 %)TestDirector
141 (0.139 %)ARTiSAN
141 (0.139 %)Rational Rose
141 (0.139 %)LabVIEW
Hampshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1103 (14.37 %)Finance
257 (7.950 %)Pensions
355 (7.671 %)Health
441 (5.718 %)Insurance
517 (2.371 %)Games
613 (1.813 %)Multimedia
712 (1.674 %)Telecoms
810 (1.395 %)Education
99 (1.255 %)Banking
106 (0.837 %)Retail
106 (0.837 %)Government
106 (0.837 %)Marketing
114 (0.558 %)Legal
114 (0.558 %)Electronics
123 (0.418 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.418 %)Military
123 (0.418 %)Electric
132 (0.279 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.279 %)Back Office
132 (0.279 %)Aerospace
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1478 (66.67 %)Developer
2206 (28.73 %).NET Developer
3116 (16.18 %)VB.NET Developer
493 (12.97 %)Analyst
584 (11.72 %)C# Developer
680 (11.16 %)Software Developer
778 (10.88 %)Programmer
855 (7.671 %)VB Developer
943 (5.997 %)Analyst Programmer
1035 (4.881 %)Software Engineer
1035 (4.881 %)ASP.NET Developer
1134 (4.742 %)Senior Developer
1233 (4.603 %)Web Developer
1332 (4.463 %)C# Analyst Programmer
1430 (4.184 %)Applications Developer
1529 (4.045 %).NET Programmer
1529 (4.045 %)SQL Developer
1626 (3.626 %)GIS Analyst
1725 (3.487 %)VB6 Developer
1821 (2.929 %).NET Analyst Programmer
Hampshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (5.021 %)Computer Science
213 (1.813 %)Client/Server
39 (1.255 %)Management Information System
39 (1.255 %)Mathematics
48 (1.116 %)Replication
54 (0.558 %)N-Tier
63 (0.418 %)Physics
72 (0.279 %)Psychology
72 (0.279 %)Ergonomics
72 (0.279 %)Human Factors
72 (0.279 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
72 (0.279 %)Firmware
72 (0.279 %)ASIC
72 (0.279 %)Clustering
72 (0.279 %)Verilog
72 (0.279 %)Device Driver
72 (0.279 %)Data Extraction
81 (0.139 %)Social Network
81 (0.139 %)IVR
81 (0.139 %)Tandem
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1194 (27.06 %)Windows
224 (3.347 %)UNIX
315 (2.092 %)Windows 2000
412 (1.674 %)Linux
58 (1.116 %)Windows XP
64 (0.558 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (0.418 %)VMS
73 (0.418 %)OpenVMS
82 (0.279 %)Windows CE
82 (0.279 %)Solaris
82 (0.279 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.139 %)Windows NT
91 (0.139 %)AIX
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1201 (28.03 %)UML
271 (9.902 %)OO
356 (7.810 %)Agile Software Development
441 (5.718 %)Web Development
537 (5.160 %)Business Analysis
633 (4.603 %)RUP
728 (3.905 %)Requirements Analysis
827 (3.766 %)Test Scripting
924 (3.347 %)Unit Testing
1019 (2.650 %)Project Management
1117 (2.371 %)PRINCE2
1215 (2.092 %)E-Commerce
1313 (1.813 %)Software Testing
1412 (1.674 %)Security Cleared
1412 (1.674 %)PRINCE
1412 (1.674 %)Migration
1511 (1.534 %)Project Planning
1610 (1.395 %)Integration Testing
1610 (1.395 %)Unified Process
1610 (1.395 %)CRM
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1395 (55.09 %)VB6
2316 (44.07 %)SQL
3313 (43.65 %)C#
4278 (38.77 %)VB.NET
5142 (19.80 %)C++
6101 (14.09 %)JavaScript
793 (12.97 %)VBA
873 (10.18 %)Java
961 (8.508 %)PL/SQL
1050 (6.974 %)VBScript
1140 (5.579 %)C
1235 (4.881 %)Transact-SQL
1330 (4.184 %)Delphi
1426 (3.626 %)Perl
159 (1.255 %)PHP
159 (1.255 %)DHTML
165 (0.697 %)Python
165 (0.697 %)Embedded C
165 (0.697 %)Shell Script
165 (0.697 %)AWK
Hampshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
173 (10.18 %)Degree
218 (2.510 %)Microsoft Certification
218 (2.510 %)HND
314 (1.953 %)MCSD
413 (1.813 %)MCAD
510 (1.395 %)ISEB
69 (1.255 %)MCP
74 (0.558 %)MAPM
81 (0.139 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.139 %)IBM Certification
Hampshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.232 %)QA
22 (0.279 %)HL7
22 (0.279 %)DICOM
22 (0.279 %)ISO9001
22 (0.279 %)Basel II
31 (0.139 %)ISO12207
Hampshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
133 (4.603 %)Active Directory
28 (1.116 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.279 %)Nmap
Hampshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.255 %)MOM
22 (0.279 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.279 %)Nessus
31 (0.139 %)Tivoli
31 (0.139 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Hampshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1152 (21.20 %)Microsoft
2116 (16.18 %)Oracle
330 (4.184 %)ESRI
429 (4.045 %)Borland
516 (2.232 %)Business Objects
64 (0.558 %)IBM
73 (0.418 %)Lotus
73 (0.418 %)Kofax
82 (0.279 %)Hummingbird
82 (0.279 %)Hyland
82 (0.279 %)FileNet
82 (0.279 %)EMC
82 (0.279 %)Citrix
82 (0.279 %)Cognos
82 (0.279 %)CheckPoint
82 (0.279 %)Google
91 (0.139 %)Adobe
91 (0.139 %)Tridion
91 (0.139 %)Sage
91 (0.139 %)Yahoo!
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