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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Hereford 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank812
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below23.81 %19.61 %
Salaries quoted310
Average minimum salary£23,000£23,300
Average salary£28,667£27,950
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum salary£34,333£32,600
UK excluding London average salary£32,840£33,613
% change on same period last year-2.29 %
Hereford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hereford
Matching permanent IT job ads2151
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted1946
Average minimum salary£29,600£28,514
Average salary£32,610£30,991
% change on same period last year+5.22 %
Average maximum salary£35,620£33,468
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
VB HerefordshireVB
Herefordshire

VB
Demand Trend

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

Hereford 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 Hereford region.

Hereford VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Hereford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hereford VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hereford 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.

113 (86.67 %)SQL
212 (80.00 %)XML
311 (73.33 %)HTML
410 (66.67 %)XSL
59 (60.00 %)MS Excel
68 (53.33 %)RDBMS
68 (53.33 %)Microsoft
68 (53.33 %)Windows
68 (53.33 %)Oracle
75 (33.33 %).NET
84 (26.67 %)SQL Server
84 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
93 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
93 (20.00 %)JavaScript
93 (20.00 %)VB.NET
93 (20.00 %)VB6
102 (13.33 %)AJAX
102 (13.33 %)N-Tier
102 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (13.33 %)ASP
102 (13.33 %)VBA
102 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
102 (13.33 %)COM+
102 (13.33 %)DHTML
111 (6.667 %)Sybase
111 (6.667 %)CSS
111 (6.667 %)MS Office
111 (6.667 %)ADO
111 (6.667 %)VBScript
111 (6.667 %)C#

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hereford 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.

Hereford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %)XML
211 (73.33 %)HTML
310 (66.67 %)XSL
45 (33.33 %).NET
53 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
62 (13.33 %)COM+
62 (13.33 %)AJAX
62 (13.33 %)ASP
71 (6.667 %).NET Framework
71 (6.667 %)ODBC
71 (6.667 %)CSS
71 (6.667 %)ADO
Hereford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (60.00 %)MS Excel
21 (6.667 %)MS Office
Hereford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.667 %)GoldMine
11 (6.667 %)Line 500
Hereford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)RDBMS
24 (26.67 %)SQL Server
24 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
32 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (6.667 %)DTS
Hereford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
Hereford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)Applications Support
26 (40.00 %)Developer
33 (20.00 %)Software Developer
33 (20.00 %).NET Developer
42 (13.33 %)VB.NET Developer
42 (13.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (13.33 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)VB Developer
Hereford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)N-Tier
Hereford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (53.33 %)Windows
Hereford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (86.67 %)SQL
23 (20.00 %)VB.NET
23 (20.00 %)JavaScript
23 (20.00 %)VB6
32 (13.33 %)DHTML
32 (13.33 %)VBA
32 (13.33 %)Transact-SQL
41 (6.667 %)VBScript
41 (6.667 %)C#
41 (6.667 %)Delphi
Hereford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Degree
Hereford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (53.33 %)Oracle
18 (53.33 %)Microsoft
21 (6.667 %)Sage
21 (6.667 %)Sybase