Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank453658
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+22
Matching permanent IT job ads6691144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire3.476 %4.307 %3.197 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.820 %10.02 %7.934 %
Salaries quoted5675132
Average salary£42,500£32,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76 %-13.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,250£28,100£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£45,900
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£32,000
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %-
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8449081815
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire44.44 %42.97 %40.30 %
Salaries quoted7157711506
Average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£51,800
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

VB
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansDown-611£25,000-16.66 %
StevenageUp+55£42,500+49.12 %
WatfordDown-15£30,000-14.28 %
Potters BarNew entry-5£50,000-
BerkhamstedNew entry-2£44,000-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-61£42,500-
BaldockNew entry-1£34,000-
VB East of EnglandVB
East of England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

197 (67.83 %).NET
286 (60.14 %)SQL Server
372 (50.35 %)SQL
449 (34.27 %)VB.NET
543 (30.07 %)C#
638 (26.57 %)Windows
736 (25.17 %)JavaScript
833 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
833 (23.08 %)VB6
932 (22.38 %)ASP
1029 (20.28 %)Finance
1127 (18.88 %)HTML
1127 (18.88 %)Degree
1224 (16.78 %)Silverlight
1224 (16.78 %)CSS
1224 (16.78 %)XML
1323 (16.08 %)Web Services
1323 (16.08 %)C++
1422 (15.38 %)Agile Software Development
1521 (14.69 %)AJAX
1521 (14.69 %)QA
1521 (14.69 %)OO
1521 (14.69 %)MS Access
1620 (13.99 %)WCF
1719 (13.29 %)Mathematics
1817 (11.89 %)VBScript
1817 (11.89 %)Health
1916 (11.19 %)Photoshop
1916 (11.19 %)Microsoft
1916 (11.19 %)Adobe

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
197 (67.83 %).NET
233 (23.08 %)ASP.NET
332 (22.38 %)ASP
427 (18.88 %)HTML
524 (16.78 %)CSS
524 (16.78 %)XML
524 (16.78 %)Silverlight
623 (16.08 %)Web Services
721 (14.69 %)AJAX
820 (13.99 %)WCF
99 (6.294 %).NET Framework
99 (6.294 %)WinForms
106 (4.196 %)XML Schema
114 (2.797 %)Spring
123 (2.098 %)J2EE
132 (1.399 %)XSLT
132 (1.399 %)WPF
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (4.895 %)SharePoint
23 (2.098 %)IIS
23 (2.098 %)Apache
23 (2.098 %)Tomcat
32 (1.399 %)Umbraco
41 (0.699 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.699 %)BizTalk Server
41 (0.699 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.699 %)Exchange Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (11.19 %)Photoshop
214 (9.790 %)MS Excel
32 (1.399 %)RoboHelp
32 (1.399 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (4.895 %)Navision
25 (3.497 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (1.399 %)Dynamics NAV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (3.497 %)Intranet
15 (3.497 %)NAS
22 (1.399 %)VPN
31 (0.699 %)SAN
31 (0.699 %)Intrusion Detection
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (60.14 %)SQL Server
221 (14.69 %)MS Access
311 (7.692 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
49 (6.294 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (3.497 %)Data Cleansing
55 (3.497 %)SQL Server 2008
55 (3.497 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (2.797 %)Crystal Reports
73 (2.098 %)Datawarehouse
73 (2.098 %)DTS
82 (1.399 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.098 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.399 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (1.399 %)InstallShield
22 (1.399 %)Subversion
31 (0.699 %)QuickTest Pro
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (20.28 %)Finance
217 (11.89 %)Health
39 (6.294 %)Government
39 (6.294 %)Retail
39 (6.294 %)Insurance
47 (4.895 %)Local Government
47 (4.895 %)Pensions
53 (2.098 %)Publishing
61 (0.699 %)Back Office
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
196 (67.13 %)Developer
232 (22.38 %)Software Developer
329 (20.28 %).NET Developer
423 (16.08 %)Senior Developer
517 (11.89 %)Web Developer
517 (11.89 %)VB.NET Developer
616 (11.19 %)Senior Web Developer
616 (11.19 %)ASP.NET Developer
616 (11.19 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
715 (10.49 %)Junior
715 (10.49 %)Programmer
812 (8.392 %)Analyst
812 (8.392 %)Applications Support
911 (7.692 %)Support Engineer
911 (7.692 %)SQL Developer
1010 (6.993 %).NET Programmer
1010 (6.993 %)VB Developer
119 (6.294 %)Junior Developer
119 (6.294 %)Junior Software Developer
128 (5.594 %)VB.NET Programmer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (13.29 %)Mathematics
215 (10.49 %)Statistics
314 (9.790 %)N-Tier
47 (4.895 %)Computer Science
52 (1.399 %)Open Source
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (26.57 %)Windows
23 (2.098 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (2.098 %)UNIX
32 (1.399 %)Linux
41 (0.699 %)Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (15.38 %)Agile Software Development
221 (14.69 %)OO
314 (9.790 %)B2B
413 (9.091 %)PLM
59 (6.294 %)Continuous Integration
68 (5.594 %)Business Intelligence
68 (5.594 %)CRM
77 (4.895 %)Code Coverage
77 (4.895 %)Configuration Management
77 (4.895 %)Migration
85 (3.497 %)Manual Testing
85 (3.497 %)Data Migration
85 (3.497 %)Test Scripting
85 (3.497 %)Workflow
85 (3.497 %)ERP
85 (3.497 %)OOD
85 (3.497 %)SOA
94 (2.797 %)E-Commerce
94 (2.797 %)Validation
94 (2.797 %)Project Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
172 (50.35 %)SQL
249 (34.27 %)VB.NET
343 (30.07 %)C#
436 (25.17 %)JavaScript
533 (23.08 %)VB6
623 (16.08 %)C++
717 (11.89 %)VBScript
815 (10.49 %)VBA
911 (7.692 %)T-SQL
107 (4.895 %)Perl
116 (4.196 %)C
125 (3.497 %)PHP
134 (2.797 %)Java
142 (1.399 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
127 (18.88 %)Degree
25 (3.497 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.399 %)SC Cleared
32 (1.399 %)Security Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (14.69 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.098 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.699 %)Hyper-V
21 (0.699 %)Active Directory
21 (0.699 %)Snort
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (11.19 %)Microsoft
116 (11.19 %)Adobe
25 (3.497 %)Oracle
34 (2.797 %)VMware
43 (2.098 %)Citrix
43 (2.098 %)Cisco
52 (1.399 %)CheckPoint
61 (0.699 %)NetApp
61 (0.699 %)EMC