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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 33 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 3 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 1.613% 1.322% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.333% 2.727% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £33,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.36% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
90 110 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 48.39% 48.46% 50.66%
Number of salaries quoted 89 106 64
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Buckinghamshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP
2 6 (85.71%) Web Services
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (71.43%) Retail
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (42.86%) Time Management
5 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
5 3 (42.86%) Web Services Management
6 2 (28.57%) Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) MS Project
7 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
7 1 (14.29%) C#
7 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
7 1 (14.29%) PHP
7 1 (14.29%) Flash
7 1 (14.29%) CMS
7 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 1 (14.29%) Apache Flex
7 1 (14.29%) VB6
7 1 (14.29%) WordPress

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP
2 6 (85.71%) Web Services
3 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Apache Flex
4 1 (14.29%) Flash
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Dynamics NAV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (71.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services Management
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
2 1 (14.29%) VB6
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP