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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Leeds 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
Rank3728
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads179235
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.096 %
As % of the category below10.97 %11.94 %
Salaries quoted164191
Average minimum salary£29,604£29,903
Average salary£31,579£31,731
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum salary£33,555£33,559
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads16321968
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.862 %0.806 %
Salaries quoted14491691
Average minimum salary£30,246£31,223
Average salary£32,607£33,371
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Average maximum salary£34,968£35,520
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB West YorkshireVB
West Yorkshire

VB
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1339 (85.39 %).NET
2239 (60.20 %)VB.NET
3237 (59.70 %)SQL Server
4210 (52.90 %)SQL
5167 (42.07 %)ASP.NET
6166 (41.81 %)VB6
7151 (38.04 %)C#
8124 (31.23 %)ASP
9123 (30.98 %)XML
1099 (24.94 %)HTML
1190 (22.67 %)JavaScript
1279 (19.90 %)Marketing
1377 (19.40 %)MS Excel
1475 (18.89 %)CSS
1571 (17.88 %)Microsoft
1668 (17.13 %)Crystal Reports
1760 (15.11 %)Oracle
1855 (13.85 %)Finance
1855 (13.85 %)SQL Server 2005
1954 (13.60 %)Project Management
1954 (13.60 %)Java
2053 (13.35 %)SQL Server 2000
2151 (12.85 %)VBA
2151 (12.85 %)XHTML
2151 (12.85 %)AJAX
2247 (11.84 %)MS Access
2247 (11.84 %)CRM
2341 (10.33 %)Business Intelligence
2440 (10.08 %)OO
2536 (9.068 %)Windows

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1339 (85.39 %).NET
2167 (42.07 %)ASP.NET
3124 (31.23 %)ASP
4123 (30.98 %)XML
599 (24.94 %)HTML
675 (18.89 %)CSS
751 (12.85 %)XHTML
751 (12.85 %)AJAX
833 (8.312 %)WebServices
930 (7.557 %)ADO.NET
1027 (6.801 %)J2EE
1125 (6.297 %).NET Framework
1216 (4.030 %)JSP
1314 (3.526 %)XSL
1314 (3.526 %)Middleware
1411 (2.771 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1411 (2.771 %)JMS
1411 (2.771 %)EJB
1411 (2.771 %)Servlets
159 (2.267 %)ADO
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (5.793 %)IIS
215 (3.778 %)MS Exchange
215 (3.778 %)BizTalk Server
314 (3.526 %)MQSeries
314 (3.526 %)SharePoint
49 (2.267 %)Exchange Server 2000
55 (1.259 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (0.756 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (0.504 %)SAS
81 (0.252 %)CMS
81 (0.252 %)Lotus Domino
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (19.40 %)MS Excel
213 (3.275 %)MS Office
39 (2.267 %)Photoshop
42 (0.504 %)MS Visio
42 (0.504 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.504 %)Spreadsheet
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.259 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (1.008 %)GoldMine
24 (1.008 %)SalesLogix
31 (0.252 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.252 %)Oracle EBS
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (8.816 %)Intranet
218 (4.534 %)Internet
33 (0.756 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.504 %)DNS
42 (0.504 %)Firewall
51 (0.252 %)Extranet
51 (0.252 %)HTTPS
51 (0.252 %)VPN
51 (0.252 %)VoIP
51 (0.252 %)DHCP
51 (0.252 %)FTP
51 (0.252 %)HTTP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1237 (59.70 %)SQL Server
268 (17.13 %)Crystal Reports
355 (13.85 %)SQL Server 2005
453 (13.35 %)SQL Server 2000
547 (11.84 %)MS Access
635 (8.816 %)OLAP
715 (3.778 %)DTS
814 (3.526 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
911 (2.771 %)SQL Server Integration Services
109 (2.267 %)Database Marketing
109 (2.267 %)RDBMS
118 (2.015 %)MySQL
127 (1.763 %)BusinessObjects
135 (1.259 %)Oracle Reports
144 (1.008 %)SQL Server 7
153 (0.756 %)Oracle 10g
153 (0.756 %)Datawarehouse
162 (0.504 %)Oracle 9i
162 (0.504 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
171 (0.252 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (6.045 %)Visual Studio
210 (2.519 %)QuickTest Pro
210 (2.519 %)LoadRunner
35 (1.259 %)TestDirector
44 (1.008 %)Flash
52 (0.504 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.252 %)InterDev
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
179 (19.90 %)Marketing
255 (13.85 %)Finance
329 (7.305 %)Retail
420 (5.038 %)Banking
519 (4.786 %)Investment Banking
614 (3.526 %)Law
712 (3.023 %)Pensions
89 (2.267 %)Insurance
89 (2.267 %)Legal
97 (1.763 %)Health
104 (1.008 %)Advertising
104 (1.008 %)Construction
113 (0.756 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.756 %)Government
113 (0.756 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.252 %)Publishing
121 (0.252 %)Education
121 (0.252 %)Corporate Banking
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1287 (72.29 %)Developer
288 (22.17 %).NET Developer
370 (17.63 %)Software Developer
461 (15.37 %)Analyst
556 (14.11 %)VB.NET Developer
650 (12.59 %)Web Developer
742 (10.58 %)Programmer
830 (7.557 %)Analyst Programmer
925 (6.297 %)Senior Developer
1024 (6.045 %)VB Developer
1024 (6.045 %)C# Developer
1118 (4.534 %)SQL Developer
1118 (4.534 %)Support Analyst
1217 (4.282 %).NET Programmer
1316 (4.030 %)Senior Software Developer
1316 (4.030 %)ASP.NET Developer
1414 (3.526 %)ASP Developer
1414 (3.526 %).NET Analyst Programmer
1512 (3.023 %)VB6 Developer
1512 (3.023 %)Systems Developer
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (8.564 %)EPoS
218 (4.534 %)Computer Science
315 (3.778 %)Equities
315 (3.778 %)Derivative
315 (3.778 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
48 (2.015 %)N-Tier
56 (1.511 %)Mainframe
64 (1.008 %)Management Information System
64 (1.008 %)Data Extraction
73 (0.756 %)PDA
73 (0.756 %)Mathematics
73 (0.756 %)Data Protection Act
73 (0.756 %)Client/Server
82 (0.504 %)Informatics
91 (0.252 %)VSAM
91 (0.252 %)NHS
91 (0.252 %)NPfIT
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (9.068 %)Windows
231 (7.809 %)UNIX
39 (2.267 %)Windows XP
46 (1.511 %)Linux
53 (0.756 %)Windows 2000
53 (0.756 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.504 %)Windows NT
71 (0.252 %)MVS
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (13.60 %)Project Management
247 (11.84 %)CRM
341 (10.33 %)Business Intelligence
440 (10.08 %)OO
534 (8.564 %)Migration
630 (7.557 %)Web Design
725 (6.297 %)Agile Software Development
822 (5.542 %)Software Engineering
918 (4.534 %)Web Development
1017 (4.282 %)User Acceptance Testing
1116 (4.030 %)Scrum
1116 (4.030 %)RUP
1213 (3.275 %)Technical Architecture
1312 (3.023 %)Process Management
1411 (2.771 %)E-Commerce
1411 (2.771 %)UML
155 (1.259 %)Stakeholder Management
155 (1.259 %)Regression Testing
155 (1.259 %)Asset Management
155 (1.259 %)Information Management
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1239 (60.20 %)VB.NET
2210 (52.90 %)SQL
3166 (41.81 %)VB6
4151 (38.04 %)C#
590 (22.67 %)JavaScript
654 (13.60 %)Java
751 (12.85 %)VBA
829 (7.305 %)C++
928 (7.053 %)Transact-SQL
1019 (4.786 %)VBScript
1110 (2.519 %)PHP
128 (2.015 %)Delphi
128 (2.015 %)C
137 (1.763 %)PL/SQL
137 (1.763 %)VC++
146 (1.511 %)Progress 4GL
155 (1.259 %)DHTML
164 (1.008 %)Perl
164 (1.008 %)Shell Script
173 (0.756 %)ActionScript
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (6.045 %)Degree
213 (3.275 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (3.023 %)MCSD
43 (0.756 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.252 %)MCAD
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.015 %)QA
21 (0.252 %)HL7
21 (0.252 %)SLA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.511 %)Active Directory
21 (0.252 %)Terminal Services
21 (0.252 %)VMware Infrastructure
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.252 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (17.88 %)Microsoft
260 (15.11 %)Oracle
315 (3.778 %)TIBCO
410 (2.519 %)Citrix
58 (2.015 %)Sybase
58 (2.015 %)Adobe
67 (1.763 %)Progress
67 (1.763 %)Business Objects
75 (1.259 %)Metastorm
75 (1.259 %)Visualfiles
84 (1.008 %)Acxiom
84 (1.008 %)Siebel
84 (1.008 %)Cisco
92 (0.504 %)IBM
101 (0.252 %)LANDesk
101 (0.252 %)VMware
101 (0.252 %)Lotus
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