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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Leicestershire 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
Rank3321
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads5590
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.037 %
As % of the category below11.48 %13.89 %
Salaries quoted4580
Average minimum salary£29,167£30,225
Average salary£31,687£32,113
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum salary£34,208£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leicestershire
Matching permanent IT job ads479648
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.253 %0.265 %
Salaries quoted426550
Average minimum salary£28,239£30,068
Average salary£30,563£32,046
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Average maximum salary£32,886£34,023
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB East MidlandsVB
East Midlands

VB
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
LeicesterDown-1440£32,108+2.58 %
LutterworthUp+26£25,375-7.72 %
LoughboroughDown-83£40,000+6.66 %
VB East MidlandsVB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1108 (83.08 %).NET
282 (63.08 %)SQL Server
373 (56.15 %)VB6
467 (51.54 %)C#
563 (48.46 %)VB.NET
649 (37.69 %)Oracle
747 (36.15 %)Windows
844 (33.85 %)ASP.NET
938 (29.23 %)Microsoft
1032 (24.62 %)DB2
1123 (17.69 %)C
1123 (17.69 %)C++
1123 (17.69 %)Pensions
1222 (16.92 %)Degree
1222 (16.92 %)HTML
1222 (16.92 %)SQL
1321 (16.15 %)Informix
1420 (15.38 %)JavaScript
1420 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
1519 (14.62 %)MS Excel
1618 (13.85 %)XML
1717 (13.08 %)Crystal Reports
1717 (13.08 %)AJAX
1816 (12.31 %)UML
1915 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
2014 (10.77 %)OOD
2111 (8.462 %)OO
2111 (8.462 %)Java
2111 (8.462 %)SQL Server 2000
2111 (8.462 %)Retail

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1108 (83.08 %).NET
244 (33.85 %)ASP.NET
322 (16.92 %)HTML
418 (13.85 %)XML
517 (13.08 %)AJAX
610 (7.692 %)ASP
78 (6.154 %)WinForms
86 (4.615 %)CSS
95 (3.846 %)COM
102 (1.538 %)JSP
102 (1.538 %)WebServices
102 (1.538 %)WCF
111 (0.769 %).NET Framework
111 (0.769 %)DOM
111 (0.769 %)XSL
111 (0.769 %)ActiveX
111 (0.769 %)XHTML
111 (0.769 %)LAMP
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (5.385 %)SharePoint
23 (2.308 %)ColdFusion
23 (2.308 %)Apache
31 (0.769 %)IIS
31 (0.769 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (0.769 %)Exchange Server 2007
Leicestershire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (14.62 %)MS Excel
26 (4.615 %)MS Office
31 (0.769 %)Photoshop
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.769 %)BPCS
11 (0.769 %)SalesLogix
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.538 %)Intranet
21 (0.769 %)LAN
21 (0.769 %)SMS
21 (0.769 %)WAN
21 (0.769 %)HTTP
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (63.08 %)SQL Server
232 (24.62 %)DB2
321 (16.15 %)Informix
417 (13.08 %)Crystal Reports
515 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2005
611 (8.462 %)SQL Server 2000
710 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
87 (5.385 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (4.615 %)SQL Server 7
105 (3.846 %)Oracle 10g
114 (3.077 %)MySQL
122 (1.538 %)RDBMS
131 (0.769 %)PostgreSQL
131 (0.769 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131 (0.769 %)OLAP
131 (0.769 %)Oracle 8/8i
131 (0.769 %)MS Access
131 (0.769 %)DTS
131 (0.769 %)ETL
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
25 (3.846 %)Flash
31 (0.769 %)Synon
Leicestershire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (17.69 %)Pensions
211 (8.462 %)Retail
310 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
49 (6.923 %)Banking
49 (6.923 %)Pharmaceutical
58 (6.154 %)Finance
67 (5.385 %)Health
72 (1.538 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.538 %)Back Office
81 (0.769 %)Education
81 (0.769 %)Advertising
81 (0.769 %)Games
81 (0.769 %)Marketing
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
185 (65.38 %)Developer
239 (30.00 %).NET Developer
325 (19.23 %)Analyst
423 (17.69 %)C# Developer
521 (16.15 %)Software Developer
620 (15.38 %)VB.NET Developer
719 (14.62 %)Analyst Programmer
719 (14.62 %)Programmer
811 (8.462 %)Senior Analyst
811 (8.462 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
811 (8.462 %)Senior Programmer
910 (7.692 %)Senior Developer
108 (6.154 %)Applications Support
108 (6.154 %)VB Developer
117 (5.385 %)Web Developer
126 (4.615 %)Software Engineer
126 (4.615 %)Lead Developer
126 (4.615 %)VB6 Developer
135 (3.846 %)Project Engineer
144 (3.077 %).NET Web Developer
Leicestershire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.077 %)Management Information System
23 (2.308 %)E-Learning
31 (0.769 %)PDA
31 (0.769 %)Replication
31 (0.769 %)Clustering
31 (0.769 %)EPoS
31 (0.769 %)W3C
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (36.15 %)Windows
25 (3.846 %)UNIX
32 (1.538 %)Linux
41 (0.769 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (12.31 %)UML
214 (10.77 %)OOD
311 (8.462 %)OO
49 (6.923 %)OOP
58 (6.154 %)Web Development
66 (4.615 %)Software Engineering
74 (3.077 %)E-Commerce
82 (1.538 %)Workflow
82 (1.538 %)Asset Management
82 (1.538 %)CRM
91 (0.769 %)Business Intelligence
91 (0.769 %)Configuration Management
91 (0.769 %)Project Management
91 (0.769 %)Disaster Recovery
91 (0.769 %)Content Management
91 (0.769 %)Data Analysis
91 (0.769 %)ERD
91 (0.769 %)Scrum
91 (0.769 %)Agile Software Development
91 (0.769 %)ERP
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
173 (56.15 %)VB6
267 (51.54 %)C#
363 (48.46 %)VB.NET
423 (17.69 %)C++
423 (17.69 %)C
522 (16.92 %)SQL
620 (15.38 %)JavaScript
711 (8.462 %)Java
810 (7.692 %)VBA
95 (3.846 %)PHP
103 (2.308 %)Transact-SQL
112 (1.538 %)VBScript
121 (0.769 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.769 %)Delphi
121 (0.769 %)FoxPro (VFP)
121 (0.769 %)ActionScript
Leicestershire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (16.92 %)Degree
26 (4.615 %)HNC
32 (1.538 %)Microsoft Certification
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (7.692 %)ISO9001
110 (7.692 %)QA
Leicestershire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.538 %)Active Directory
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.769 %)SCCM
Leicestershire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (37.69 %)Oracle
238 (29.23 %)Microsoft
34 (3.077 %)SAP
43 (2.308 %)Docent
43 (2.308 %)SumTotal
51 (0.769 %)Cognos
51 (0.769 %)Adobe
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