The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leighton Buzzard region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 24 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 Leighton Buzzard region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leighton Buzzard - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Leighton Buzzard
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
0 11 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leighton Buzzard - 55.00% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 11
Average salary - £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Bedfordshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leighton Buzzard 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 Leighton Buzzard region.

Leighton Buzzard VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leighton Buzzard 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) VC++
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) VB6
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) LINQ
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) N-Tier
2 2 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (33.33%) JDE World
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) MS Access
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JD Edwards

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leighton Buzzard 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) LINQ
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JDE World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) VC++
2 2 (66.67%) VB6
3 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) JD Edwards