The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Lincolnshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 35 15 25
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +10
Permanent jobs citing VB 9 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 3.930% 6.140% 3.546%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.826% 15.56% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 5
Average salary £31,000 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.72% -15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
115 45 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 50.22% 39.47% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 103 39 47
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Lincoln -1 5 £31,000 +12.72%
Grantham - 4 £31,000 -
Sleaford - 3 £31,000 -
Spalding - 3 £31,000 -
Grimsby - 2 £37,500 -
VB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 20 (95.24%) .NET
2 13 (61.90%) Visual Studio
2 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
3 12 (57.14%) ASP.NET
4 9 (42.86%) Windows
5 8 (38.10%) EDI
5 8 (38.10%) ERP
5 8 (38.10%) T-SQL
6 7 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (33.33%) WCF
6 7 (33.33%) QlikView
6 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
6 7 (33.33%) C#
6 7 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (33.33%) XML
6 7 (33.33%) XSL
6 7 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (33.33%) DevExpress
6 7 (33.33%) Bourne shell
6 7 (33.33%) Web Application Development
7 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
7 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 6 (28.57%) ASP
8 4 (19.05%) VB6
8 4 (19.05%) Migration
9 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (14.29%) Logistics
9 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
9 3 (14.29%) IIS

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 20 (95.24%) .NET
2 12 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 8 (38.10%) EDI
4 7 (33.33%) WCF
4 7 (33.33%) XML
4 7 (33.33%) XSL
5 6 (28.57%) ASP
6 2 (9.524%) CSS
6 2 (9.524%) HTML
7 1 (4.762%) .NET Framework
7 1 (4.762%) WPF
7 1 (4.762%) ADO
7 1 (4.762%) Web Services
7 1 (4.762%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (14.29%) IIS
4 1 (4.762%) MS Exchange
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Firewall
1 1 (4.762%) VLAN
1 1 (4.762%) DHCP
1 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.762%) VPN
1 1 (4.762%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) QlikView
1 7 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.762%) MySQL
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 13 (61.90%) Visual Studio
2 7 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) .NET Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Systems Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 3 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Software Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Product Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Statistics
1 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Android
2 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) ERP
2 7 (33.33%) Web Application Development
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (14.29%) Logistics
4 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) OO
5 2 (9.524%) Scrum
6 1 (4.762%) Project Management
6 1 (4.762%) Reverse Engineering
6 1 (4.762%) CRM
6 1 (4.762%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) SQL
2 8 (38.10%) T-SQL
3 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 7 (33.33%) C#
3 7 (33.33%) Bourne shell
4 4 (19.05%) VB6
5 1 (4.762%) Java
5 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.762%) PHP
5 1 (4.762%) C++
5 1 (4.762%) COBOL
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.762%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) DevExpress
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle
3 1 (4.762%) SYSPRO
Lincolnshire
SKILLS REQUIRED: The successful candidate will be proficient in the following: Microsoft SQL 2000, 2005, 2008 (Queries, Stored Procedures, T-SQL) Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010. ASP.Net...
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Posted: 19 June 2013