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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 18 59 11
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -48
Permanent jobs citing VB 33 11 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 9.116% 2.165% 17.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.42% 3.438% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 53
Average salary £33,750 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
214 320 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 59.12% 62.99% 60.69%
Number of salaries quoted 184 280 155
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Merseyside

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 51 (100.00%) .NET
2 42 (82.35%) SQL Server
3 40 (78.43%) ASP.NET
4 38 (74.51%) VB6
5 33 (64.71%) C#
6 31 (60.78%) VB.NET
7 28 (54.90%) OO
8 24 (47.06%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
8 24 (47.06%) SQL
9 20 (39.22%) N-Tier
9 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
10 18 (35.29%) .NET Framework
11 17 (33.33%) Telerik
12 13 (25.49%) MVC
12 13 (25.49%) Windows
12 13 (25.49%) WCF
13 12 (23.53%) Test Scripting
13 12 (23.53%) Domain-Driven Design
13 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (23.53%) Web Application Development
13 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 12 (23.53%) MCP
13 12 (23.53%) MCAD
13 12 (23.53%) MCSD
13 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (23.53%) TDD
13 12 (23.53%) MCTS
14 11 (21.57%) Degree
14 11 (21.57%) Computer Science
14 11 (21.57%) Internet

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 51 (100.00%) .NET
2 40 (78.43%) ASP.NET
3 24 (47.06%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 18 (35.29%) .NET Framework
5 13 (25.49%) WCF
6 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
6 12 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 11 (21.57%) Razor View Engine
8 10 (19.61%) Web Services
9 8 (15.69%) LINQ
10 7 (13.73%) jQuery
10 7 (13.73%) XML
10 7 (13.73%) HTML
10 7 (13.73%) CSS
10 7 (13.73%) ADO.NET
10 7 (13.73%) ASP
11 3 (5.882%) WinForms
12 2 (3.922%) ActiveX
12 2 (3.922%) WPF
12 2 (3.922%) HTML5
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 11 (21.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (21.57%) SQL Server 2012
3 10 (19.61%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (3.922%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (13.73%) Finance
Job Titles
1 51 (100.00%) Developer
2 25 (49.02%) .NET Developer
3 14 (27.45%) Senior Developer
4 10 (19.61%) Web Developer
5 7 (13.73%) Software Developer
5 7 (13.73%) Senior Web Developer
5 7 (13.73%) Senior .NET Developer
6 6 (11.76%) Systems Developer
7 5 (9.804%) VB6 Developer
7 5 (9.804%) VB Developer
8 4 (7.843%) C# Developer
9 3 (5.882%) C# .NET Developer
10 2 (3.922%) Software Programmer
10 2 (3.922%) Programmer
10 2 (3.922%) Software Engineer
10 2 (3.922%) .NET Web Developer
10 2 (3.922%) ASP.NET Developer
11 1 (1.961%) SQL Developer
11 1 (1.961%) C# Web Developer
11 1 (1.961%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (39.22%) N-Tier
2 11 (21.57%) Computer Science
3 10 (19.61%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.49%) Windows
2 3 (5.882%) Windows XP
2 3 (5.882%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.922%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (3.922%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (54.90%) OO
2 13 (25.49%) MVC
3 12 (23.53%) TDD
3 12 (23.53%) Test Scripting
3 12 (23.53%) Domain-Driven Design
3 12 (23.53%) Web Application Development
4 11 (21.57%) BDD
4 11 (21.57%) CQRS
5 7 (13.73%) Multithreading
5 7 (13.73%) OOD
6 3 (5.882%) Problem Management
6 3 (5.882%) Regression Testing
7 2 (3.922%) Integration Testing
7 2 (3.922%) Web Development
8 1 (1.961%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.961%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.961%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 38 (74.51%) VB6
2 33 (64.71%) C#
3 31 (60.78%) VB.NET
4 24 (47.06%) SQL
5 8 (15.69%) T-SQL
6 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.922%) C
7 2 (3.922%) C++
7 2 (3.922%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) MCP
1 12 (23.53%) MCAD
1 12 (23.53%) MCSD
1 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (23.53%) MCTS
2 11 (21.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (33.33%) Telerik
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £55000 - £56000 per annum
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