The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 4.167% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £57,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4 34 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 8.333% 58.62% 9.804%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 5
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

M4 Corridor VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) SAS
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Perl

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree