The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 45 48 62
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +14
Permanent jobs citing VB 14 8 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.672% 1.600% 2.122%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.000% 3.960% 4.644%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 15
Average salary £47,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
200 202 323
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 38.17% 40.40% 45.69%
Number of salaries quoted 143 164 243
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Middlesex VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 13 (72.22%) C#
2 13 (72.22%) SQL
3 11 (61.11%) Java
3 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
4 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 9 (50.00%) Web Services
5 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (44.44%) Subversion
6 8 (44.44%) SQLBase
6 8 (44.44%) Mathematics
6 8 (44.44%) MS Project
6 8 (44.44%) MS Office
6 8 (44.44%) Visual Studio
6 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
7 7 (38.89%) VBA
7 7 (38.89%) QA
7 7 (38.89%) Statistics
8 5 (27.78%) VB6
9 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
9 4 (22.22%) Windows
9 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (16.67%) SAN
10 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
10 3 (16.67%) VB.NET
10 3 (16.67%) C++
10 3 (16.67%) ITIL
10 3 (16.67%) LANDesk

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 14 (77.78%) .NET
2 11 (61.11%) ASP.NET
3 9 (50.00%) Web Services
4 1 (5.556%) XML
4 1 (5.556%) ASP
4 1 (5.556%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Project
1 8 (44.44%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (5.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (44.44%) SQLBase
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Subversion
1 8 (44.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (5.556%) Banking
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 8 (44.44%) Programmer
3 8 (44.44%) .NET Programmer
4 7 (38.89%) VBA Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 3 (16.67%) Applications Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Team Leader
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Applications Support
6 2 (11.11%) VB Developer
6 2 (11.11%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (5.556%) C++/C# Developer
7 1 (5.556%) C Developer
7 1 (5.556%) C Programmer
7 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
7 1 (5.556%) Web Developer
7 1 (5.556%) C++ Programmer
7 1 (5.556%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mathematics
2 7 (38.89%) Statistics
3 2 (11.11%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Linux
3 1 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Management
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
4 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
4 1 (5.556%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C#
1 13 (72.22%) SQL
2 11 (61.11%) Java
3 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
4 7 (38.89%) VBA
5 5 (27.78%) VB6
6 3 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 3 (16.67%) C++
6 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
7 2 (11.11%) C
8 1 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.556%) ISEB
3 1 (5.556%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) LANDesk
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) HP
Ashford, Middlesex
VB6 / SQL Developer to work for a global online retail organisation... You will have the opportunity to work with additional technologies such as ASP.Net, Java, C# etc.
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013