The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - 42 35
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.639% 1.299%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.980% 5.128%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
32 101 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.81% 32.27% 25.32%
Number of salaries quoted 21 80 53
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
England

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands VB Salary Trend