The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 23 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 65 21 38
Rank change year-on-year
-44 +17
Permanent jobs citing VB 40 87 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 3.103% 8.455% 5.840%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.517% 19.38% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39 84 57
Average salary £31,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.82% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £31,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £45,000 £37,700
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
725 449 538
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 56.25% 43.63% 55.12%
Number of salaries quoted 650 401 502
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Buckinghamshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 34 (53.97%) .NET
1 34 (53.97%) SQL Server
2 33 (52.38%) Windows
3 32 (50.79%) SQL
4 21 (33.33%) C#
5 19 (30.16%) Crystal Reports
5 19 (30.16%) WinForms
6 18 (28.57%) VBA
7 17 (26.98%) VB.NET
8 16 (25.40%) MS Excel
9 14 (22.22%) MS Access
9 14 (22.22%) Oracle
9 14 (22.22%) MS Office
9 14 (22.22%) ASP.NET
9 14 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (22.22%) .NET Framework
10 13 (20.63%) Web Development
11 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (19.05%) Data Analysis
11 12 (19.05%) WCF
11 12 (19.05%) VB6
12 10 (15.87%) SQL Server 2008
13 9 (14.29%) Web Services
13 9 (14.29%) XML
13 9 (14.29%) T-SQL
14 8 (12.70%) VBScript
14 8 (12.70%) IIS
14 8 (12.70%) WPF
14 8 (12.70%) Finance
14 8 (12.70%) iPad

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 34 (53.97%) .NET
2 19 (30.16%) WinForms
3 14 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 14 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 12 (19.05%) WCF
5 9 (14.29%) Web Services
5 9 (14.29%) XML
6 8 (12.70%) WPF
7 4 (6.349%) NHibernate
7 4 (6.349%) jQuery
7 4 (6.349%) WF
7 4 (6.349%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (3.175%) HTML
8 2 (3.175%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.70%) IIS
2 6 (9.524%) SAS
3 5 (7.937%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (7.937%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.587%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (25.40%) MS Excel
2 14 (22.22%) MS Office
3 1 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.587%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.349%) SMTP
1 4 (6.349%) FTP
1 4 (6.349%) HTTP
1 4 (6.349%) SNMP
1 4 (6.349%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.349%) VPN
1 4 (6.349%) DNS
1 4 (6.349%) HTTPS
1 4 (6.349%) SSL
1 4 (6.349%) Firewall
1 4 (6.349%) Wireless
1 4 (6.349%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (53.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (30.16%) Crystal Reports
3 14 (22.22%) MS Access
3 14 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (15.87%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (6.349%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (6.349%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (6.349%) NUnit
2 4 (6.349%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.175%) Selenium
4 1 (1.587%) MSI
General
1 8 (12.70%) Finance
2 4 (6.349%) Retail
3 3 (4.762%) Banking
4 1 (1.587%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 26 (41.27%) Developer
2 14 (22.22%) Analyst
3 12 (19.05%) C# .NET Developer
3 12 (19.05%) C# Developer
3 12 (19.05%) Senior Developer
4 8 (12.70%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (11.11%) Senior C# Developer
5 7 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 6 (9.524%) Tester
6 6 (9.524%) Development Manager
6 6 (9.524%) VB Developer
6 6 (9.524%) Automation Tester
7 5 (7.937%) Systems Development Manager
7 5 (7.937%) Systems Manager
8 4 (6.349%) Test Analyst
8 4 (6.349%) Senior Software Developer
8 4 (6.349%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (6.349%) Capacity Analyst
8 4 (6.349%) Forecast Analyst
9 3 (4.762%) Storage Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) iPad
2 4 (6.349%) EPoS
2 4 (6.349%) Cryptography
2 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (52.38%) Windows
2 6 (9.524%) Android
2 6 (9.524%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (6.349%) UNIX
3 4 (6.349%) Linux
4 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.63%) Web Development
2 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (19.05%) Data Analysis
3 6 (9.524%) Scrum
3 6 (9.524%) Project Management
3 6 (9.524%) MVC
3 6 (9.524%) Use Case
3 6 (9.524%) Performance Improvement
3 6 (9.524%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (9.524%) Automation Testing
4 5 (7.937%) Analytics
5 4 (6.349%) ITIL
5 4 (6.349%) Process Management
5 4 (6.349%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (6.349%) Data Security
5 4 (6.349%) Capacity Management
5 4 (6.349%) Web Application Development
6 2 (3.175%) OOP
6 2 (3.175%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.175%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.79%) SQL
2 21 (33.33%) C#
3 18 (28.57%) VBA
4 17 (26.98%) VB.NET
5 12 (19.05%) VB6
6 9 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 8 (12.70%) VBScript
8 5 (7.937%) VC++
9 4 (6.349%) C++
9 4 (6.349%) Perl
9 4 (6.349%) Bash shell
10 2 (3.175%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (7.937%) MCSE
1 5 (7.937%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (6.349%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.349%) CCNP
2 4 (6.349%) CCNA
2 4 (6.349%) MCITP
3 3 (4.762%) SAS Certification
4 1 (1.587%) MCSA
4 1 (1.587%) PMP
4 1 (1.587%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.349%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.349%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (7.937%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.349%) NFS
2 4 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.349%) Postfix
3 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.587%) XenApp
3 1 (1.587%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (6.349%) Nagios
2 2 (3.175%) SCOM
3 1 (1.587%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (22.22%) Oracle
2 6 (9.524%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.349%) Juniper
3 4 (6.349%) CommVault
3 4 (6.349%) NetApp
3 4 (6.349%) CheckPoint
3 4 (6.349%) Cisco
3 4 (6.349%) VMware
4 1 (1.587%) AppSense
4 1 (1.587%) Citrix
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