The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 51 48 45
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs citing VB 2 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.442% 0.433% 2.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.866% 0.800% 3.463%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
Average salary £32,750 - £26,250
90% offered a salary of more than £32,550 - £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £32,950 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
231 250 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 50.99% 54.11% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 204 194 179
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Tyne and Wear

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) C#
2 8 (72.73%) CSS
3 7 (63.64%) HTML
3 7 (63.64%) XHTML
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Ajax
4 6 (54.55%) N-Tier
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (54.55%) ASP
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) VB.NET
6 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
7 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
7 2 (18.18%) WebLogic
7 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
7 2 (18.18%) Fireworks
7 2 (18.18%) Mainframe
7 2 (18.18%) Oracle
7 2 (18.18%) Java
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
7 2 (18.18%) jQuery
7 2 (18.18%) MVC
8 1 (9.091%) Web Application Development
8 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 1 (9.091%) Semantic HTML
8 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) CSS
3 7 (63.64%) XHTML
3 7 (63.64%) HTML
4 6 (54.55%) Ajax
4 6 (54.55%) ASP
5 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
6 2 (18.18%) jQuery
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (9.091%) HTML5
7 1 (9.091%) Node.js
7 1 (9.091%) Ninject
7 1 (9.091%) CSS3
7 1 (9.091%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (9.091%) Semantic HTML
7 1 (9.091%) WinForms
7 1 (9.091%) Web Services
7 1 (9.091%) XML
7 1 (9.091%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) WebLogic
2 1 (9.091%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
1 2 (18.18%) Fireworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (54.55%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
3 1 (9.091%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Developer
2 7 (63.64%) Web Developer
3 4 (36.36%) .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Configuration Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Web Developer
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Release Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) N-Tier
2 2 (18.18%) Mainframe
3 1 (9.091%) Streaming Music
3 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
2 1 (9.091%) TDD
2 1 (9.091%) Web Development
2 1 (9.091%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (9.091%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (9.091%) Web Application Development
2 1 (9.091%) OO
2 1 (9.091%) CRM
2 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCP
1 1 (9.091%) MCAD
1 1 (9.091%) MCSD
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) MCTS
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Adobe
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will have experience in any of the following technologies and platforms Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, Weblogic, Mainframe, VB/VB.NET and Java and a solid understanding of...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £37000 - £56000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Providing direction and leadership on all technical aspects within the Environment & Configuration Management area... Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Weblogic. Mainframe. VB & VB.NET. Java. Understanding of SDLC &...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013