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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 73 52 55
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +3
Permanent jobs citing VB 231 311 274
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.215% 4.382% 3.990%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.353% 7.166% 7.714%
Number of salaries quoted 189 293 254
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £21,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -31 116 £35,000 +2.94%
Cheshire -44 41 £32,500 -7.14%
Merseyside +45 36 £30,000 -
Lancashire +3 35 £35,000 +24.11%
Cumbria -3 1 £18,000 -25.77%
VB
England

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 369 (83.67%) .NET
2 318 (72.11%) SQL Server
3 258 (58.50%) C#
4 237 (53.74%) SQL
5 235 (53.29%) ASP.NET
6 224 (50.79%) VB.NET
7 150 (34.01%) Microsoft
8 149 (33.79%) VB6
9 121 (27.44%) Windows
10 118 (26.76%) MVC
11 102 (23.13%) XML
12 92 (20.86%) HTML
13 90 (20.41%) TDD
14 88 (19.95%) Web Services
15 85 (19.27%) WCF
16 84 (19.05%) JavaScript
17 79 (17.91%) T-SQL
17 79 (17.91%) WPF
18 73 (16.55%) Degree
19 70 (15.87%) ASP.NET MVC
20 66 (14.97%) Microsoft Certification
20 66 (14.97%) MS Excel
21 62 (14.06%) OO
21 62 (14.06%) Web Application Development
22 60 (13.61%) CSS
22 60 (13.61%) ASP
23 59 (13.38%) Java
24 57 (12.93%) MCP
24 57 (12.93%) MCAD
24 57 (12.93%) MCSD

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 369 (83.67%) .NET
2 235 (53.29%) ASP.NET
3 102 (23.13%) XML
4 92 (20.86%) HTML
5 88 (19.95%) Web Services
6 85 (19.27%) WCF
7 79 (17.91%) WPF
8 70 (15.87%) ASP.NET MVC
9 60 (13.61%) CSS
9 60 (13.61%) ASP
10 57 (12.93%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 57 (12.93%) .NET Framework
11 41 (9.297%) LINQ
12 40 (9.070%) Ninject
12 40 (9.070%) WinForms
13 38 (8.617%) Node.js
13 38 (8.617%) KnockoutJS
14 37 (8.390%) jQuery
15 29 (6.576%) Ajax
16 27 (6.122%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 19 (4.308%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.401%) MS Exchange
3 14 (3.175%) IIS
4 13 (2.948%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (2.721%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.361%) CMS
6 6 (1.361%) TeamSite
7 5 (1.134%) WebLogic Integration
7 5 (1.134%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.134%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.134%) Apache
8 3 (0.680%) SAS
8 3 (0.680%) WordPress
8 3 (0.680%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.454%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.454%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.454%) Drupal
9 2 (0.454%) DotNetNuke
9 2 (0.454%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.227%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 66 (14.97%) MS Excel
2 22 (4.989%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.587%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.454%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.227%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.535%) Internet
2 16 (3.628%) DNS
3 12 (2.721%) DHCP
4 10 (2.268%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.268%) SAN
5 5 (1.134%) FTP
5 5 (1.134%) iSCSI
5 5 (1.134%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.907%) Intranet
7 2 (0.454%) ADSL
8 1 (0.227%) Wireless
8 1 (0.227%) DMZ
8 1 (0.227%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.227%) HTTP
8 1 (0.227%) VPN
8 1 (0.227%) Broadband
8 1 (0.227%) SDH
8 1 (0.227%) VoIP
8 1 (0.227%) WAN
8 1 (0.227%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 318 (72.11%) SQL Server
2 55 (12.47%) SQL Server 2008
3 36 (8.163%) SQL Server 2005
4 34 (7.710%) RDBMS
5 23 (5.215%) MS Access
5 23 (5.215%) SQL Server 2012
5 23 (5.215%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (4.082%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.855%) SQL Server 2000
8 14 (3.175%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 14 (3.175%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.494%) Crystal Reports
10 8 (1.814%) DB2
11 7 (1.587%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (1.587%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (1.587%) MySQL
11 7 (1.587%) SAP Data Services
12 5 (1.134%) DTS
13 4 (0.907%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.907%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 44 (9.977%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.494%) NUnit
3 9 (2.041%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 9 (2.041%) Moq
3 9 (2.041%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (1.814%) Rhino Mocks
4 8 (1.814%) Selenium
5 7 (1.587%) Synon
5 7 (1.587%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (1.361%) MorphX
6 6 (1.361%) Ant
7 4 (0.907%) Subversion
8 3 (0.680%) ClearCase
8 3 (0.680%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.454%) MSTest
9 2 (0.454%) MSI
10 1 (0.227%) LSMW
10 1 (0.227%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.227%) Git (software)
General
1 55 (12.47%) Finance
2 23 (5.215%) Retail
3 17 (3.855%) Games
4 15 (3.401%) Manufacturing
5 11 (2.494%) Music
5 11 (2.494%) Marketing
6 10 (2.268%) Legal
7 9 (2.041%) Banking
8 7 (1.587%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.587%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.134%) Electronics
10 4 (0.907%) Automotive
10 4 (0.907%) Advertising
10 4 (0.907%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.680%) Military
12 2 (0.454%) Local Government
12 2 (0.454%) French Language
12 2 (0.454%) German Language
13 1 (0.227%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 320 (72.56%) Developer
2 139 (31.52%) .NET Developer
3 69 (15.65%) Software Developer
4 54 (12.24%) Analyst
5 38 (8.617%) C# Developer
6 34 (7.710%) Senior Developer
7 32 (7.256%) C# .NET Developer
8 31 (7.029%) Web Developer
9 30 (6.803%) Software Engineer
10 28 (6.349%) Graduate
11 22 (4.989%) Systems Developer
12 21 (4.762%) Graduate Developer
13 19 (4.308%) VB Developer
14 17 (3.855%) VB.NET Developer
15 16 (3.628%) Junior
15 16 (3.628%) Junior Developer
16 15 (3.401%) ASP.NET Developer
16 15 (3.401%) Tester
17 14 (3.175%) Junior Software Developer
18 13 (2.948%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.79%) Computer Science
2 24 (5.442%) N-Tier
3 22 (4.989%) Client/Server
4 13 (2.948%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.721%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.494%) Streaming Music
7 8 (1.814%) Clustering
7 8 (1.814%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.361%) iSeries
8 6 (1.361%) Derivative
9 4 (0.907%) Social Media
9 4 (0.907%) iPhone
9 4 (0.907%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.907%) NHS
9 4 (0.907%) Firmware
10 3 (0.680%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.454%) Inversion of Control
11 2 (0.454%) E-Learning
12 1 (0.227%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.227%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 121 (27.44%) Windows
2 24 (5.442%) Linux
3 22 (4.989%) UNIX
4 21 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (3.175%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (2.041%) Android
7 8 (1.814%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.587%) Windows XP
9 6 (1.361%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.134%) SUSE
10 5 (1.134%) HPUX
10 5 (1.134%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.907%) Windows Mobile
12 2 (0.454%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.454%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.227%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.227%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.76%) MVC
2 90 (20.41%) TDD
3 62 (14.06%) OO
3 62 (14.06%) Web Application Development
4 49 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
5 45 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (9.297%) Dependency Injection
7 34 (7.710%) Web Development
8 25 (5.669%) Test Scripting
9 23 (5.215%) Agile Software Development
10 18 (4.082%) Unit Testing
10 18 (4.082%) BDD
10 18 (4.082%) Scrum
11 16 (3.628%) Integration Testing
12 15 (3.401%) ITIL
12 15 (3.401%) Software Testing
13 14 (3.175%) Problem Management
13 14 (3.175%) Logistics
13 14 (3.175%) E-Commerce
14 11 (2.494%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 258 (58.50%) C#
2 237 (53.74%) SQL
3 224 (50.79%) VB.NET
4 149 (33.79%) VB6
5 84 (19.05%) JavaScript
6 79 (17.91%) T-SQL
7 59 (13.38%) Java
8 54 (12.24%) C++
9 36 (8.163%) VBA
10 33 (7.483%) C
11 31 (7.029%) PHP
12 19 (4.308%) VBScript
13 17 (3.855%) Python
13 17 (3.855%) PowerShell
14 14 (3.175%) Perl
15 13 (2.948%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.814%) XAML
17 7 (1.587%) RPG
17 7 (1.587%) XPath
17 7 (1.587%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 73 (16.55%) Degree
2 66 (14.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 57 (12.93%) MCP
3 57 (12.93%) MCAD
3 57 (12.93%) MCSD
3 57 (12.93%) MCTS
4 19 (4.308%) ISEB
5 18 (4.082%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.134%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.134%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (0.907%) MCITP
7 4 (0.907%) MCSA
7 4 (0.907%) CCA
7 4 (0.907%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (0.907%) CCEA
8 3 (0.680%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.680%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.227%) HNC
9 1 (0.227%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.308%) QA
2 13 (2.948%) SLA
3 4 (0.907%) HL7
4 3 (0.680%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.227%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.227%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.227%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (5.669%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.628%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.268%) XenApp
4 7 (1.587%) XenServer
4 7 (1.587%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.361%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.134%) NFS
7 3 (0.680%) VMware ESX
7 3 (0.680%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.454%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.227%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (3.401%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (2.268%) NetBackup
3 6 (1.361%) SCCM
4 3 (0.680%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.680%) Nagios
4 3 (0.680%) BladeLogic
4 3 (0.680%) SCOM
5 2 (0.454%) WMI
6 1 (0.227%) MIIS
6 1 (0.227%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 1 (0.227%) Nessus
6 1 (0.227%) WSUS
6 1 (0.227%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 150 (34.01%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.66%) Oracle
3 19 (4.308%) VMware
4 18 (4.082%) HP
5 16 (3.628%) Telerik
6 12 (2.721%) Citrix
7 10 (2.268%) SAP
7 10 (2.268%) NetApp
8 9 (2.041%) Business Objects
9 7 (1.587%) IBM
10 6 (1.361%) JD Edwards
11 5 (1.134%) Symantec
11 5 (1.134%) TIBCO
11 5 (1.134%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.134%) SYSPRO
12 4 (0.907%) Google
13 3 (0.680%) BT
13 3 (0.680%) Remedy
13 3 (0.680%) Cognos
13 3 (0.680%) Altiris
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