The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 20 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 42 33 55
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +22
Permanent jobs citing VB 28 40 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.955% 6.144% 3.202%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.865% 12.58% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 28 38 26
Average salary £33,750 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,200 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £38,800 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
356 318 442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 50.28% 48.85% 54.43%
Number of salaries quoted 328 295 406
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £45,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
East Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Northampton +2 20 £31,000 -11.42% 2
Corby - 2 £35,000 -
VB
East Midlands

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 43 (100.00%) .NET
2 36 (83.72%) SQL Server
3 25 (58.14%) C#
4 24 (55.81%) MS Excel
5 22 (51.16%) SQL
6 20 (46.51%) Crystal Reports
7 19 (44.19%) VB.NET
7 19 (44.19%) Windows
8 18 (41.86%) MS Office
9 17 (39.53%) JavaScript
10 15 (34.88%) VBA
10 15 (34.88%) MS Access
11 14 (32.56%) Oracle
11 14 (32.56%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET
13 12 (27.91%) Data Analysis
13 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2005
13 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2008
13 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (25.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
14 11 (25.58%) C++
15 10 (23.26%) HTML
16 9 (20.93%) N-Tier
16 9 (20.93%) ASP
16 9 (20.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 8 (18.60%) LINQ
17 8 (18.60%) C
17 8 (18.60%) VBScript
17 8 (18.60%) CSS

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 43 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET
3 10 (23.26%) HTML
4 9 (20.93%) ASP
5 8 (18.60%) LINQ
5 8 (18.60%) CSS
6 7 (16.28%) Ajax
7 6 (13.95%) WCF
8 3 (6.977%) EDI
8 3 (6.977%) XML
8 3 (6.977%) MSMQ
8 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (4.651%) .NET Framework
10 1 (2.326%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.302%) IIS
3 2 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 24 (55.81%) MS Excel
2 18 (41.86%) MS Office
3 3 (6.977%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.326%) Visualfiles
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (83.72%) SQL Server
2 20 (46.51%) Crystal Reports
3 15 (34.88%) MS Access
4 14 (32.56%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2005
5 12 (27.91%) SQL Server 2008
6 11 (25.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (20.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (11.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (11.63%) QlikView
9 3 (6.977%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.977%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (11.63%) Finance
1 5 (11.63%) Retail
2 2 (4.651%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Developer
2 12 (27.91%) Analyst
3 11 (25.58%) .NET Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Graduate
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Developer
6 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (11.63%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (9.302%) SQL Developer
7 4 (9.302%) Integration Consultant
7 4 (9.302%) Capacity Analyst
7 4 (9.302%) Forecast Analyst
7 4 (9.302%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Consultant
8 3 (6.977%) C# Developer
8 3 (6.977%) Junior
8 3 (6.977%) Graduate .NET Developer
8 3 (6.977%) Graduate C# Developer
8 3 (6.977%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (6.977%) Junior C# .NET Developer
8 3 (6.977%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) N-Tier
2 4 (9.302%) Computer Science
2 4 (9.302%) Fat Client
2 4 (9.302%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.302%) Thin Client
3 3 (6.977%) Clustering
4 1 (2.326%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (44.19%) Windows
2 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Data Analysis
1 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (16.28%) OOA/OOD
2 7 (16.28%) OO
3 6 (13.95%) Performance Improvement
3 6 (13.95%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.302%) Web Development
6 3 (6.977%) MVC
6 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.977%) UML
6 3 (6.977%) DSDM
7 2 (4.651%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.651%) Direct Marketing
7 2 (4.651%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (4.651%) Performance Management
7 2 (4.651%) ITIL
7 2 (4.651%) Service Management
7 2 (4.651%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.651%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 25 (58.14%) C#
2 22 (51.16%) SQL
3 19 (44.19%) VB.NET
4 17 (39.53%) JavaScript
5 15 (34.88%) VBA
6 11 (25.58%) C++
7 8 (18.60%) C
7 8 (18.60%) VBScript
8 7 (16.28%) VB6
9 5 (11.63%) T-SQL
10 3 (6.977%) PHP
10 3 (6.977%) Delphi
11 2 (4.651%) PL/SQL
12 1 (2.326%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.326%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Oracle
2 11 (25.58%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.977%) DevExpress
4 2 (4.651%) Remedy
4 2 (4.651%) BMC
5 1 (2.326%) Cisco
Northampton, East Midlands
Working in a small but highly technical team in Northampton, you will have experience in ASP.NET (VB / C#),sam ASP.NET MVC 4, MSSQL, Javascript, HTML and...
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Skills - C#, .NET, VB, ASP.NET, Degree, Architecture, OO, SQL, Agile, n-tier, Analysis, Development, Consultancy, SDLC, implementation, Training, MVC Framework... Excellent development skills with the Microsoft commercial...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bens + Car Allowance
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire
Your knowledge base will ideally include: - C# 4.0, WCF, MVC 3, VB.NET, VB6, ASP & ASP.NET, PHP, C++, T-SQL - Object Oriented Analysis and Design, UML, -...
ISL
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + car + bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013