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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - 41 28
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland - 0.400% 5.128%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.752% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 9
Average salary - £25,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -44.44%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
152 133 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 59.14% 53.20% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 111 74 75
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
UK

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland VB Salary Trend