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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 7 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 13 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham 25.49% 4.000% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.39% 5.128% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £28,750 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Oldham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
33 39 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham 64.71% 78.00% 30.30%
Number of salaries quoted 20 39 9
Average salary £32,500 £26,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.64% +20.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £39,246 £30,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Manchester

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oldham 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 Oldham region.

Oldham VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 13 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 13 (100.00%) Games
1 13 (100.00%) Retail
1 13 (100.00%) VB6
2 5 (38.46%) PHP
2 5 (38.46%) MS Excel

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 13 (100.00%) Games
1 13 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Systems Developer
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Lead Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Graduate
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 13 (100.00%) VB6
2 5 (38.46%) PHP
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Design and develop new applications for distribution, warehousing, production and sales order processing Develop integrations between internal and third-party business applications Maintenance and improvement of existing applications,...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Main Responsibilities Assist in the development of new applications for production; distribution; warehousing and sales order processing systems Support the senior engineers through design, implementation and test phases...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013