The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 43 61 34
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -27
Permanent jobs citing VB 90 48 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.910% 3.261% 5.556%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.867% 5.575% 8.867%
Number of salaries quoted 80 45 75
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £41,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1015 861 1015
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 55.37% 58.49% 62.65%
Number of salaries quoted 907 761 942
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford -13 24 £32,500 -14.47%
Abingdon +4 19 £20,000 -
Wantage - 8 £33,500 -
Wallingford - 3 £32,500 -
VB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 176 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 171 (89.06%) .NET
3 117 (60.94%) C#
4 103 (53.65%) Microsoft
5 96 (50.00%) VB6
6 94 (48.96%) ASP.NET
7 76 (39.58%) SQL
8 74 (38.54%) HTML
8 74 (38.54%) JavaScript
9 65 (33.85%) SQL Server 2008
10 64 (33.33%) CSS
11 54 (28.13%) WCF
12 53 (27.60%) Web Services
12 53 (27.60%) VB.NET
13 49 (25.52%) Windows
13 49 (25.52%) Agile Software Development
14 48 (25.00%) Oracle
15 47 (24.48%) SQL Server 2005
16 45 (23.44%) XML
17 44 (22.92%) MS Excel
17 44 (22.92%) Degree
18 42 (21.88%) OO
18 42 (21.88%) MS Office
19 41 (21.35%) ASP
19 41 (21.35%) OOP
20 36 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
20 36 (18.75%) TDD
21 35 (18.23%) QA
22 34 (17.71%) Scrum
23 32 (16.67%) Java

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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
1 171 (89.06%) .NET
2 94 (48.96%) ASP.NET
3 74 (38.54%) HTML
4 64 (33.33%) CSS
5 54 (28.13%) WCF
6 53 (27.60%) Web Services
7 45 (23.44%) XML
8 41 (21.35%) ASP
9 22 (11.46%) Ajax
10 20 (10.42%) WinForms
11 18 (9.375%) WPF
12 16 (8.333%) .NET Framework
13 14 (7.292%) Silverlight
14 11 (5.729%) ASP.NET MVC
15 7 (3.646%) NHibernate
15 7 (3.646%) COM
16 6 (3.125%) ADO
17 5 (2.604%) Castle Windsor
17 5 (2.604%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 5 (2.604%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.250%) IIS
2 10 (5.208%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.125%) MSMQ
4 5 (2.604%) CMS
4 5 (2.604%) DotNetNuke
5 4 (2.083%) Drupal
5 4 (2.083%) WordPress
5 4 (2.083%) Magento
5 4 (2.083%) Joomla!
6 3 (1.563%) MS Exchange
6 3 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (1.042%) Windows Azure
7 2 (1.042%) Apache
8 1 (0.521%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.521%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.521%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.521%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (22.92%) MS Excel
2 42 (21.88%) MS Office
3 27 (14.06%) MS Project
4 3 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.521%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.521%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.563%) HFM
1 3 (1.563%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.563%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.292%) Internet
2 9 (4.688%) Intranet
3 5 (2.604%) Extranet
4 4 (2.083%) Firewall
5 3 (1.563%) DHCP
5 3 (1.563%) DNS
5 3 (1.563%) SAN
6 2 (1.042%) VPN
6 2 (1.042%) IPv4
6 2 (1.042%) PBX
6 2 (1.042%) VoIP
6 2 (1.042%) Network Security
6 2 (1.042%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.521%) NAS
7 1 (0.521%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 65 (33.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 47 (24.48%) SQL Server 2005
4 21 (10.94%) Crystal Reports
5 15 (7.813%) Oracle Reports
5 15 (7.813%) MS Access
6 7 (3.646%) MySQL
6 7 (3.646%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.604%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.604%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (1.563%) QlikView
8 3 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (1.042%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.521%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 27 (14.06%) Visual Studio
2 20 (10.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (5.208%) Selenium
4 6 (3.125%) Subversion
5 5 (2.604%) Rhino Mocks
5 5 (2.604%) NUnit
6 4 (2.083%) Rational Robot
6 4 (2.083%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.521%) MSTest
7 1 (0.521%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.521%) Moq
General
1 7 (3.646%) Finance
2 4 (2.083%) Games
3 3 (1.563%) Retail
3 3 (1.563%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.042%) Publishing
5 1 (0.521%) Law
5 1 (0.521%) Marketing
5 1 (0.521%) Banking
Job Titles
1 159 (82.81%) Developer
2 47 (24.48%) .NET Developer
3 41 (21.35%) Software Developer
4 33 (17.19%) Analyst
5 20 (10.42%) C# Developer
5 20 (10.42%) C# .NET Developer
6 17 (8.854%) Web Developer
7 16 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
7 16 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
8 13 (6.771%) Senior Developer
8 13 (6.771%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (5.208%) Graduate
9 10 (5.208%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (4.688%) Senior Web Developer
10 9 (4.688%) Classic ASP Developer
10 9 (4.688%) ASP Developer
10 9 (4.688%) QA Analyst
10 9 (4.688%) Trainee Developer
10 9 (4.688%) Trainee
11 8 (4.167%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.292%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (5.729%) Computer Science
3 10 (5.208%) Open Source
4 9 (4.688%) EPoS
5 7 (3.646%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.083%) iPad
7 1 (0.521%) Inversion of Control
7 1 (0.521%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 49 (25.52%) Windows
2 12 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (5.729%) Windows XP
4 10 (5.208%) Windows 7
5 9 (4.688%) Windows Vista
6 4 (2.083%) UNIX
7 2 (1.042%) Linux
8 1 (0.521%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.521%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.52%) Agile Software Development
2 42 (21.88%) OO
3 41 (21.35%) OOP
4 36 (18.75%) TDD
5 34 (17.71%) Scrum
6 25 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (11.46%) E-Commerce
8 15 (7.813%) Web Design
9 12 (6.250%) MVC
9 12 (6.250%) Migration
9 12 (6.250%) Data Analysis
10 10 (5.208%) Software Testing
10 10 (5.208%) Scalability Testing
11 9 (4.688%) Integration Testing
11 9 (4.688%) Web Development
12 6 (3.125%) Systems Analysis
12 6 (3.125%) Performance Improvement
12 6 (3.125%) Web Application Development
12 6 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
13 5 (2.604%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (60.94%) C#
2 96 (50.00%) VB6
3 76 (39.58%) SQL
4 74 (38.54%) JavaScript
5 53 (27.60%) VB.NET
6 32 (16.67%) Java
7 24 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 23 (11.98%) VBA
9 16 (8.333%) PHP
10 7 (3.646%) VBScript
11 3 (1.563%) Delphi
11 3 (1.563%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.042%) Bash shell
12 2 (1.042%) C++
13 1 (0.521%) C
13 1 (0.521%) PHP5
13 1 (0.521%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 44 (22.92%) Degree
2 36 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (13.02%) SC Cleared
3 25 (13.02%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.208%) ISEB
5 6 (3.125%) MCTS
5 6 (3.125%) MCP
5 6 (3.125%) MCAD
5 6 (3.125%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.23%) QA
2 4 (2.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.563%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.042%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.521%) vSphere
3 1 (0.521%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.042%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (1.042%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 103 (53.65%) Microsoft
2 48 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (1.563%) Cisco
3 3 (1.563%) VMware
3 3 (1.563%) Hyperion
3 3 (1.563%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.042%) NetApp
4 2 (1.042%) Symantec
4 2 (1.042%) Telerik
4 2 (1.042%) Kaspersky
Oxford, South East
My client are currently seeking a candidate for an energy company in Oxford who are looking for an IT development manager with VB.Net experience.You will need: -...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Looking for graduates with: - Educated in an IT related subject (1 st or 2:1) - Some experience of using Microsoft (C++/C#) and Java technologies. - Exposure to Object...
set2recruit
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire
The leading international provider of DNA and Forensics for the Government and Police Forces are looking for a talented and well-rounded developer to join their team in...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Of specific interest are .Net, C#, VB, Silverlight, hardware integration testing (example card readers, printers, turnstiles', and epos)... Additionally knowledge SQL Server 2005/2008 would be a distinct...
Go Partnership.
Salary: £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
London or Oxford, South East, United Kingdom
Fund accounting platform... - Strong WinForms, WPF, WCF experience. - Knowledge of T-SQL programming... - Splunk logging, log4net, Ninject, SlowCheetah... - Web development using ASP.NET, MVC, JQuery, HTML5, Bootstrap, SignalR. -...
Winton Capital Management
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Accountabilities/Responsibilities: Duties will include: - Second line IT support to internal users - Back-up first line support to internal users (as required) - Testing of hardware and software updates -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Job Title: Graduate StatisticiansLocation: OxfordSalary: to £24,000 + benefitsOur client requires a Graduate Statistician to join their Data Analysis team and provide statistical support across a variety of...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP0 to GBP24000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Job Title: Graduate StatisticianLocation: OxfordSalary: to £24,000 + benefitsOur client requires a Graduate Statistician to join their Data Analysis team and provide statistical support across a variety of...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 24000
Posted: 4 May 2013