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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 27 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Permanent jobs citing VB 9 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 4.455% 4.000% 1.951%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.317% 7.018% 3.419%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 4
Average salary £34,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,100 £58,250 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 114 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 60.89% 57.00% 57.07%
Number of salaries quoted 113 111 116
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Hampshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (72.22%) C#
1 13 (72.22%) .NET
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
2 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 9 (50.00%) Windows
3 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 8 (44.44%) HTML
4 8 (44.44%) Finance
4 8 (44.44%) Data Analysis
5 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
6 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
6 6 (33.33%) XML
7 5 (27.78%) Aerospace
7 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
7 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
7 5 (27.78%) ETL
7 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (27.78%) BMC PATROL
8 4 (22.22%) VB6
8 4 (22.22%) Ajax
9 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
9 3 (16.67%) WinForms
9 3 (16.67%) CSS
9 3 (16.67%) Web Services
9 3 (16.67%) ASP
9 3 (16.67%) OO
9 3 (16.67%) SQL
9 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
10 2 (11.11%) C

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (72.22%) .NET
2 8 (44.44%) HTML
3 6 (33.33%) XML
3 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 4 (22.22%) Ajax
5 3 (16.67%) CSS
5 3 (16.67%) Web Services
5 3 (16.67%) ASP
5 3 (16.67%) WinForms
6 1 (5.556%) XSLT
6 1 (5.556%) EDI
6 1 (5.556%) LINQ
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.556%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Developer
2 8 (44.44%) .NET Developer
3 6 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 6 (33.33%) Software Developer
4 5 (27.78%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Junior C# .NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Junior VB.NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Junior
5 4 (22.22%) VB.NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Junior Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Graduate
5 4 (22.22%) Junior C# Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Junior .NET Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Graduate Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Trainee Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Trainee
6 3 (16.67%) Software Development Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
6 3 (16.67%) Development Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.556%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) Data Modelling
2 5 (27.78%) ETL
2 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.556%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) VB6
5 3 (16.67%) SQL
5 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 2 (11.11%) C
7 1 (5.556%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle
1 1 (5.556%) Progress
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.556%) Avaya
1 1 (5.556%) QAD
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