The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rugby region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 18 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 Rugby region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 23 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rugby 4.348% 1.136% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.882% 1.299% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Average salary £37,000 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.82% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Rugby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
51 77 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rugby 73.91% 87.50% 51.28%
Number of salaries quoted 51 68 18
Average salary £34,500 £36,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,450 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Warwickshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rugby 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 Rugby region.

Rugby VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Rugby 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 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) J2EE
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) Python
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) SCCM
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) MCSE
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Avaya
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
2 3 (42.86%) VBScript
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) XenApp

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Rugby 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 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) J2EE
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Graduate
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Applications Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Graduate Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
2 3 (42.86%) MCSE
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) XenApp
2 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Avaya
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix