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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 17 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 5.455% - 5.882%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.64% - 7.143%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £20,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Sale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
22 12 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 40.00% 38.71% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 14
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +31.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £17,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
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 Sale region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Sale 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 Sale region.

Sale VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) MS Access
3 1 (25.00%) SUSE
3 1 (25.00%) DTS
3 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 1 (25.00%) SMTP
3 1 (25.00%) FTP
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) VBScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (25.00%) ASP
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) HPUX
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Tomcat

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic Integration
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
1 1 (25.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MS Access
2 1 (25.00%) DTS
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) HPUX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
2 1 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 1 (25.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) TIBCO