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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 52 45 51
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Permanent jobs citing VB 5 18 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.954% 2.932% 1.913%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.701% 5.806% 3.030%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 8
Average salary £32,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.53% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,725 £24,000 £32,750
10% offered a salary of more than £43,800 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
294 310 363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 56.11% 50.49% 63.13%
Number of salaries quoted 251 276 319
Average salary £33,500 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.07% +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £23,950
10% offered a salary of more than £47,100 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South Yorkshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Sheffield VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 9 (47.37%) .NET
2 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
3 7 (36.84%) VBScript
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 7 (36.84%) Windows
3 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
4 6 (31.58%) ASP
4 6 (31.58%) MSI
4 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
4 6 (31.58%) C#
4 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
4 6 (31.58%) CSS
4 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (31.58%) Validation
5 5 (26.32%) Ajax
5 5 (26.32%) XML
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) InstallShield
5 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
5 5 (26.32%) Windows XP
5 5 (26.32%) Wise Package Studio
5 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (26.32%) Resource Management
5 5 (26.32%) Silverlight
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (15.79%) COM
7 3 (15.79%) VBA

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 9 (47.37%) .NET
2 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 6 (31.58%) ASP
3 6 (31.58%) CSS
4 5 (26.32%) Ajax
4 5 (26.32%) XML
4 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
4 5 (26.32%) Silverlight
5 3 (15.79%) COM
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (5.263%) Xcelsius
4 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
4 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.263%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MSI
2 5 (26.32%) InstallShield
2 5 (26.32%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 7 (36.84%) .NET Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Applications Packager
4 3 (15.79%) Business Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Trainer
4 3 (15.79%) Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Trainer
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Software Packager
6 1 (5.263%) Project Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Support Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Lead .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Graduate
6 1 (5.263%) Trainee Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Trainee
6 1 (5.263%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (26.32%) Windows XP
3 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Validation
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) Resource Management
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) QMS
4 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.263%) Web Development
4 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
4 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) VBScript
3 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
3 6 (31.58%) C#
3 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
4 3 (15.79%) VBA
5 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.263%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Capita
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 1 (5.263%) SAP