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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 34 71 65
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -6
Permanent jobs citing VB 60 19 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 5.736% 1.923% 2.305%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.24% 3.598% 4.118%
Number of salaries quoted 52 17 21
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
586 528 510
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.02% 53.44% 55.98%
Number of salaries quoted 540 461 476
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Wales

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff +9 30 £30,000 -3.22%
Newport - 12 £37,500 -
Bridgend - 7 £32,500 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £24,500 -
Blaenau Gwent - 1 £24,000 -
VB
Wales

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 72 (80.00%) .NET
2 67 (74.44%) SQL Server
3 54 (60.00%) VB.NET
4 53 (58.89%) C#
5 52 (57.78%) VB6
6 47 (52.22%) ASP.NET
7 29 (32.22%) XML
8 27 (30.00%) SQL
9 18 (20.00%) OO
10 17 (18.89%) T-SQL
11 15 (16.67%) Oracle
12 12 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
12 12 (13.33%) VBScript
12 12 (13.33%) Test Automation
13 11 (12.22%) Degree
13 11 (12.22%) MS Excel
14 10 (11.11%) ITIL
15 9 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (10.00%) VBA
15 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
16 8 (8.889%) CSS
16 8 (8.889%) Finance
16 8 (8.889%) Retail
17 7 (7.778%) Waterfall
17 7 (7.778%) Test Scripting
17 7 (7.778%) SC Cleared
17 7 (7.778%) Security Cleared
17 7 (7.778%) Web Design
17 7 (7.778%) Ajax
17 7 (7.778%) .NET Framework

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 72 (80.00%) .NET
2 47 (52.22%) ASP.NET
3 29 (32.22%) XML
4 8 (8.889%) CSS
5 7 (7.778%) Ajax
5 7 (7.778%) .NET Framework
6 6 (6.667%) ASP
7 4 (4.444%) Web Services
7 4 (4.444%) HTML
8 3 (3.333%) ADO.NET
9 2 (2.222%) CGI
9 2 (2.222%) LINQ
9 2 (2.222%) WCF
9 2 (2.222%) jQuery
9 2 (2.222%) HTML5
10 1 (1.111%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (1.111%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (12.22%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.111%) Visualfiles
1 1 (1.111%) SalesLogix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (74.44%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (7.778%) MS Access
4 6 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (5.556%) SQL Server 7
5 5 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.111%) QlikView
7 1 (1.111%) MySQL
7 1 (1.111%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (7.778%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.222%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (8.889%) Finance
1 8 (8.889%) Retail
2 2 (2.222%) Advertising
2 2 (2.222%) Law
3 1 (1.111%) Welsh Language
3 1 (1.111%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (65.56%) Developer
2 44 (48.89%) .NET Developer
3 28 (31.11%) Analyst
4 22 (24.44%) VB.NET Developer
5 14 (15.56%) Applications Support
6 13 (14.44%) Support Analyst
7 10 (11.11%) Test Analyst
7 10 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
8 9 (10.00%) Senior Developer
9 8 (8.889%) C# Developer
9 8 (8.889%) Senior C# Developer
9 8 (8.889%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (8.889%) ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (8.889%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (8.889%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (7.778%) Programmer
11 5 (5.556%) Senior VB Developer
11 5 (5.556%) VB Developer
12 4 (4.444%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.111%) Data Integration
2 1 (1.111%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.444%) Windows
1 4 (4.444%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (2.222%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.00%) OO
2 12 (13.33%) Test Automation
3 10 (11.11%) ITIL
4 7 (7.778%) Waterfall
4 7 (7.778%) Test Scripting
4 7 (7.778%) Web Design
4 7 (7.778%) OOD
5 6 (6.667%) Migration
6 5 (5.556%) ITIL V3
7 4 (4.444%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (4.444%) MVC
8 3 (3.333%) Change Management
8 3 (3.333%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.222%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (2.222%) Unit Testing
9 2 (2.222%) System Testing
9 2 (2.222%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (2.222%) Test Strategy
10 1 (1.111%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (1.111%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (60.00%) VB.NET
2 53 (58.89%) C#
3 52 (57.78%) VB6
4 27 (30.00%) SQL
5 17 (18.89%) T-SQL
6 12 (13.33%) VBScript
7 9 (10.00%) VBA
7 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.222%) PHP
9 1 (1.111%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (12.22%) Degree
2 7 (7.778%) SC Cleared
2 7 (7.778%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.222%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (16.67%) Oracle
2 4 (4.444%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.333%) Remedy
4 2 (2.222%) Cognos
4 2 (2.222%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.111%) Salesforce.com
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The successful candidate will be experienced in working on product based development using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET 3.5 & .Net framework and related technologies while employing strong...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013