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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank218
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads168260
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.089 %0.106 %
As % of the category below15.89 %25.54 %
Salaries quoted140235
Average minimum salary£27,143£26,747
Average salary£29,618£28,522
% change on same period last year+3.84 %
Average maximum salary£32,093£30,297
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10571018
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.558 %0.417 %
Salaries quoted886860
Average minimum salary£29,378£28,224
Average salary£32,096£30,224
% change on same period last year+6.19 %
Average maximum salary£34,813£32,223
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB YorkshireVB
Yorkshire

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Yorkshire VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Yorkshire VB Salary Histogram

VB
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldDown-6142£29,813+9.83 %
DoncasterDown-1110£32,750+0.57 %
BarnsleyDown-181--
VB YorkshireVB
Yorkshire

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

1256 (84.21 %).NET
2217 (71.38 %)SQL Server
3192 (63.16 %)ASP.NET
4190 (62.50 %)C#
5142 (46.71 %)VB6
6139 (45.72 %)ASP
7122 (40.13 %)SQL
8114 (37.50 %)Degree
9101 (33.22 %)JavaScript
1096 (31.58 %)VB.NET
1183 (27.30 %)CSS
1279 (25.99 %)XML
1375 (24.67 %)AJAX
1471 (23.36 %)XHTML
1568 (22.37 %)XSLT
1667 (22.04 %)SOAP
1667 (22.04 %)Microsoft
1764 (21.05 %)C++
1854 (17.76 %)WAI
1940 (13.16 %)COM+
1940 (13.16 %)Java
2038 (12.50 %)Health
2132 (10.53 %)WebServices
2231 (10.20 %)Windows
2231 (10.20 %)MS Excel
2329 (9.539 %)Transact-SQL
2428 (9.211 %)HTML
2526 (8.553 %)RDBMS
2625 (8.224 %).NET Framework
2625 (8.224 %)Software Engineering

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1256 (84.21 %).NET
2192 (63.16 %)ASP.NET
3139 (45.72 %)ASP
483 (27.30 %)CSS
579 (25.99 %)XML
675 (24.67 %)AJAX
771 (23.36 %)XHTML
868 (22.37 %)XSLT
967 (22.04 %)SOAP
1040 (13.16 %)COM+
1132 (10.53 %)WebServices
1228 (9.211 %)HTML
1325 (8.224 %).NET Framework
147 (2.303 %)WinForms
156 (1.974 %)ODBC
164 (1.316 %)ADO.NET
173 (0.987 %)J2EE
181 (0.329 %)ADO
181 (0.329 %)ActiveX
181 (0.329 %)CGI
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (7.895 %)SharePoint
27 (2.303 %)Documentum
27 (2.303 %)LiveLink
36 (1.974 %)MS Exchange
43 (0.987 %)iFIX
52 (0.658 %)CMS
52 (0.658 %)IIS
61 (0.329 %)JBoss
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (10.20 %)MS Excel
22 (0.658 %)MS Visio
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (3.289 %)TCP/IP
26 (1.974 %)DNS
26 (1.974 %)LAN
26 (1.974 %)WAN
26 (1.974 %)FTP
32 (0.658 %)Intranet
32 (0.658 %)Internet
32 (0.658 %)DECnet
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1217 (71.38 %)SQL Server
226 (8.553 %)RDBMS
322 (7.237 %)MS Access
415 (4.934 %)SQL Server 2000
513 (4.276 %)SQL Server 7
612 (3.947 %)SQL Server 2005
77 (2.303 %)MySQL
77 (2.303 %)Crystal Reports
83 (0.987 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.987 %)BusinessObjects
92 (0.658 %)DTS
92 (0.658 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.329 %)GIS
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.289 %)Visual Studio
26 (1.974 %)NUnit
31 (0.329 %)ClearCase
31 (0.329 %)Eclipse
31 (0.329 %)ClearQuest
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (12.50 %)Health
215 (4.934 %)Pensions
314 (4.605 %)Manufacturing
46 (1.974 %)Finance
55 (1.645 %)Back Office
55 (1.645 %)Multimedia
64 (1.316 %)Electric
73 (0.987 %)Government
73 (0.987 %)3D Graphics
82 (0.658 %)Education
91 (0.329 %)Electronics
91 (0.329 %)Telecoms
91 (0.329 %)Billing
91 (0.329 %)Marketing
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1159 (52.30 %)Developer
253 (17.43 %)Software Developer
253 (17.43 %).NET Developer
348 (15.79 %)Software Engineer
435 (11.51 %)C# Developer
528 (9.211 %)Programmer
528 (9.211 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
624 (7.895 %)VB Developer
722 (7.237 %)ASP.NET Developer
821 (6.908 %)VB.NET Developer
918 (5.921 %)Senior Developer
1015 (4.934 %)Support Engineer
1015 (4.934 %)Analyst
1015 (4.934 %)Web Developer
1114 (4.605 %)Analyst Programmer
1213 (4.276 %)C# Software Engineer
1213 (4.276 %)VB Software Engineer
1311 (3.618 %)Software Support Engineer
1410 (3.289 %)Senior .NET Developer
1410 (3.289 %)Junior
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (4.276 %)NHS
26 (1.974 %)N-Tier
26 (1.974 %)AS400
26 (1.974 %)SCADA
34 (1.316 %)Computer Science
43 (0.987 %)Streaming Media
52 (0.658 %)PDA
52 (0.658 %)Clustering
52 (0.658 %)Client/Server
52 (0.658 %)Mainframe
61 (0.329 %)Data Protection Act
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (10.20 %)Windows
29 (2.961 %)Windows 2000
35 (1.645 %)UNIX
43 (0.987 %)Windows NT
52 (0.658 %)VMS
52 (0.658 %)Linux
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (8.224 %)Software Engineering
221 (6.908 %)PRINCE2
320 (6.579 %)Project Management
417 (5.592 %)Requirements Analysis
515 (4.934 %)Content Management
611 (3.618 %)OO
79 (2.961 %)RAD
87 (2.303 %)Document Management
96 (1.974 %)ERP
105 (1.645 %)Service Delivery
105 (1.645 %)E-Commerce
105 (1.645 %)Time Management
114 (1.316 %)ITIL
123 (0.987 %)DSDM
123 (0.987 %)UML
123 (0.987 %)Data Analysis
123 (0.987 %)Validation
123 (0.987 %)SC Cleared
123 (0.987 %)Security Cleared
123 (0.987 %)DRM
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1190 (62.50 %)C#
2142 (46.71 %)VB6
3122 (40.13 %)SQL
4101 (33.22 %)JavaScript
596 (31.58 %)VB.NET
664 (21.05 %)C++
740 (13.16 %)Java
829 (9.539 %)Transact-SQL
915 (4.934 %)PHP
1012 (3.947 %)C
119 (2.961 %)VBA
126 (1.974 %)RPG
126 (1.974 %)X++
135 (1.645 %)VC++
135 (1.645 %)Fortran
135 (1.645 %)Delphi
142 (0.658 %)DHTML
142 (0.658 %)DCL
151 (0.329 %)Perl
151 (0.329 %)VBScript
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1114 (37.50 %)Degree
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (17.76 %)WAI
220 (6.579 %)QA
220 (6.579 %)TickIT
38 (2.632 %)SLA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (3.947 %)Active Directory
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
167 (22.04 %)Microsoft
214 (4.605 %)Oracle
311 (3.618 %)Citrix
47 (2.303 %)Hummingbird
56 (1.974 %)BT
56 (1.974 %)JD Edwards
63 (0.987 %)Business Objects
71 (0.329 %)Sage
71 (0.329 %)Remedy
71 (0.329 %)ESRI
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