The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staines region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 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 Staines region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 38 39 48
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Permanent jobs citing VB 3 27 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staines 1.456% 5.660% 3.314%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.688% 10.59% 7.522%
Number of salaries quoted 3 27 16
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Staines
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
64 255 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staines 31.07% 53.46% 44.05%
Number of salaries quoted 54 216 215
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £53,950 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Surrey

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staines 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 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) DTV
2 2 (66.67%) DVB
2 2 (66.67%) MPEG
2 2 (66.67%) STB
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staines 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) DTV
1 2 (66.67%) MPEG
1 2 (66.67%) STB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
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