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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 32 45 14
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -31
Permanent jobs citing VB 3 1 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 2.055% 0.490% 13.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.348% 0.633% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 26
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +26.98%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
69 158 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 47.26% 77.45% 67.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25 152 130
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Hertfordshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Stevenage VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 20 (76.92%) C#
2 13 (50.00%) .NET
3 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 12 (46.15%) Manufacturing
4 10 (38.46%) Electronics
4 10 (38.46%) VB6
4 10 (38.46%) Degree
5 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
6 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 5 (19.23%) LAN
7 5 (19.23%) HNC
7 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
7 5 (19.23%) C++
8 4 (15.38%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 4 (15.38%) VC++
8 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
8 4 (15.38%) C
8 4 (15.38%) HP
8 4 (15.38%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 4 (15.38%) Test Strategy
8 4 (15.38%) Agilent
9 3 (11.54%) Aerospace
9 3 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
9 3 (11.54%) Project Management
9 3 (11.54%) LabVIEW
9 3 (11.54%) Java
10 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
10 2 (7.692%) SLA
10 2 (7.692%) CRM
10 2 (7.692%) SharePoint

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 13 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (7.692%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 2 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
2 5 (19.23%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (11.54%) LabVIEW
3 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 10 (38.46%) Electronics
3 3 (11.54%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.846%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Development Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) .NET Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Test Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Test Development Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Junior
4 4 (15.38%) Junior .NET Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Junior Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Graduate .NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Software Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Graduate
6 2 (7.692%) Service Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Systems Architect
6 2 (7.692%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) IT Support
7 1 (3.846%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.692%) Wiki
2 2 (7.692%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Test Strategy
2 3 (11.54%) Project Management
3 2 (7.692%) CRM
3 2 (7.692%) Service Management
3 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
3 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
3 2 (7.692%) Information Management
3 2 (7.692%) Resource Management
4 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.846%) CAE
4 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) C#
2 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 10 (38.46%) VB6
4 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
4 5 (19.23%) C++
5 4 (15.38%) VC++
5 4 (15.38%) C
6 3 (11.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) HNC
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) HP
2 4 (15.38%) Agilent