The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 20 25 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Permanent jobs citing VB 14 17 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 9.272% 8.901% 10.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.33% 12.78% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 14
Average salary £51,250 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+86.36% -21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,100
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £40,000 £56,350
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
105 133 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 69.54% 69.63% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 101 103 94
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,250 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Staffordshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Stoke-on-Trent VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 33 (78.57%) .NET
2 25 (59.52%) SQL Server
2 25 (59.52%) SQL
3 22 (52.38%) Degree
4 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
5 19 (45.24%) C#
6 17 (40.48%) T-SQL
6 17 (40.48%) VB6
7 15 (35.71%) E-Commerce
7 15 (35.71%) Computer Science
8 14 (33.33%) VB.NET
9 13 (30.95%) Software Engineering
10 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (26.19%) Java
12 10 (23.81%) ADSL
13 9 (21.43%) SDH
13 9 (21.43%) C++
13 9 (21.43%) Electronics
13 9 (21.43%) Telecoms
14 7 (16.67%) Web Development
14 7 (16.67%) Unit Testing
15 6 (14.29%) QA
15 6 (14.29%) Web Application Development
15 6 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
15 6 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
16 5 (11.90%) Windows
16 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET
17 4 (9.524%) Selenium
17 4 (9.524%) Automation Testing
17 4 (9.524%) Windows 7

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 33 (78.57%) .NET
2 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET
3 4 (9.524%) WinForms
3 4 (9.524%) XML
4 3 (7.143%) ASP
4 3 (7.143%) HTML
4 3 (7.143%) CSS
4 3 (7.143%) HTML5
4 3 (7.143%) WCF
4 3 (7.143%) WPF
4 3 (7.143%) jQuery
5 1 (2.381%) .NET Remoting
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.524%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (9.524%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) ADSL
2 9 (21.43%) SDH
3 2 (4.762%) HTTP
4 1 (2.381%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (59.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.381%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (9.524%) Selenium
1 4 (9.524%) SilkTest
2 2 (4.762%) Subversion
General
1 9 (21.43%) Electronics
1 9 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.381%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Development Manager
2 9 (21.43%) Developer
3 6 (14.29%) Tester
4 5 (11.90%) Penetration Tester
4 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 5 (11.90%) Software Development Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Software Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Web Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.524%) .NET Developer
5 4 (9.524%) VB.NET Developer
5 4 (9.524%) QA Engineer
5 4 (9.524%) Telecoms Engineer
5 4 (9.524%) Web Development Manager
6 3 (7.143%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (7.143%) Web Tester
7 2 (4.762%) Security Tester
7 2 (4.762%) Applications Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Web Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.762%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.381%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 4 (9.524%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) E-Commerce
2 13 (30.95%) Software Engineering
3 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Web Development
4 7 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 6 (14.29%) Web Application Development
5 6 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (9.524%) Automation Testing
6 4 (9.524%) Software Architecture
6 4 (9.524%) Scrum
6 4 (9.524%) Software Testing
7 3 (7.143%) OO
7 3 (7.143%) Security Testing
8 2 (4.762%) SOA
8 2 (4.762%) B2B
9 1 (2.381%) TDD
9 1 (2.381%) Automated Testing
9 1 (2.381%) MVC
9 1 (2.381%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (59.52%) SQL
2 19 (45.24%) C#
3 17 (40.48%) T-SQL
3 17 (40.48%) VB6
4 14 (33.33%) VB.NET
5 11 (26.19%) Java
6 9 (21.43%) C++
7 4 (9.524%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.381%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (52.38%) Degree
2 4 (9.524%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (2.381%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... This will give you exposure to...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... Skills Required: *Solid development experience with...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
C#, ASP.Net, VB.NET, SQL, Visual Basic, Developer, Systems, Stoke, Staffordshire, ecommerce... The main skills required for the role include: -solid MS SQL server experience (2005 onwards) -...
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Web Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Wed/ Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Computer science background (OO design, design patterns, algorithms) Development experience in C#... Development experience of VB.NET and WPF. Good working knowledge of VB6... Exposure to WCF, SOA,...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013