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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Sunderland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank99
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads221
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.009 %
As % of the category below11.11 %30.00 %
Salaries quoted219
Average minimum salary£37,500£28,421
Average salary£39,500£30,026
% change on same period last year+31.55 %
Average maximum salary£41,500£31,632
UK excluding London average salary£33,320£34,037
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Sunderland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Sunderland
Matching permanent IT job ads1870
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.031 %
Salaries quoted1665
Average minimum salary£30,486£27,734
Average salary£31,871£29,816
% change on same period last year+6.89 %
Average maximum salary£33,257£31,898
UK excluding London average salary£35,731£35,965
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
VB Tyne and WearVB
Tyne and Wear

VB
Demand Trend

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

Sunderland 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 Sunderland region.

Sunderland VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (50.00 %)Insurance
21 (50.00 %)Pensions
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)XSL
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OOP
21 (50.00 %)OOA/OOD
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (50.00 %)ActiveX
21 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (50.00 %)Client/Server
21 (50.00 %)ERP
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (50.00 %)B2B
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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.

Sunderland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)ASP
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)XSL
21 (50.00 %)ActiveX
21 (50.00 %)HTML
Sunderland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Sunderland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)WAN
Sunderland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Sunderland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Health
11 (50.00 %)Insurance
11 (50.00 %)Pensions
Sunderland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)IT Manager
11 (50.00 %)Team Leader
11 (50.00 %)Software Team Leader
Sunderland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Client/Server
Sunderland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
Sunderland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)OOA/OOD
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)B2B
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
Sunderland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
Sunderland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Lotus
11 (50.00 %)JD Edwards