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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Surrey 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
Rank2620
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads524780
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.277 %0.319 %
As % of the category below14.40 %15.90 %
Salaries quoted472709
Average minimum salary£33,700£34,983
Average salary£36,603£37,992
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum salary£39,507£41,001
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Surrey
Matching permanent IT job ads36384905
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.921 %2.009 %
Salaries quoted30894272
Average minimum salary£34,634£36,565
Average salary£38,037£39,904
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum salary£41,439£43,243
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

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

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
WokingUp+5122£33,408-21.57 %
DorkingUp+1732£36,109+22.92 %
GuildfordDown-2329£34,793+5.48 %
EpsomUp+825£39,440+21.35 %
LeatherheadDown-716£35,625-16.64 %
FarnhamDown-2116£34,125-18.75 %
CamberleyUp+915£40,528-6.84 %
ChertseyDown-414£39,250+10.70 %
StainesUp+614£41,071+2.67 %
GodalmingNew entry-13£33,462-
WeybridgeDown-25£32,400+8.00 %
EghamNew entry-1£27,500-
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-1£31,000-
VB South EastVB
South East

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1767 (67.34 %).NET
2630 (55.31 %)SQL Server
3500 (43.90 %)C#
4474 (41.62 %)SQL
5434 (38.10 %)VB.NET
6389 (34.15 %)ASP.NET
7340 (29.85 %)Microsoft
8330 (28.97 %)VB6
9318 (27.92 %)ASP
10306 (26.87 %)Degree
11260 (22.83 %)HTML
12254 (22.30 %)C++
13250 (21.95 %)Finance
14234 (20.54 %)Windows
15233 (20.46 %)XML
16227 (19.93 %)JavaScript
17214 (18.79 %)Java
18161 (14.14 %)SQL Server 2005
19152 (13.35 %)SQL Server 2000
20147 (12.91 %)VBScript
20147 (12.91 %)Oracle
21131 (11.50 %)UNIX
21131 (11.50 %)WebServices
22117 (10.27 %)MS Excel
23114 (10.01 %)Pensions
24103 (9.043 %)Visual Studio
2599 (8.692 %)OO
2695 (8.341 %)Transact-SQL
2695 (8.341 %)Health
2786 (7.550 %)C

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Surrey IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1767 (67.34 %).NET
2389 (34.15 %)ASP.NET
3318 (27.92 %)ASP
4260 (22.83 %)HTML
5233 (20.46 %)XML
6131 (11.50 %)WebServices
762 (5.443 %)XSL
859 (5.180 %)WinForms
859 (5.180 %).NET Remoting
948 (4.214 %).NET Framework
1039 (3.424 %)CSS
1135 (3.073 %)ADO
1232 (2.809 %)XHTML
1331 (2.722 %)AJAX
1426 (2.283 %)XSLT
1518 (1.580 %)XML Messaging
1617 (1.493 %)ODBC
1617 (1.493 %)COM+
1714 (1.229 %)Struts
1714 (1.229 %)J2EE
Surrey IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
152 (4.565 %)SharePoint
248 (4.214 %)IIS
323 (2.019 %)BizTalk Server
422 (1.932 %)MS Exchange
515 (1.317 %)Exchange Server 2000
69 (0.790 %)iFIX
78 (0.702 %)SharePoint Server 2007
78 (0.702 %)ColdFusion
78 (0.702 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
78 (0.702 %)ArcGIS
87 (0.615 %)Tomcat
96 (0.527 %)Documentum
96 (0.527 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (0.439 %)Oracle Workflow
114 (0.351 %)ArcSDE
114 (0.351 %)MapXtreme
114 (0.351 %)ArcIMS
114 (0.351 %)Smallworld
123 (0.263 %)WebLogic
123 (0.263 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Surrey IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1117 (10.27 %)MS Excel
252 (4.565 %)MS Office
313 (1.141 %)Photoshop
313 (1.141 %)Adobe Illustrator
412 (1.054 %)MS Visio
58 (0.702 %)Spreadsheet
65 (0.439 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.263 %)MATLAB
81 (0.088 %)CATIA
81 (0.088 %)AutoCAD
Surrey IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.966 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (0.878 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.176 %)Navision
32 (0.176 %)Oracle CRM
32 (0.176 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.088 %)SAP Business One
41 (0.088 %)Oracle 11i
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
158 (5.092 %)Internet
223 (2.019 %)Intranet
314 (1.229 %)TCP/IP
49 (0.790 %)SMTP
57 (0.615 %)PBX
66 (0.527 %)LAN
66 (0.527 %)WAN
66 (0.527 %)DNS
75 (0.439 %)CTI
75 (0.439 %)Extranet
84 (0.351 %)DHCP
84 (0.351 %)HTTP
93 (0.263 %)VPN
93 (0.263 %)SAN
93 (0.263 %)CDMA
93 (0.263 %)BSS
102 (0.176 %)NFC
102 (0.176 %)3G
102 (0.176 %)RFID
102 (0.176 %)Wireless
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1630 (55.31 %)SQL Server
2161 (14.14 %)SQL Server 2005
3152 (13.35 %)SQL Server 2000
460 (5.268 %)Datawarehouse
545 (3.951 %)MS Access
545 (3.951 %)SQL Server 7
640 (3.512 %)RDBMS
728 (2.458 %)DTS
818 (1.580 %)Oracle 9i
916 (1.405 %)Crystal Reports
1015 (1.317 %)BusinessObjects
1113 (1.141 %)Oracle 8/8i
1212 (1.054 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1311 (0.966 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1311 (0.966 %)SQLBase
1410 (0.878 %)MySQL
159 (0.790 %)GIS
168 (0.702 %)Siebel EIM
168 (0.702 %)OLAP
174 (0.351 %)Informix
Surrey IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1103 (9.043 %)Visual Studio
229 (2.546 %)TestDirector
328 (2.458 %)WinRunner
426 (2.283 %)VSS/SourceSafe
426 (2.283 %)SilkTest
426 (2.283 %)TestComplete
524 (2.107 %)Flash
610 (0.878 %)Rational Robot
76 (0.527 %)Oracle Forms
84 (0.351 %)PowerBuilder
84 (0.351 %)InstallShield
93 (0.263 %)MSI
93 (0.263 %)Eclipse
93 (0.263 %)LoadRunner
101 (0.088 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.088 %)Dreamweaver
101 (0.088 %)PowerDesigner
101 (0.088 %)TestPartner
101 (0.088 %)QARun
Surrey IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1250 (21.95 %)Finance
2114 (10.01 %)Pensions
395 (8.341 %)Health
436 (3.161 %)Insurance
530 (2.634 %)Government
629 (2.546 %)Back Office
728 (2.458 %)Banking
825 (2.195 %)Education
922 (1.932 %)Electronics
1021 (1.844 %)Retail
1118 (1.580 %)Marketing
1118 (1.580 %)Telecoms
1217 (1.493 %)Publishing
1312 (1.054 %)Investment Banking
149 (0.790 %)Graphic Design
149 (0.790 %)Manufacturing
149 (0.790 %)Electric
158 (0.702 %)Automotive
167 (0.615 %)Front Office
176 (0.527 %)Advertising
Surrey IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1633 (55.58 %)Developer
2255 (22.39 %).NET Developer
3164 (14.40 %)Analyst
4163 (14.31 %)VB Developer
5137 (12.03 %)VB.NET Developer
6107 (9.394 %)Programmer
7103 (9.043 %)Software Developer
898 (8.604 %)Graduate
983 (7.287 %)C# Developer
1071 (6.234 %)Consultant
1163 (5.531 %)SQL Developer
1260 (5.268 %)Analyst Programmer
1260 (5.268 %)VB6 Developer
1358 (5.092 %)ASP.NET Developer
1455 (4.829 %)Graduate Developer
1547 (4.126 %)Trainee
1642 (3.687 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1740 (3.512 %)Tester
1839 (3.424 %)Web Developer
1936 (3.161 %)Software Engineer
Surrey IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (5.795 %)Computer Science
241 (3.600 %)NHS
329 (2.546 %)Client/Server
421 (1.844 %)Equities
514 (1.229 %)Mathematics
613 (1.141 %)Tandem
712 (1.054 %)Data Extraction
811 (0.966 %)SCADA
811 (0.966 %)AS400
98 (0.702 %)Blackberry
98 (0.702 %)Multithreading
106 (0.527 %)Credit Derivative
114 (0.351 %)Smartcard
114 (0.351 %)Physics
114 (0.351 %)Fixed Income
114 (0.351 %)Clustering
123 (0.263 %)Replication
123 (0.263 %)Social Network
123 (0.263 %)Management Information System
132 (0.176 %)Streaming Video
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1234 (20.54 %)Windows
2131 (11.50 %)UNIX
351 (4.478 %)Windows XP
424 (2.107 %)Windows NT
518 (1.580 %)Linux
617 (1.493 %)Windows 2000
77 (0.615 %)Windows CE
84 (0.351 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (0.263 %)Solaris
102 (0.176 %)AIX
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
199 (8.692 %)OO
260 (5.268 %)Web Development
347 (4.126 %)Software Testing
442 (3.687 %)CRM
533 (2.897 %)ITIL
533 (2.897 %)Project Management
632 (2.809 %)ERP
729 (2.546 %)Business Intelligence
729 (2.546 %)Document Management
828 (2.458 %)Asset Management
828 (2.458 %)Security Cleared
925 (2.195 %)E-Commerce
1024 (2.107 %)UML
1024 (2.107 %)Scrum
1123 (2.019 %)Configuration Management
1222 (1.932 %)OOP
1321 (1.844 %)Workflow
1418 (1.580 %)Risk Analysis
1418 (1.580 %)Test Scripting
1517 (1.493 %)TDD
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1500 (43.90 %)C#
2474 (41.62 %)SQL
3434 (38.10 %)VB.NET
4330 (28.97 %)VB6
5254 (22.30 %)C++
6227 (19.93 %)JavaScript
7214 (18.79 %)Java
8147 (12.91 %)VBScript
995 (8.341 %)Transact-SQL
1086 (7.550 %)C
1150 (4.390 %)VBA
1244 (3.863 %)PL/SQL
1343 (3.775 %)Delphi
1413 (1.141 %)Perl
158 (0.702 %)DHTML
167 (0.615 %)PHP
174 (0.351 %)VC++
174 (0.351 %)Tcl
174 (0.351 %)Shell Script
183 (0.263 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Surrey IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1306 (26.87 %)Degree
280 (7.024 %)Microsoft Certification
338 (3.336 %)ISEB
419 (1.668 %)HNC
518 (1.580 %)MCSD
615 (1.317 %)MCAD
711 (0.966 %)MCP
88 (0.702 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.439 %)MCSE
104 (0.351 %)PhD
113 (0.263 %)MCSA
122 (0.176 %)CCA
122 (0.176 %)Citrix Certification
122 (0.176 %)Cisco Certification
122 (0.176 %)CCNA
122 (0.176 %)MCPD
131 (0.088 %)ISTQB
131 (0.088 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Surrey IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (2.371 %)QA
23 (0.263 %)SLA
31 (0.088 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Surrey IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (3.161 %)Active Directory
27 (0.615 %)NetBackup
33 (0.263 %)MSMQ
33 (0.263 %)Terminal Services
33 (0.263 %)Citrix Presentation Server
33 (0.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.176 %)NDS
51 (0.088 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.088 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
51 (0.088 %)ISA Server
Surrey IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.615 %)MOM
26 (0.527 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.088 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.088 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.088 %)Tivoli
31 (0.088 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Surrey IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1340 (29.85 %)Microsoft
2147 (12.91 %)Oracle
342 (3.687 %)Sybase
427 (2.371 %)Macromedia
518 (1.580 %)SAP
615 (1.317 %)Business Objects
615 (1.317 %)Siebel
713 (1.141 %)Adobe
811 (0.966 %)Citrix
98 (0.702 %)Mapinfo
98 (0.702 %)Cisco
107 (0.615 %)Cognos
116 (0.527 %)Baan
125 (0.439 %)JD Edwards
125 (0.439 %)VMware
125 (0.439 %)IBM
125 (0.439 %)Dell
125 (0.439 %)ESRI
134 (0.351 %)salesforce.com
143 (0.263 %)Altiris
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