The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 18 20 11
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -9
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 1.515% 1.923% 4.167%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.439% 3.846% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
Average salary - £34,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +0.74%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
41 52 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 62.12% 50.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 23 45 16
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £34,000 £28,900
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South East

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Brocade
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) SCADA
4 2 (28.57%) SCCM
4 2 (28.57%) SCOM
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) vSphere
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (28.57%) ASP
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) ASP
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (28.57%) Lync
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) MySQL
General
1 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Web Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) SEO
3 1 (14.29%) Web Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) VBScript
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) NFS
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) NetApp
2 2 (28.57%) Veritas
2 2 (28.57%) Lotus
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Brocade
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Wonderware