The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 21 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 15 47 49
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +2
Permanent jobs citing VB 45 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 9.636% 2.140% 1.649%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.13% 3.971% 3.162%
Number of salaries quoted 44 11 6
Average salary £34,500 £23,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -29.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,950 £20,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £41,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
213 277 253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 45.61% 53.89% 52.16%
Number of salaries quoted 189 238 227
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Wiltshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Swindon VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 48 (76.19%) SQL
2 46 (73.02%) .NET
3 33 (52.38%) SQL Server
4 28 (44.44%) VB.NET
5 24 (38.10%) MS Office
6 23 (36.51%) OO
7 22 (34.92%) VB6
8 20 (31.75%) XML
8 20 (31.75%) MS Excel
9 17 (26.98%) OOP
9 17 (26.98%) C#
9 17 (26.98%) Computer Science
10 15 (23.81%) QA
10 15 (23.81%) VBScript
11 13 (20.63%) SQL Server 2005
12 11 (17.46%) Automated Testing
12 11 (17.46%) VBA
12 11 (17.46%) QuickTest Pro
13 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
13 10 (15.87%) Windows
13 10 (15.87%) Degree
13 10 (15.87%) WPF
14 9 (14.29%) ISTQB
14 9 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
14 9 (14.29%) ISEB
15 8 (12.70%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (11.11%) ASP.NET
16 7 (11.11%) T-SQL
16 7 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
16 7 (11.11%) Time Management

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 46 (73.02%) .NET
2 20 (31.75%) XML
3 10 (15.87%) WPF
4 7 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 4 (6.349%) CSS
5 4 (6.349%) HTML
5 4 (6.349%) jQuery
6 3 (4.762%) Ajax
6 3 (4.762%) LINQ
6 3 (4.762%) WCF
6 3 (4.762%) Web Services
6 3 (4.762%) LINQ to SQL
7 2 (3.175%) ASP
7 2 (3.175%) LAMP
8 1 (1.587%) MFC
8 1 (1.587%) SOAP
8 1 (1.587%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (1.587%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.587%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.762%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (4.762%) Apache
2 2 (3.175%) IIS
3 1 (1.587%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (38.10%) MS Office
2 20 (31.75%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.587%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.587%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.587%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 13 (20.63%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (12.70%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (7.937%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (7.937%) MS Access
7 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (3.175%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (17.46%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (7.937%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.587%) NUnit
3 1 (1.587%) Subversion
3 1 (1.587%) Moq
General
1 5 (7.937%) Marketing
2 4 (6.349%) Legal
3 3 (4.762%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.587%) Electronics
4 1 (1.587%) Finance
4 1 (1.587%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (60.32%) Developer
2 17 (26.98%) .NET Developer
3 16 (25.40%) VB.NET Developer
4 10 (15.87%) Software Engineer
5 9 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 9 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) Programmer
6 8 (12.70%) VB Developer
7 7 (11.11%) Analyst
8 5 (7.937%) Lead Developer
9 4 (6.349%) Test Analyst
9 4 (6.349%) Web Developer
10 3 (4.762%) Crystal Reports Developer
10 3 (4.762%) VBA Developer
10 3 (4.762%) Developer Analyst
10 3 (4.762%) VB.NET Programmer
10 3 (4.762%) Report Developer
10 3 (4.762%) .NET Programmer
10 3 (4.762%) DBA
10 3 (4.762%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.587%) Tandem
2 1 (1.587%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.587%) Biometrics
2 1 (1.587%) Firmware
2 1 (1.587%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.587%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.87%) Windows
2 3 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (4.762%) Windows XP
3 2 (3.175%) Linux
4 1 (1.587%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) OO
2 17 (26.98%) OOP
3 11 (17.46%) Automated Testing
4 9 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 7 (11.11%) Time Management
6 6 (9.524%) Manual Testing
7 5 (7.937%) Software Testing
7 5 (7.937%) CRM
7 5 (7.937%) Test Scripting
7 5 (7.937%) Data Cleansing
8 4 (6.349%) Test Automation
8 4 (6.349%) OOD
8 4 (6.349%) WFM
8 4 (6.349%) System Testing
8 4 (6.349%) Validation
8 4 (6.349%) Scrum
8 4 (6.349%) Change Management
9 3 (4.762%) ERP
10 2 (3.175%) Performance Management
10 2 (3.175%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (76.19%) SQL
2 28 (44.44%) VB.NET
3 22 (34.92%) VB6
4 17 (26.98%) C#
5 15 (23.81%) VBScript
6 11 (17.46%) VBA
7 7 (11.11%) T-SQL
8 3 (4.762%) Java
8 3 (4.762%) JavaScript
9 2 (3.175%) PHP
10 1 (1.587%) C
10 1 (1.587%) C++
10 1 (1.587%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 9 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.587%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.81%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.349%) HP
3 3 (4.762%) QAD
3 3 (4.762%) Lotus
3 3 (4.762%) Oracle
Swindon, South West
Computer Futures are URGENTLY seeking a .NET Developer with good SQL experience... If your core skills are based in VB.NET/ VB6/ SQL and C# this is a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £52000 per annum + Healthcare
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Computer Futures are currently seeking an experienced .Net developer to join an exciting business whose head office is in the Newport area, however you will be required to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Swindon, South West
With exciting projects coming up and a planned move to more modern systems the successful candidate needs the following skills: VB.NET VB6 SQL C# ASP.NET Agile/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Technical Skills Crystal Reports MSSQL 2005, 2008 TSQL (demonstrable use of Stored procedures, Triggers etc.) Some VB6 and/or C# knowledge .NET 3.5/4.0 XML Main...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Experienced in change management procedures... Experienced in all relevant phases of software testing and validation... Technical Skills MSSQL 2005, 2008 (2012 would be an added bonus) Transact SQL (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, South West
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
.NET Developer, VB.NET, VB, dot NET, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, Server Side, .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection, Ninject / Spring.net, , IoC, Unity /...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Software Developers Knowledge/Experience Essential Requires knowledge ordinarily acquired from a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines containing considerable computing...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: To £22,500 + Bonus to 8% + Laptop
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013