The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank - - 8
Permanent jobs citing VB 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen - - 23.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £28,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Torfaen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
47 38 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 95.92% 71.70% 76.47%
Number of salaries quoted 46 38 13
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,950 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £80,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
South Wales

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Torfaen VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 13 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 13 (100.00%) XML
2 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
3 8 (61.54%) VB6
4 6 (46.15%) Degree
5 4 (30.77%) IIS
5 4 (30.77%) ADO.NET
5 4 (30.77%) Web Services
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
5 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
5 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
6 2 (15.38%) OOD
6 2 (15.38%) OO
6 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 13 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (30.77%) Web Services
2 4 (30.77%) ADO.NET
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
1 13 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 9 (69.23%) VB.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) .NET Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior C# Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior .NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior .NET Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior VB.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Web Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
2 2 (15.38%) OOD
2 2 (15.38%) OO
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C#
1 13 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 8 (61.54%) VB6
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 4 (30.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree