The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank1158570
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads266534232934
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.210 %2.792 %3.073 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.120 %5.317 %6.033 %
Number of salaries quoted241829272514
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£54,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94 %+4.61 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

VB
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB within the UK.

VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

VB Salary Histogram

VB
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-342522£37,500+5.63 %
LondonDown-61778£45,000-5.26 %
South EastDown-35593£37,000+5.71 %
North WestDown-3297£34,000+4.61 %
East of EnglandDown-11270£40,000+12.67 %
City of LondonDown-30210£48,750-7.14 %
South WestUp+3195£31,502-3.07 %
SurreyDown-27174£37,500-6.25 %
West MidlandsDown-22158£35,000+12.90 %
ManchesterUp+8150£34,000+17.24 %
YorkshireDown-29136£33,500+8.06 %
BuckinghamshireUp+29107£35,000-
East MidlandsDown-23100£33,500+3.07 %
CheshireDown-798£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+795£40,000+6.66 %
Milton KeynesUp+2591£34,000-3.54 %
ScotlandNo change089£37,500+17.18 %
BerkshireDown-5881£36,500+4.28 %
CambridgeshireDown-1380£40,000+14.28 %
HampshireDown-4876£37,000+13.84 %
West YorkshireDown-3271£35,000+11.11 %
CambridgeUp+1370£40,000+19.40 %
BristolDown-566£31,500-3.07 %
StaffordshireNo change061£35,000-
LeedsDown-3253£35,000+11.11 %
EssexDown-2652£32,500-7.14 %
WarringtonDown-650£35,250-2.75 %
GlasgowUp+1447£37,500+13.63 %
OxfordshireDown-2647£36,000+5.88 %
West SussexUp+1944£45,000+38.46 %

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13958 (71.20 %).NET
23105 (55.86 %)SQL Server
33104 (55.84 %)C#
42881 (51.83 %)SQL
52213 (39.81 %)ASP.NET
62141 (38.51 %)VB.NET
71721 (30.96 %)Microsoft
81612 (29.00 %)VB6
91436 (25.83 %)Windows
101201 (21.60 %)HTML
111179 (21.21 %)JavaScript
121129 (20.31 %)XML
131101 (19.81 %)Finance
141026 (18.46 %)MS Excel
15951 (17.11 %)SQL Server 2008
16934 (16.80 %)C++
17901 (16.21 %)Java
18900 (16.19 %)Oracle
19844 (15.18 %)Degree
20840 (15.11 %)ASP
21825 (14.84 %)T-SQL
22792 (14.25 %)CSS
23691 (12.43 %)WCF
24649 (11.67 %)Visual Studio
25648 (11.66 %)Web Services
26615 (11.06 %)MVC
27612 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2005
28569 (10.24 %)Microsoft Certification
29561 (10.09 %)VBA
30551 (9.912 %)Ajax

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13958 (71.20 %).NET
22213 (39.81 %)ASP.NET
31201 (21.60 %)HTML
41129 (20.31 %)XML
5840 (15.11 %)ASP
6792 (14.25 %)CSS
7691 (12.43 %)WCF
8648 (11.66 %)Web Services
9551 (9.912 %)Ajax
10468 (8.419 %)ASP.NET MVC
11454 (8.167 %)WinForms
12427 (7.681 %)WPF
13412 (7.411 %)jQuery
14391 (7.034 %).NET Framework
15363 (6.530 %)NHibernate
16341 (6.134 %)LINQ
17279 (5.019 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
18260 (4.677 %)XSLT
19247 (4.443 %)Castle Windsor
20240 (4.317 %)Razor View Engine
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1393 (7.070 %)SharePoint
2351 (6.314 %)IIS
3132 (2.375 %)MS Exchange
4100 (1.799 %)SharePoint 2010
597 (1.745 %)BizTalk Server
696 (1.727 %)CMS
787 (1.565 %)Apache
863 (1.133 %)SharePoint Server
959 (1.061 %)MSMQ
1058 (1.043 %)Exchange Server 2003
1058 (1.043 %)Exchange Server 2010
1157 (1.025 %)SAS
1252 (0.935 %)Exchange Server 2007
1342 (0.756 %)Tomcat
1438 (0.684 %)Umbraco
1536 (0.648 %)MQSeries
1629 (0.522 %)WebLogic
1629 (0.522 %)ColdFusion
1728 (0.504 %)Commerce Server
1825 (0.450 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11026 (18.46 %)MS Excel
2325 (5.846 %)MS Office
361 (1.097 %)MS Visio
450 (0.899 %)Photoshop
450 (0.899 %)MS Project
547 (0.845 %)Spreadsheet
640 (0.720 %)MATLAB
738 (0.684 %)MS PowerPoint
827 (0.486 %)SPSS
912 (0.216 %)InfoPath
1010 (0.180 %)Windchill
119 (0.162 %)Adobe Captivate
119 (0.162 %)FrameMaker
119 (0.162 %)RoboHelp
119 (0.162 %)Simulink
126 (0.108 %)Fireworks
134 (0.072 %)S-PLUS
134 (0.072 %)Office 365
143 (0.054 %)PowerPivot
143 (0.054 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1101 (1.817 %)Dynamics CRM
236 (0.648 %)Staffware
328 (0.504 %)Line 500
420 (0.360 %)Dynamics NAV
515 (0.270 %)Google Analytics
612 (0.216 %)Summit
711 (0.198 %)SoftGrid
711 (0.198 %)CODA-Financials
711 (0.198 %)Hyperion Planning
810 (0.180 %)WebTrends
99 (0.162 %)SAP Business One
108 (0.144 %)Cognos Planning
117 (0.126 %)Oracle ERP
117 (0.126 %)Remedy ITSM
117 (0.126 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
126 (0.108 %)Rolfe and Nolan
126 (0.108 %)Dynamics AX
126 (0.108 %)LatentZero
135 (0.090 %)RMDS
135 (0.090 %)Visualfiles
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1211 (3.796 %)Internet
2121 (2.177 %)TCP/IP
398 (1.763 %)SAN
491 (1.637 %)Intranet
582 (1.475 %)DNS
673 (1.313 %)HTTP
759 (1.061 %)LAN
857 (1.025 %)WAN
946 (0.827 %)DHCP
1043 (0.774 %)FTP
1043 (0.774 %)Firewall
1142 (0.756 %)Extranet
1233 (0.594 %)NAS
1327 (0.486 %)VPN
1423 (0.414 %)Wireless
1522 (0.396 %)VoIP
1621 (0.378 %)3GPP
1621 (0.378 %)LTE
1715 (0.270 %)Fibre Channel
1813 (0.234 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13105 (55.86 %)SQL Server
2951 (17.11 %)SQL Server 2008
3612 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2005
4432 (7.771 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5384 (6.908 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6257 (4.623 %)Crystal Reports
7221 (3.976 %)SQL Server 2000
8201 (3.616 %)MySQL
9181 (3.256 %)MS Access
10171 (3.076 %)RDBMS
11148 (2.662 %)Data Warehouse
12131 (2.357 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13110 (1.979 %)ETL
14101 (1.817 %)DTS
1598 (1.763 %)Oracle 8/8i
1677 (1.385 %)OLAP
1776 (1.367 %)Oracle Reports
1865 (1.169 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1936 (0.648 %)OLTP
2034 (0.612 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1649 (11.67 %)Visual Studio
2384 (6.908 %)NUnit
3329 (5.918 %)Rhino Mocks
4256 (4.605 %)Subversion
5190 (3.418 %)Team Foundation Server
6150 (2.698 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7136 (2.446 %)MSI
896 (1.727 %)Selenium
993 (1.673 %)QuickTest Pro
1091 (1.637 %)Moq
1181 (1.457 %)Wise Package Studio
1271 (1.277 %)LoadRunner
1355 (0.989 %)JIRA
1448 (0.863 %)Oracle Forms
1541 (0.738 %)Cucumber
1640 (0.720 %)InstallShield
1734 (0.612 %)MSBuild
1830 (0.540 %)Ant
1926 (0.468 %)Eclipse
1926 (0.468 %)Log4Net
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11101 (19.81 %)Finance
2259 (4.659 %)Retail
3228 (4.101 %)Telecoms
4156 (2.806 %)Banking
5133 (2.393 %)Marketing
6110 (1.979 %)Manufacturing
7107 (1.925 %)Games
8106 (1.907 %)Back Office
986 (1.547 %)Legal
1074 (1.331 %)Law
1169 (1.241 %)Advertising
1264 (1.151 %)Billing
1362 (1.115 %)Investment Banking
1456 (1.007 %)Music
1550 (0.899 %)Electronics
1644 (0.792 %)Financial Institution
1736 (0.648 %)Pharmaceutical
1831 (0.558 %)Publishing
1930 (0.540 %)Front Office
2027 (0.486 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13391 (61.00 %)Developer
21617 (29.09 %).NET Developer
3783 (14.09 %)Analyst
4553 (9.948 %)Software Developer
5492 (8.851 %)VB.NET Developer
6491 (8.833 %)C# Developer
7399 (7.178 %)ASP.NET Developer
8378 (6.800 %)Senior Developer
9330 (5.936 %)C# .NET Developer
10319 (5.738 %)Web Developer
11267 (4.803 %)Applications Support
12248 (4.461 %)Programmer
13230 (4.137 %)Support Analyst
13230 (4.137 %)Software Engineer
13230 (4.137 %)VB Developer
14227 (4.083 %)SQL Developer
15193 (3.472 %)Applications Developer
16184 (3.310 %)Junior
17183 (3.292 %)Consultant
18170 (3.058 %)Senior .NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1289 (5.199 %)Computer Science
2220 (3.958 %)Client/Server
3126 (2.267 %)Management Information System
4115 (2.069 %)Mathematics
5105 (1.889 %)N-Tier
684 (1.511 %)Tandem
783 (1.493 %)Clustering
878 (1.403 %)iPhone
962 (1.115 %)Blackberry
1051 (0.917 %)Hedge funds
1138 (0.684 %)Replication
1237 (0.666 %)iPad
1336 (0.648 %)Open Source
1336 (0.648 %)EPoS
1435 (0.630 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1435 (0.630 %)Derivative
1531 (0.558 %)SCADA
1531 (0.558 %)Embedded Systems
1630 (0.540 %)SaaS
1729 (0.522 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11436 (25.83 %)Windows
2454 (8.167 %)UNIX
3310 (5.577 %)Linux
4286 (5.145 %)Windows Server 2003
5248 (4.461 %)Windows Server 2008
6210 (3.778 %)Windows XP
7179 (3.220 %)Windows 7
858 (1.043 %)Android
954 (0.971 %)Solaris
1047 (0.845 %)Windows Vista
1130 (0.540 %)Windows 2000
1225 (0.450 %)AIX
1320 (0.360 %)HPUX
1415 (0.270 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1514 (0.252 %)Windows Mobile
1613 (0.234 %)Apple iOS
1711 (0.198 %)VME
1711 (0.198 %)Windows 2000 Server
1810 (0.180 %)CentOS
199 (0.162 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1615 (11.06 %)MVC
2547 (9.840 %)TDD
3541 (9.732 %)Scrum
3541 (9.732 %)OO
4454 (8.167 %)Web Application Development
5369 (6.638 %)Agile Software Development
6356 (6.404 %)Project Management
7306 (5.505 %)E-Commerce
8286 (5.145 %)Business Intelligence
9268 (4.821 %)ITIL
10254 (4.569 %)Migration
11249 (4.479 %)Web Development
12212 (3.814 %)CRM
13204 (3.670 %)BDD
14201 (3.616 %)UML
15183 (3.292 %)ERP
16153 (2.752 %)Unit Testing
17144 (2.590 %)Kanban
18135 (2.428 %)User Acceptance Testing
19130 (2.339 %)Test Scripting
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13104 (55.84 %)C#
22881 (51.83 %)SQL
32141 (38.51 %)VB.NET
41612 (29.00 %)VB6
51179 (21.21 %)JavaScript
6934 (16.80 %)C++
7901 (16.21 %)Java
8825 (14.84 %)T-SQL
9561 (10.09 %)VBA
10511 (9.192 %)VBScript
11473 (8.509 %)C
12347 (6.242 %)Perl
13271 (4.875 %)PL/SQL
14245 (4.407 %)PHP
15113 (2.033 %)PowerShell
16107 (1.925 %)Python
1787 (1.565 %)Shell Script
1880 (1.439 %)Delphi
1965 (1.169 %)VC++
2046 (0.827 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1844 (15.18 %)Degree
2569 (10.24 %)Microsoft Certification
3439 (7.897 %)MCP
4433 (7.789 %)MCTS
5411 (7.393 %)MCAD
6406 (7.303 %)MCSD
7111 (1.997 %)Security Cleared
8101 (1.817 %)ISEB
973 (1.313 %)MCSE
1054 (0.971 %)ITIL Certification
1139 (0.702 %)SC Cleared
1231 (0.558 %)MCITP
1327 (0.486 %)PhD
1327 (0.486 %)HND
1424 (0.432 %)MCPD
1522 (0.396 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1617 (0.306 %)ISTQB
1714 (0.252 %)Cisco Certification
1810 (0.180 %)CISSP
197 (0.126 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1266 (4.785 %)QA
294 (1.691 %)SLA
342 (0.756 %)ISO 9001
431 (0.558 %)Data Quality
517 (0.306 %)PCI DSS
68 (0.144 %)HL7
74 (0.072 %)ISO/IEC 27001
74 (0.072 %)ISO 8583
83 (0.054 %)MiFID
92 (0.036 %)WAI
92 (0.036 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
92 (0.036 %)Basel III
101 (0.018 %)IAS 39
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1245 (4.407 %)Active Directory
2154 (2.770 %)VMware Infrastructure
3107 (1.925 %)Hyper-V
436 (0.648 %)VMware ESX
531 (0.558 %)Xen
628 (0.504 %)Terminal Services
726 (0.468 %)XenApp
813 (0.234 %)ISA Server
911 (0.198 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
911 (0.198 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1010 (0.180 %)VMware ESXi
119 (0.162 %)XenServer
127 (0.126 %)Oracle RAC
127 (0.126 %)vSphere
134 (0.072 %)XenDesktop
134 (0.072 %)Terminal Server
143 (0.054 %)NDS
143 (0.054 %)MetaFrame
152 (0.036 %)Veritas Volume Manager
152 (0.036 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1141 (2.536 %)SCCM
248 (0.863 %)HP Quality Center
330 (0.540 %)NetBackup
429 (0.522 %)SCOM
528 (0.504 %)Backup Exec
626 (0.468 %)OpenView
717 (0.306 %)Tivoli
813 (0.234 %)Tivoli Monitoring
912 (0.216 %)Control-M
1011 (0.198 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1011 (0.198 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1110 (0.180 %)SCVMM
1110 (0.180 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
129 (0.162 %)Norton AntiVirus
129 (0.162 %)Unicenter
129 (0.162 %)ARCserve
137 (0.126 %)MOM
137 (0.126 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
146 (0.108 %)Netcool
146 (0.108 %)HP SIM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11721 (30.96 %)Microsoft
2900 (16.19 %)Oracle
3203 (3.652 %)VMware
4140 (2.518 %)HP
5138 (2.482 %)Business Objects
6131 (2.357 %)Citrix
797 (1.745 %)SAP
884 (1.511 %)IBM
974 (1.331 %)Cognos
1062 (1.115 %)EMC
1161 (1.097 %)Cisco
1257 (1.025 %)Sybase
1353 (0.953 %)Red Hat
1446 (0.827 %)JBoss
1446 (0.827 %)Telerik
1541 (0.738 %)TIBCO
1640 (0.720 %)Hyperion
1739 (0.702 %)Sage
1739 (0.702 %)Remedy
1838 (0.684 %)Perforce