The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 23 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 Uxbridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 23 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 13 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Uxbridge 6.436% 4.405% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.03% 10.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 0
Average salary £37,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Uxbridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
59 93 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Uxbridge 29.21% 40.97% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 55 86 42
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,582 £32,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
London

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Uxbridge 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 19 (82.61%) VBScript
1 19 (82.61%) EMC
1 19 (82.61%) Citrix
1 19 (82.61%) Backup Exec
1 19 (82.61%) Document Management
1 19 (82.61%) WorkSite
2 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (13.04%) VB6
3 3 (13.04%) .NET
3 3 (13.04%) T-SQL
3 3 (13.04%) C#
4 1 (4.348%) Java
4 1 (4.348%) Perl
4 1 (4.348%) SQL
4 1 (4.348%) C
4 1 (4.348%) Python
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.348%) Ruby

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Uxbridge 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 3 (13.04%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 19 (82.61%) WorkSite
2 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Data Centre Technician
2 5 (21.74%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.348%) Test Manager
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Document Management
2 1 (4.348%) Project Management
2 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (82.61%) VBScript
2 3 (13.04%) VB6
2 3 (13.04%) T-SQL
2 3 (13.04%) C#
3 1 (4.348%) Java
3 1 (4.348%) Perl
3 1 (4.348%) SQL
3 1 (4.348%) C
3 1 (4.348%) Python
3 1 (4.348%) Ruby
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (82.61%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) EMC
1 19 (82.61%) Citrix
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft