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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 31 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing VB 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 1.449% 4.167% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.125% 7.407% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £27,500 £36,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.61% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
64 54 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 46.38% 56.25% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 60 39 24
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% +11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £20,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,400 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
West Yorkshire

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VPN

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Technician
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
Wakefield, Yorkshire
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Posted: 10 May 2013