Wales VB Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Amersham Ascot Aylesbury Banbury Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexley Bexleyheath Bicester Birkenhead Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Brackley Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carmarthenshire Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Colchester Congleton Corby Cornwall Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Darlington Dartford Denbigh Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edenbridge Edinburgh Ellesmere Port Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Exmouth Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Flintshire Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenford Guernsey Guildford Gwent Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Haslemere Havant Hayes Heanor Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Hungerford Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Keighley Kent Kettering King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Ledbury Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston Llanelli London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Maldon Malvern Manchester Mansfield Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Mitcham Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Shields North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Romford Ross-on-Wye Rotherham Royston Sale Salford Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sidmouth Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadley Tamworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Torfaen Torquay Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wellingborough Welwyn West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Whitstable Wickford Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wrexham York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	11	26
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching permanent IT job ads	199	125
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.129 %	0.056 %
As % of the category below	23.38 %	14.71 %
Salaries quoted	193	112
Average minimum salary	£30,266	£25,746
Average salary	£33,953	£28,587
% change on same period last year	+18.76 %
Average maximum salary	£37,640	£31,429
UK excluding London average salary	£33,288	£33,857
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Programming Languages Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads	851	850
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.551 %	0.379 %
Salaries quoted	785	794
Average minimum salary	£29,742	£27,673
Average salary	£33,334	£30,938
% change on same period last year	+7.74 %
Average maximum salary	£36,926	£34,203
UK excluding London average salary	£35,693	£35,932
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB across the Wales region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

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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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South Wales	+10	155	£34,453	+21.10 %
North Wales	+20	22	£30,455	-5.12 %
West Wales	+8	12	£34,650	+15.50 %
Mid Wales	-	1	£35,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

1 275 (86.48 %) .NET 2 222 (69.81 %) SQL Server 3 184 (57.86 %) VB.NET 4 183 (57.55 %) C# 5 176 (55.35 %) VB6 6 152 (47.80 %) ASP 7 150 (47.17 %) ASP.NET 8 131 (41.19 %) SQL 9 109 (34.28 %) Windows 10 88 (27.67 %) Microsoft 11 78 (24.53 %) Transact-SQL 11 78 (24.53 %) XML 12 70 (22.01 %) Visual Studio 13 63 (19.81 %) WebServices 14 54 (16.98 %) SQL Server 2005

15 51 (16.04 %) SQL Server 2000 16 47 (14.78 %) Java 17 44 (13.84 %) IIS 18 40 (12.58 %) Silverlight 19 39 (12.26 %) Internet 20 38 (11.95 %) MS Excel 21 36 (11.32 %) Migration 21 36 (11.32 %) VBA 22 34 (10.69 %) LINQ 23 31 (9.748 %) Project Management 23 31 (9.748 %) JavaScript 23 31 (9.748 %) Agile Software Development 24 30 (9.434 %) OO 25 29 (9.119 %) C++ 25 29 (9.119 %) .NET Framework

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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 1 275 (86.48 %) .NET 2 152 (47.80 %) ASP 3 150 (47.17 %) ASP.NET 4 78 (24.53 %) XML 5 63 (19.81 %) WebServices 6 40 (12.58 %) Silverlight 7 34 (10.69 %) LINQ 8 29 (9.119 %) .NET Framework 9 23 (7.233 %) HTML 10 14 (4.403 %) AJAX 11 11 (3.459 %) SOAP 12 10 (3.145 %) CSS 13 8 (2.516 %) MVC 13 8 (2.516 %) WCF 13 8 (2.516 %) WF 14 7 (2.201 %) XHTML 15 4 (1.258 %) ADO.NET 16 2 (0.629 %) Application Packaging 16 2 (0.629 %) LAMP 16 2 (0.629 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 44 (13.84 %) IIS 2 15 (4.717 %) SharePoint 3 5 (1.572 %) CMS 4 4 (1.258 %) OpenROAD 4 4 (1.258 %) SAS 5 2 (0.629 %) Apache 6 1 (0.314 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (0.314 %) MS Exchange 6 1 (0.314 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 38 (11.95 %) MS Excel 2 12 (3.774 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.258 %) MS Visio 4 2 (0.629 %) Photoshop 5 1 (0.314 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 2 (0.629 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 39 (12.26 %) Internet 2 8 (2.516 %) SAN 3 3 (0.943 %) WAN 3 3 (0.943 %) Intranet 3 3 (0.943 %) VPN 4 2 (0.629 %) DHCP 4 2 (0.629 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.629 %) LAN 5 1 (0.314 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.314 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.314 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 222 (69.81 %) SQL Server 2 54 (16.98 %) SQL Server 2005 3 51 (16.04 %) SQL Server 2000 4 16 (5.031 %) Crystal Reports 5 15 (4.717 %) SQL Server 7 6 7 (2.201 %) BusinessObjects 6 7 (2.201 %) GIS 7 6 (1.887 %) MySQL 8 4 (1.258 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 4 (1.258 %) Ingres 8 4 (1.258 %) MS Access 8 4 (1.258 %) SQL Server 2008 9 3 (0.943 %) DB2 10 1 (0.314 %) RDBMS 10 1 (0.314 %) InterBase
Development Applications 1 70 (22.01 %) Visual Studio 2 24 (7.547 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 5 (1.572 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 3 (0.943 %) Flash 4 3 (0.943 %) Oracle Forms 5 2 (0.629 %) Dreamweaver 5 2 (0.629 %) InstallShield 5 2 (0.629 %) MSI	General 1 19 (5.975 %) Finance 2 18 (5.660 %) Pensions 3 17 (5.346 %) Insurance 4 7 (2.201 %) Pharmaceutical 4 7 (2.201 %) Government 4 7 (2.201 %) Banking 4 7 (2.201 %) Retail 4 7 (2.201 %) Investment Banking 5 6 (1.887 %) Law 5 6 (1.887 %) Education 6 5 (1.572 %) Health 6 5 (1.572 %) Multimedia 7 4 (1.258 %) Legal 8 2 (0.629 %) Graphic Design 8 2 (0.629 %) Aerospace 8 2 (0.629 %) Automotive 8 2 (0.629 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (0.629 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.314 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 169 (53.14 %) Developer 2 95 (29.87 %) .NET Developer 3 75 (23.58 %) Analyst 4 68 (21.38 %) VB.NET Developer 5 46 (14.47 %) Software Developer 6 45 (14.15 %) Programmer 7 38 (11.95 %) C# Developer 8 34 (10.69 %) Analyst Programmer 9 32 (10.06 %) Senior Developer 10 26 (8.176 %) Solutions Analyst 10 26 (8.176 %) Architect 11 22 (6.918 %) Web Developer 12 20 (6.289 %) Solutions Architect 12 20 (6.289 %) VB Developer 13 18 (5.660 %) .NET Programmer 14 16 (5.031 %) Technical Architect 15 15 (4.717 %) VB.NET Programmer 16 14 (4.403 %) CSharp Software Developer 16 14 (4.403 %) Technical Solutions Architect 16 14 (4.403 %) Systems Developer	Miscellaneous 1 19 (5.975 %) RIA 2 11 (3.459 %) Computer Science 3 5 (1.572 %) iSeries 3 5 (1.572 %) N-Tier 3 5 (1.572 %) AS400 3 5 (1.572 %) Management Information System 4 3 (0.943 %) NHS 5 2 (0.629 %) Web 2.0 5 2 (0.629 %) Mathematics 5 2 (0.629 %) Physics 5 2 (0.629 %) Speech Recognition 5 2 (0.629 %) Clustering 5 2 (0.629 %) Replication 5 2 (0.629 %) Client/Server 6 1 (0.314 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.314 %) Firmware
Operating Systems 1 109 (34.28 %) Windows 2 21 (6.604 %) Windows Server 2003 3 14 (4.403 %) Windows Server 2008 4 4 (1.258 %) Windows XP 5 3 (0.943 %) Windows Mobile 6 2 (0.629 %) Windows Vista 6 2 (0.629 %) UNIX 6 2 (0.629 %) Linux 6 2 (0.629 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.314 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (11.32 %) Migration 2 31 (9.748 %) Project Management 2 31 (9.748 %) Agile Software Development 3 30 (9.434 %) OO 4 15 (4.717 %) SOA 4 15 (4.717 %) Web Development 5 12 (3.774 %) B2B 5 12 (3.774 %) UML 5 12 (3.774 %) Unit Testing 6 11 (3.459 %) B2C 7 10 (3.145 %) ERP 7 10 (3.145 %) Security Cleared 8 7 (2.201 %) OOP 8 7 (2.201 %) Scrum 9 5 (1.572 %) Data Migration 9 5 (1.572 %) System Testing 9 5 (1.572 %) CRM 9 5 (1.572 %) Content Management 9 5 (1.572 %) Information Management 10 3 (0.943 %) RAD
Programming Languages 1 184 (57.86 %) VB.NET 2 183 (57.55 %) C# 3 176 (55.35 %) VB6 4 131 (41.19 %) SQL 5 78 (24.53 %) Transact-SQL 6 47 (14.78 %) Java 7 36 (11.32 %) VBA 8 31 (9.748 %) JavaScript 9 29 (9.119 %) C++ 10 11 (3.459 %) VBScript 11 8 (2.516 %) C 12 5 (1.572 %) PHP 13 2 (0.629 %) Perl 13 2 (0.629 %) PowerShell 14 1 (0.314 %) Delphi	Qualifications 1 27 (8.491 %) Degree 2 5 (1.572 %) ISEB 3 4 (1.258 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (0.314 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.314 %) HND 4 1 (0.314 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.629 %) QA 2 1 (0.314 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (0.314 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.314 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 88 (27.67 %) Microsoft 2 9 (2.830 %) Oracle 3 7 (2.201 %) ESRI 3 7 (2.201 %) Business Objects 3 7 (2.201 %) Meridio 4 5 (1.572 %) Sybase 4 5 (1.572 %) Metastorm 5 4 (1.258 %) Citrix 6 3 (0.943 %) IBM 7 2 (0.629 %) Visualfiles 8 1 (0.314 %) Unisys 8 1 (0.314 %) Progress 8 1 (0.314 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.314 %) BEA 8 1 (0.314 %) Cisco