The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 32 68 57
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -11
Permanent jobs citing VB 74 27 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 5.992% 2.316% 2.778%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.38% 4.239% 4.882%
Number of salaries quoted 66 25 29
Average salary £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +12.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £21,000 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
713 637 594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 57.73% 54.63% 56.90%
Number of salaries quoted 647 563 553
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
UK

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales VB Salary Trend

VB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales VB Salary Histogram

VB
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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +37 60 £30,000 -3.22%
North Wales +3 9 £29,500 -15.71%
VB
UK

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 86 (80.37%) .NET
2 76 (71.03%) SQL Server
3 63 (58.88%) VB6
4 62 (57.94%) VB.NET
5 59 (55.14%) C#
6 55 (51.40%) ASP.NET
7 38 (35.51%) SQL
8 35 (32.71%) XML
9 21 (19.63%) T-SQL
10 18 (16.82%) OO
11 17 (15.89%) VBA
12 15 (14.02%) Oracle
12 15 (14.02%) MS Excel
13 14 (13.08%) ITIL
13 14 (13.08%) JavaScript
13 14 (13.08%) Finance
14 12 (11.21%) Degree
14 12 (11.21%) Test Automation
14 12 (11.21%) VBScript
14 12 (11.21%) QuickTest Pro
15 11 (10.28%) MS Access
15 11 (10.28%) Ajax
15 11 (10.28%) Web Design
16 10 (9.346%) SQL Server 2005
16 10 (9.346%) SC Cleared
16 10 (9.346%) Security Cleared
17 9 (8.411%) SLA
17 9 (8.411%) SQL Server 7
17 9 (8.411%) SQL Server 2000
17 9 (8.411%) SQL Server Reporting Services

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 86 (80.37%) .NET
2 55 (51.40%) ASP.NET
3 35 (32.71%) XML
4 11 (10.28%) Ajax
5 8 (7.477%) CSS
6 7 (6.542%) ASP
6 7 (6.542%) .NET Framework
7 5 (4.673%) CGI
7 5 (4.673%) Web Services
8 4 (3.738%) HTML
9 3 (2.804%) ADO.NET
10 2 (1.869%) LINQ
10 2 (1.869%) jQuery
10 2 (1.869%) WCF
10 2 (1.869%) HTML5
11 1 (0.935%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.935%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.804%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (14.02%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.673%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.935%) Visualfiles
1 1 (0.935%) SalesLogix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (71.03%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.28%) MS Access
3 10 (9.346%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (8.411%) SQL Server 7
4 9 (8.411%) SQL Server 2000
4 9 (8.411%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (6.542%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (3.738%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (3.738%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.935%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.935%) MySQL
7 1 (0.935%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (11.21%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (6.542%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.738%) Synon
4 2 (1.869%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (13.08%) Finance
2 8 (7.477%) Retail
3 2 (1.869%) Advertising
3 2 (1.869%) Law
4 1 (0.935%) Legal
4 1 (0.935%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 65 (60.75%) Developer
2 44 (41.12%) .NET Developer
3 38 (35.51%) Analyst
4 22 (20.56%) VB.NET Developer
5 20 (18.69%) Applications Support
6 19 (17.76%) Support Analyst
7 13 (12.15%) Applications Support Analyst
8 10 (9.346%) Test Analyst
9 9 (8.411%) Senior Developer
9 9 (8.411%) Senior .NET Developer
10 8 (7.477%) C# .NET Developer
10 8 (7.477%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
10 8 (7.477%) ASP.NET Developer
10 8 (7.477%) C# Developer
10 8 (7.477%) Senior C# Developer
10 8 (7.477%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (6.542%) Programmer
11 7 (6.542%) Service Analyst
11 7 (6.542%) Web Developer
12 6 (5.607%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.673%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.869%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.935%) Health Informatics
3 1 (0.935%) LIMS
3 1 (0.935%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.935%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.738%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (3.738%) Windows
2 2 (1.869%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.82%) OO
2 14 (13.08%) ITIL
3 12 (11.21%) Test Automation
4 11 (10.28%) Web Design
5 9 (8.411%) ITIL V3
6 7 (6.542%) OOD
6 7 (6.542%) Test Scripting
6 7 (6.542%) Waterfall
7 6 (5.607%) Migration
7 6 (5.607%) Change Management
8 5 (4.673%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (3.738%) MVC
9 4 (3.738%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.738%) Functional Testing
10 3 (2.804%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (2.804%) E-Commerce
11 2 (1.869%) Unit Testing
11 2 (1.869%) System Testing
11 2 (1.869%) Information Management
11 2 (1.869%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 63 (58.88%) VB6
2 62 (57.94%) VB.NET
3 59 (55.14%) C#
4 38 (35.51%) SQL
5 21 (19.63%) T-SQL
6 17 (15.89%) VBA
7 14 (13.08%) JavaScript
8 12 (11.21%) VBScript
9 5 (4.673%) Java
10 2 (1.869%) PHP
10 2 (1.869%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 12 (11.21%) Degree
2 10 (9.346%) SC Cleared
2 10 (9.346%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.411%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.869%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (14.02%) Oracle
2 6 (5.607%) Remedy
3 4 (3.738%) Teradata
3 4 (3.738%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.869%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.869%) Cognos
5 1 (0.935%) Salesforce.com
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The successful candidate will be experienced in working on product based development using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET 3.5 & .Net framework and related technologies while employing strong...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
It is essential that you have experience with VB6 and SQL Server. If you have experience of VB.Net and Visual Studio 2010/2012 this would be an...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013