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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 27 - 6
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB 1 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 1.370% - 16.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.818% - 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
Average salary £28,500 - £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
55 20 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 75.34% 68.97% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 54 17 21
Average salary £29,500 £32,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.81% +12.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £45,250 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
West Midlands

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) VB6
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (50.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree