The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Malling region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB over the 3 months to 20 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 West Malling region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 15 5 9
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +4
Permanent jobs citing VB 2 3 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Malling 4.545% 18.75% 37.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.22% 50.00% 59.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 51
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,750 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £42,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.94%
All Programming Languages
West Malling
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9 6 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Malling 20.45% 37.50% 63.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 86
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £37,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £52,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB
Kent

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Malling 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 West Malling region.

West Malling VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Malling 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%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Sahi
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) soapUI
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) RUP

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Malling 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%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) soapUI
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Sahi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) RUP
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA