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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Wigan 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic (VB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1612
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below11.11 %5.000 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£20,000£22,500
Average salary£25,000£25,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£30,000£27,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,055£33,758
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads920
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.008 %
Salaries quoted716
Average minimum salary£26,250£30,145
Average salary£28,708£32,710
% change on same period last year-12.23 %
Average maximum salary£31,167£35,274
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB ManchesterVB
Manchester

VB
Demand Trend

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

Wigan VB Demand Trend

VB
Salary Trend

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

Wigan VB Salary Trend

VB
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

117 (94.44 %)OOP
117 (94.44 %)ActiveX
117 (94.44 %)Flash
117 (94.44 %)SQL
117 (94.44 %)C#
117 (94.44 %)WinForms
117 (94.44 %)VB6
117 (94.44 %)WPF
215 (83.33 %).NET
310 (55.56 %)Visual Studio
310 (55.56 %)DirectX
310 (55.56 %)OLE
310 (55.56 %)XML
310 (55.56 %)XAML
47 (38.89 %)Pensions
47 (38.89 %)ASP.NET
47 (38.89 %)WebServices
47 (38.89 %)SQL Server
53 (16.67 %)HTML
53 (16.67 %)Time Management
61 (5.556 %)Crystal Reports

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan 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.

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (94.44 %)ActiveX
117 (94.44 %)WinForms
117 (94.44 %)WPF
215 (83.33 %).NET
310 (55.56 %)XML
310 (55.56 %)DirectX
310 (55.56 %)OLE
47 (38.89 %)ASP.NET
47 (38.89 %)WebServices
53 (16.67 %)HTML
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (38.89 %)SQL Server
21 (5.556 %)Crystal Reports
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (94.44 %)Flash
210 (55.56 %)Visual Studio
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (38.89 %)Pensions
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (100.00 %)Developer
217 (94.44 %)Applications Developer
217 (94.44 %)C# Developer
217 (94.44 %)C# Application Developer
33 (16.67 %)Web Applications Developer
33 (16.67 %)C# Web Developer
33 (16.67 %)Programmer
33 (16.67 %)Web Developer
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (94.44 %)OOP
23 (16.67 %)Time Management
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (94.44 %)C#
117 (94.44 %)SQL
117 (94.44 %)VB6
210 (55.56 %)XAML
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