VB Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) England / South East
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	287	211	198
Rank change year-on-year	-76	-13
Permanent jobs citing VB	108	257	319
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.74%	1.40%	1.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.36%	2.62%	3.05%
Number of salaries quoted	98	233	285
Median salary	£40,000	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£24,200	£23,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£50,000	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£37,500	£38,000
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	-1.31%

VB is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills South East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	7967	9824	10442
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	54.60%	53.41%	48.92%
Number of salaries quoted	6946	8779	8923
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£60,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

VB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing VB as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

Job vacancy trend for VB in the South East

VB
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB in the South East.

VB
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing VB in the South East over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Salary histogram for VB in the South East

VB
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Surrey	+31	28	£55,000	+22.22%	3
Oxfordshire	+14	17	£27,500	-20.28%
Berkshire	-4	17	£40,000	-11.11%	4
Hampshire	+8	15	£33,750	-10.00%	2
East Sussex	-31	10	£35,000	-2.77%	2
Buckinghamshire	-6	9	£45,000	-10.00%	4
Kent	0	8	£35,000	-30.00%
West Sussex	-7	8	£45,000	+63.63%	1
VB England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing VB also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for VB.

1	180 (65.45%)	C#
2	163 (59.27%)	.NET
3	158 (57.45%)	SQL
4	123 (44.73%)	SQL Server
5	101 (36.73%)	Agile Software Development
6	92 (33.45%)	Windows
7	88 (32.00%)	ASP.NET
8	86 (31.27%)	Microsoft
9	76 (27.64%)	VB.NET
10	68 (24.73%)	Java
11	57 (20.73%)	JavaScript
11	57 (20.73%)	HTML
12	55 (20.00%)	MVC
13	53 (19.27%)	Oracle
14	51 (18.55%)	Microsoft Excel

15	48 (17.45%)	Degree
16	47 (17.09%)	Finance
17	46 (16.73%)	Linux
17	46 (16.73%)	C++
17	46 (16.73%)	VB6
17	46 (16.73%)	Test Automation
17	46 (16.73%)	SDLC
18	44 (16.00%)	Software Testing
18	44 (16.00%)	Unix
19	42 (15.27%)	PL/SQL
20	40 (14.55%)	Microsoft Office
20	40 (14.55%)	ASP.NET MVC
21	38 (13.82%)	Software Engineering
21	38 (13.82%)	Security Cleared
22	37 (13.45%)	CSS

VB
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	19 (6.91%)	SharePoint
2	10 (3.64%)	SharePoint 2013
3	9 (3.27%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	9 (3.27%)	MS Exchange
4	8 (2.91%)	BizTalk Server
4	8 (2.91%)	IIS
5	5 (1.82%)	Apache
5	5 (1.82%)	JBoss
6	4 (1.45%)	SharePoint 2010
6	4 (1.45%)	WordPress
7	3 (1.09%)	IBM Notes
7	3 (1.09%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	2 (0.73%)	CMS
8	2 (0.73%)	SAS
9	1 (0.36%)	CICS
9	1 (0.36%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	51 (18.55%)	Microsoft Excel
2	40 (14.55%)	Microsoft Office
3	5 (1.82%)	Simulink
4	2 (0.73%)	Mathcad
4	2 (0.73%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	7 (2.55%)	Dynamics CRM
2	5 (1.82%)	Primavera
3	4 (1.45%)	Payment Gateway
4	2 (0.73%)	Dynamics NAV
5	1 (0.36%)	Infor CRM
5	1 (0.36%)	SAP R/3

Cloud Services
1	11 (4.00%)	Microsoft Azure
2	9 (3.27%)	Office 365
3	4 (1.45%)	Google Play
4	1 (0.36%)	Dynamics 365
4	1 (0.36%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	14 (5.09%)	TCP/IP
2	7 (2.55%)	Firewall
3	3 (1.09%)	3G
3	3 (1.09%)	Ethernet
3	3 (1.09%)	Internet
3	3 (1.09%)	VoIP
4	2 (0.73%)	4G
4	2 (0.73%)	Wi-Fi
5	1 (0.36%)	DHCP
5	1 (0.36%)	DNS
5	1 (0.36%)	GPRS
5	1 (0.36%)	GSM
5	1 (0.36%)	RS-232

Database & Business Intelligence
1	123 (44.73%)	SQL Server
2	22 (8.00%)	SQL Server 2014
3	21 (7.64%)	SQL Server 2016
4	20 (7.27%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	16 (5.82%)	MySQL
5	16 (5.82%)	Oracle Database
6	12 (4.36%)	Relational Database
7	11 (4.00%)	SQL Server 2000
8	10 (3.64%)	MongoDB
8	10 (3.64%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	9 (3.27%)	MS Access
9	9 (3.27%)	RavenDB
10	6 (2.18%)	Crystal Reports
10	6 (2.18%)	Oracle9i Database
11	5 (1.82%)	Big Data
11	5 (1.82%)	Data Warehouse
11	5 (1.82%)	Hadoop
11	5 (1.82%)	JasperReports
11	5 (1.82%)	QlikView
12	4 (1.45%)	Oracle Reports

Development Applications
1	28 (10.18%)	Visual Studio
2	23 (8.36%)	Team Foundation Server
3	20 (7.27%)	Subversion
4	15 (5.45%)	HP UFT
5	12 (4.36%)	LoadRunner
6	9 (3.27%)	Oracle Forms
7	8 (2.91%)	NUnit
7	8 (2.91%)	TestComplete
7	8 (2.91%)	VSS/SourceSafe
8	7 (2.55%)	Git (software)
8	7 (2.55%)	Selenium
9	5 (1.82%)	Eclipse
9	5 (1.82%)	SpecFlow
9	5 (1.82%)	tSQLt
10	4 (1.45%)	JIRA
10	4 (1.45%)	MSTest
11	3 (1.09%)	Oracle APEX
12	2 (0.73%)	Moq
12	2 (0.73%)	Rhino Mocks
12	2 (0.73%)	WebDriver

General
1	47 (17.09%)	Finance
2	8 (2.91%)	Marketing
2	8 (2.91%)	Retail
3	6 (2.18%)	Law
4	5 (1.82%)	Electronics
4	5 (1.82%)	Legal
5	4 (1.45%)	Games
6	3 (1.09%)	Manufacturing
6	3 (1.09%)	Telecoms
7	2 (0.73%)	Automotive
7	2 (0.73%)	Back Office
7	2 (0.73%)	Billing
7	2 (0.73%)	French Language
7	2 (0.73%)	German Language
7	2 (0.73%)	Military

Job Titles
1	133 (48.36%)	Developer
2	83 (30.18%)	.NET Developer
3	41 (14.91%)	C# Developer
4	38 (13.82%)	Analyst
5	32 (11.64%)	C# .NET Developer
6	31 (11.27%)	Software Developer
7	25 (9.09%)	Tester
8	20 (7.27%)	VB.NET Developer
9	19 (6.91%)	VB Developer
10	18 (6.55%)	.NET Software Developer
10	18 (6.55%)	SQL Developer
11	16 (5.82%)	Team Leader
12	15 (5.45%)	Junior
12	15 (5.45%)	Software Tester
13	14 (5.09%)	Software Team Leader
14	13 (4.73%)	Development Team Leader
14	13 (4.73%)	QA Engineer
14	13 (4.73%)	Software Development Team Leader
15	12 (4.36%)	Programmer
16	11 (4.00%)	Junior Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	163 (59.27%)	.NET
2	88 (32.00%)	ASP.NET
3	57 (20.73%)	HTML
4	40 (14.55%)	ASP.NET MVC
5	37 (13.45%)	CSS
6	35 (12.73%)	.NET Framework
6	35 (12.73%)	AngularJS
6	35 (12.73%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
7	33 (12.00%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	32 (11.64%)	HTML5
9	26 (9.45%)	Twitter Bootstrap
10	23 (8.36%)	WinForms
10	23 (8.36%)	XML
11	22 (8.00%)	jQuery
12	20 (7.27%)	WCF
13	18 (6.55%)	CSS3
14	16 (5.82%)	RESTful
15	15 (5.45%)	Web Services
16	13 (4.73%)	Ajax
16	13 (4.73%)	LINQ

Miscellaneous
1	31 (11.27%)	Analytical Skills
2	27 (9.82%)	Client/Server
3	26 (9.45%)	Computer Science
4	12 (4.36%)	Greenfield Project
5	11 (4.00%)	iPad
6	10 (3.64%)	Fintech
6	10 (3.64%)	Mobile App
7	8 (2.91%)	Algorithms
7	8 (2.91%)	Enterprise Software
7	8 (2.91%)	Management Information System
8	7 (2.55%)	PKI
9	6 (2.18%)	iPhone
10	5 (1.82%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
11	4 (1.45%)	Mainframe
11	4 (1.45%)	N-Tier
11	4 (1.45%)	Tandem
12	3 (1.09%)	Clustering
12	3 (1.09%)	FMCG
12	3 (1.09%)	IBM Mainframe
12	3 (1.09%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	92 (33.45%)	Windows
2	46 (16.73%)	Linux
3	44 (16.00%)	Unix
4	36 (13.09%)	Windows Server
5	27 (9.82%)	Windows Server 2008
6	18 (6.55%)	Windows 7
7	16 (5.82%)	Windows Server 2003
8	14 (5.09%)	Windows 10
9	10 (3.64%)	Android
10	8 (2.91%)	Windows Server 2012
11	7 (2.55%)	Windows Vista
12	6 (2.18%)	Apple iOS
12	6 (2.18%)	Solaris
12	6 (2.18%)	Windows 2000 Server
13	3 (1.09%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14	2 (0.73%)	Mac OS
14	2 (0.73%)	Windows Phone
14	2 (0.73%)	Windows XP
15	1 (0.36%)	MVS
15	1 (0.36%)	zOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	101 (36.73%)	Agile Software Development
2	55 (20.00%)	MVC
3	46 (16.73%)	SDLC
3	46 (16.73%)	Test Automation
4	44 (16.00%)	Software Testing
5	38 (13.82%)	Software Engineering
6	35 (12.73%)	Scrum
6	35 (12.73%)	Test Scripting
6	35 (12.73%)	Web Application Development
7	28 (10.18%)	Open Source
8	25 (9.09%)	TDD
9	24 (8.73%)	Mathematics
10	23 (8.36%)	Business Intelligence
10	23 (8.36%)	OO
11	19 (6.91%)	Manual Testing
12	17 (6.18%)	BDD
12	17 (6.18%)	Functional Testing
12	17 (6.18%)	Scenario Testing
13	16 (5.82%)	DevOps
13	16 (5.82%)	UML

Programming Languages
1	180 (65.45%)	C#
2	158 (57.45%)	SQL
3	76 (27.64%)	VB.NET
4	68 (24.73%)	Java
5	57 (20.73%)	JavaScript
6	46 (16.73%)	C++
6	46 (16.73%)	VB6
7	42 (15.27%)	PL/SQL
8	34 (12.36%)	T-SQL
9	33 (12.00%)	VBScript
10	30 (10.91%)	PowerShell
11	28 (10.18%)	Python
12	26 (9.45%)	C
13	23 (8.36%)	Shell Script
13	23 (8.36%)	VBA
14	16 (5.82%)	Go
14	16 (5.82%)	Scala
15	12 (4.36%)	MATLAB
16	10 (3.64%)	PHP
17	6 (2.18%)	ECMAScript

Qualifications
1	48 (17.45%)	Degree
2	38 (13.82%)	Security Cleared
3	24 (8.73%)	SC Cleared
4	22 (8.00%)	ISTQB
4	22 (8.00%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	14 (5.09%)	DV Cleared
6	13 (4.73%)	ISEB
7	9 (3.27%)	PhD
8	4 (1.45%)	Numerate Degree
9	3 (1.09%)	HND
10	2 (0.73%)	PMI Certification
11	1 (0.36%)	Computer Science Degree
11	1 (0.36%)	PMP
11	1 (0.36%)	PRINCE2 Certification
11	1 (0.36%)	Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	32 (11.64%)	QA
2	8 (2.91%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
3	2 (0.73%)	PMO
4	1 (0.36%)	Data Quality
4	1 (0.36%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.36%)	SLA

System Software
1	23 (8.36%)	Active Directory
2	11 (4.00%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	7 (2.55%)	vSphere
4	6 (2.18%)	Hyper-V
5	1 (0.36%)	ACF2
5	1 (0.36%)	Forefront TMG
5	1 (0.36%)	RACF
5	1 (0.36%)	UAG

Systems Management
1	13 (4.73%)	HP Quality Center
2	10 (3.64%)	SCCM
3	7 (2.55%)	vCenter Server
3	7 (2.55%)	vMotion
4	6 (2.18%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
5	5 (1.82%)	OpenView Configuration Management
6	4 (1.45%)	SCOM
6	4 (1.45%)	SCOrch
7	1 (0.36%)	Failover Clustering
7	1 (0.36%)	NetBackup
7	1 (0.36%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	86 (31.27%)	Microsoft
2	53 (19.27%)	Oracle
3	22 (8.00%)	HP
4	18 (6.55%)	VMware
5	11 (4.00%)	Apple
5	11 (4.00%)	Cisco
5	11 (4.00%)	Facebook
6	9 (3.27%)	Citrix
6	9 (3.27%)	Red Hat
7	8 (2.91%)	TOWER Software
8	6 (2.18%)	IBM
9	4 (1.45%)	Google
9	4 (1.45%)	Perforce
9	4 (1.45%)	Sun
10	3 (1.09%)	Adobe
10	3 (1.09%)	EMC
11	2 (0.73%)	Ericsson
11	2 (0.73%)	Nokia
11	2 (0.73%)	Salesforce.com
11	2 (0.73%)	SAP