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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 26 23 26
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 23 20 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 6.150% 9.390% 7.767%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.09% 13.61% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 16
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,950 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
228 147 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 60.96% 69.01% 56.31%
Number of salaries quoted 216 146 107
Average salary £39,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Somerset

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Salary Trend

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

Bath VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Bath VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing VB.NET 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.NET.

1 34 (100.00%) C#
1 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 29 (85.29%) Microsoft
3 27 (79.41%) Windows
3 27 (79.41%) MS Excel
4 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (67.65%) Team Foundation Server
5 22 (64.71%) Business Analysis
5 22 (64.71%) Service Delivery
5 22 (64.71%) Finance
6 18 (52.94%) Visual Studio
7 16 (47.06%) XML
8 13 (38.24%) Release Management
9 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
10 9 (26.47%) IIS
11 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
11 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (11.76%) .NET Framework
12 4 (11.76%) Degree
12 4 (11.76%) Web Services
12 4 (11.76%) Intranet
12 4 (11.76%) SQL
12 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
13 2 (5.882%) WebDriver
13 2 (5.882%) Cucumber
13 2 (5.882%) Automated Testing
13 2 (5.882%) Manual Testing
13 2 (5.882%) QA

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath region citing VB.NET 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.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 16 (47.06%) XML
3 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
4 4 (11.76%) .NET Framework
4 4 (11.76%) Web Services
5 2 (5.882%) CSS
6 1 (2.941%) ASP
6 1 (2.941%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 9 (26.47%) IIS
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (79.41%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (67.65%) Team Foundation Server
2 18 (52.94%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.882%) WebDriver
3 2 (5.882%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.882%) Selenium
3 2 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 22 (64.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Release Manager
1 13 (38.24%) Configuration Manager
2 10 (29.41%) Release Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) Configuration Engineer
3 9 (26.47%) Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Junior Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Junior
4 6 (17.65%) .NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) VB.NET Developer
5 5 (14.71%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (11.76%) C# Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Graduate
7 3 (8.824%) Web Developer
7 3 (8.824%) Junior .NET Developer
7 3 (8.824%) Intranet Developer
7 3 (8.824%) .NET Web Developer
Operating Systems
1 27 (79.41%) Windows
2 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (67.65%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Business Analysis
1 22 (64.71%) Service Delivery
2 13 (38.24%) Release Management
3 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Automated Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Manual Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Regression Testing
4 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (5.882%) Java
3 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (85.29%) Microsoft
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