The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 78 57 52
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -5
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 17 27 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.568% 2.736% 3.070%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.229% 5.433% 6.824%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 26
Average salary £31,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,300 £39,500 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £39,400 £77,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
402 497 381
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 37.08% 50.35% 44.98%
Number of salaries quoted 361 418 367
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +11 15 £31,000 -27.05%
Dunstable -26 1 £35,000 -11.39%
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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%) .NET
2 26 (76.47%) SQL Server
3 22 (64.71%) VB
4 19 (55.88%) C#
5 15 (44.12%) Windows
5 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
5 15 (44.12%) Oracle
6 14 (41.18%) MS Access
6 14 (41.18%) VBA
6 14 (41.18%) Crystal Reports
6 14 (41.18%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (35.29%) MS Office
7 12 (35.29%) Data Analysis
7 12 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
9 8 (23.53%) SQL
9 8 (23.53%) MVC
10 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
10 7 (20.59%) ASP.NET
10 7 (20.59%) XML
11 6 (17.65%) Performance Improvement
11 6 (17.65%) Silverlight
11 6 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
12 5 (14.71%) VB6
13 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (11.76%) WinForms
13 4 (11.76%) Finance
13 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
14 3 (8.824%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 3 (8.824%) ASP

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 7 (20.59%) ASP.NET
2 7 (20.59%) XML
3 6 (17.65%) Silverlight
4 4 (11.76%) WinForms
5 3 (8.824%) ASP
6 2 (5.882%) Web Services
6 2 (5.882%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.941%) WCF
7 1 (2.941%) LINQ
7 1 (2.941%) HTML
7 1 (2.941%) XSL
7 1 (2.941%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
2 12 (35.29%) MS Office
3 2 (5.882%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) HTTP
1 1 (2.941%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (76.47%) SQL Server
2 14 (41.18%) Crystal Reports
2 14 (41.18%) Oracle Reports
2 14 (41.18%) MS Access
3 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (8.824%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.941%) MySQL
6 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
2 3 (8.824%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (11.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) .NET Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Senior Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Silverlight Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Capacity Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Forecast Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) MI Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Software Developer
6 3 (8.824%) C# Developer
6 3 (8.824%) VB.NET Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Information Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) SQL Developer
7 2 (5.882%) SQL DBA
7 2 (5.882%) VB Developer
7 2 (5.882%) DBA
7 2 (5.882%) Applications Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Teradata DBA
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Data Analysis
1 12 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (23.53%) MVC
3 6 (17.65%) Performance Improvement
3 6 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (8.824%) TDD
5 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.882%) Scrum
5 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.882%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) VB
2 19 (55.88%) C#
3 14 (41.18%) VBA
4 8 (23.53%) SQL
5 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
6 5 (14.71%) VB6
7 3 (8.824%) T-SQL
8 2 (5.882%) FoxPro (VFP)
8 2 (5.882%) XAML
9 1 (2.941%) VBScript
9 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) MCDBA
1 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (5.882%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Oracle
2 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.882%) HP
3 2 (5.882%) DevExpress
3 2 (5.882%) Red Gate
4 1 (2.941%) Twitter
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