The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 125 80 48
Rank change year-on-year
-45 -32
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 97 176 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.862% 2.857% 4.441%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.501% 5.890% 8.747%
Number of salaries quoted 96 176 204
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2155 2988 2641
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 41.36% 48.50% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1908 2640 2333
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading -16 56 £35,000 +7.69%
Bracknell -18 10 £43,750 +3.55%
Slough -4 4 £34,000 -35.23%
Maidenhead +7 3 £37,500 -28.57%
Newbury -6 3 £27,500 +5.76%
Wokingham -2 2 £42,250 -15.50%
Windsor - 1 £37,500 -
Hungerford - 1 £32,500 -
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 236 (100.00%) .NET
2 193 (81.78%) C#
3 181 (76.69%) ASP.NET
4 157 (66.53%) SQL
5 152 (64.41%) SQL Server
6 68 (28.81%) jQuery
7 67 (28.39%) JavaScript
8 62 (26.27%) CSS
9 54 (22.88%) WCF
10 51 (21.61%) HTML
11 48 (20.34%) Microsoft
12 46 (19.49%) Web Services
13 44 (18.64%) Visual Studio
14 40 (16.95%) SQL Server 2005
15 36 (15.25%) MS Excel
16 35 (14.83%) MVC
16 35 (14.83%) Finance
16 35 (14.83%) LINQ
17 34 (14.41%) XML
18 33 (13.98%) T-SQL
18 33 (13.98%) Ajax
19 32 (13.56%) Windows
20 30 (12.71%) WinForms
21 29 (12.29%) SQL Server 2008
22 25 (10.59%) TDD
23 24 (10.17%) Degree
24 22 (9.322%) Stakeholder Management
24 22 (9.322%) VB
25 21 (8.898%) IIS
25 21 (8.898%) Scrum

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 236 (100.00%) .NET
2 181 (76.69%) ASP.NET
3 68 (28.81%) jQuery
4 62 (26.27%) CSS
5 54 (22.88%) WCF
6 51 (21.61%) HTML
7 46 (19.49%) Web Services
8 35 (14.83%) LINQ
9 34 (14.41%) XML
10 33 (13.98%) Ajax
11 30 (12.71%) WinForms
12 18 (7.627%) ASP.NET MVC
12 18 (7.627%) WPF
12 18 (7.627%) HTML5
13 15 (6.356%) Castle Windsor
13 15 (6.356%) Razor View Engine
14 13 (5.508%) Unity DI Container
14 13 (5.508%) Ninject
14 13 (5.508%) Spring.NET
15 10 (4.237%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 21 (8.898%) IIS
2 16 (6.780%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.085%) CMS
4 10 (4.237%) DotNetNuke
4 10 (4.237%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (3.814%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.847%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (0.847%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (0.424%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (15.25%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.814%) InfoPath
3 4 (1.695%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.271%) MS Project
5 2 (0.847%) MS Office
5 2 (0.847%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.424%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.237%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.237%) TCP/IP
1 10 (4.237%) Internet
2 5 (2.119%) HTTP
3 4 (1.695%) Intranet
4 2 (0.847%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (64.41%) SQL Server
2 40 (16.95%) SQL Server 2005
3 29 (12.29%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (6.356%) SQL Server 2012
5 8 (3.390%) Data Mining
5 8 (3.390%) GIS
6 7 (2.966%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.542%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.119%) MySQL
9 2 (0.847%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.847%) MS Access
10 1 (0.424%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.424%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.424%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.424%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.424%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.424%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 44 (18.64%) Visual Studio
2 15 (6.356%) NUnit
3 13 (5.508%) Rhino Mocks
3 13 (5.508%) Moq
3 13 (5.508%) MSTest
3 13 (5.508%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (4.661%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.847%) Selenium
5 2 (0.847%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.847%) Subversion
6 1 (0.424%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.424%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 1 (0.424%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.424%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.424%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.424%) JUnit
6 1 (0.424%) Rational Robot
General
1 35 (14.83%) Finance
2 12 (5.085%) Banking
3 9 (3.814%) Local Government
4 5 (2.119%) Investment Banking
5 4 (1.695%) Marketing
5 4 (1.695%) Billing
6 3 (1.271%) Retail
7 2 (0.847%) Electronics
7 2 (0.847%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.847%) Advertising
8 1 (0.424%) French Language
8 1 (0.424%) German Language
8 1 (0.424%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.424%) International Banking
8 1 (0.424%) Legal
8 1 (0.424%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 199 (84.32%) Developer
2 122 (51.69%) .NET Developer
3 47 (19.92%) C# Developer
4 41 (17.37%) Web Developer
5 38 (16.10%) VB.NET Developer
6 33 (13.98%) ASP.NET Developer
7 32 (13.56%) C# .NET Developer
8 25 (10.59%) .NET Web Developer
8 25 (10.59%) Senior Developer
9 23 (9.746%) Software Developer
10 20 (8.475%) Programmer
11 19 (8.051%) SQL Developer
11 19 (8.051%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 18 (7.627%) Consultant
12 18 (7.627%) Applications Developer
13 17 (7.203%) Web Applications Developer
14 16 (6.780%) Senior .NET Developer
14 16 (6.780%) .NET Programmer
14 16 (6.780%) VB.NET Programmer
15 15 (6.356%) .NET Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.203%) Computer Science
2 15 (6.356%) Inversion of Control
3 9 (3.814%) Mathematics
4 5 (2.119%) Physics
5 4 (1.695%) W3C
5 4 (1.695%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.695%) SWIFT
6 3 (1.271%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.271%) FMCG
7 2 (0.847%) Firmware
7 2 (0.847%) SaaS
8 1 (0.424%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.424%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.424%) Clustering
8 1 (0.424%) Mashup
8 1 (0.424%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.424%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.56%) Windows
2 6 (2.542%) Android
3 1 (0.424%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.424%) Windows Phone
3 1 (0.424%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (14.83%) MVC
2 25 (10.59%) TDD
3 22 (9.322%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (8.898%) Scrum
5 18 (7.627%) CRM
6 15 (6.356%) Web Application Development
7 13 (5.508%) MVVM
7 13 (5.508%) Dependency Injection
7 13 (5.508%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (5.508%) Kanban
8 11 (4.661%) Document Management
9 10 (4.237%) RAD
9 10 (4.237%) Project Management
9 10 (4.237%) Unit Testing
10 9 (3.814%) OO
10 9 (3.814%) E-Commerce
11 8 (3.390%) CAD
12 7 (2.966%) Web Design
12 7 (2.966%) Web Development
12 7 (2.966%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 193 (81.78%) C#
2 157 (66.53%) SQL
3 67 (28.39%) JavaScript
4 33 (13.98%) T-SQL
5 22 (9.322%) VB
6 19 (8.051%) C++
7 15 (6.356%) PHP
8 13 (5.508%) C
9 12 (5.085%) VB6
10 11 (4.661%) Java
11 5 (2.119%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.847%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.847%) VBA
12 2 (0.847%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.847%) Python
12 2 (0.847%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.424%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.17%) Degree
2 4 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (1.695%) PMP
3 3 (1.271%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.847%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.847%) MCDBA
5 1 (0.424%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.424%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.966%) QA
2 2 (0.847%) HL7
Systems Management
1 1 (0.424%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 48 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.661%) Oracle
3 4 (1.695%) VMware
4 3 (1.271%) BT
4 3 (1.271%) HP
5 2 (0.847%) Lotus
5 2 (0.847%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (0.847%) Progress
6 1 (0.424%) Telerik
6 1 (0.424%) IBM
6 1 (0.424%) Kofax
6 1 (0.424%) Epicor
Reading, Thames Valley
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Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Slough, South East
Role: Software Developer, Web Developer, ASP.Net Developer, .Net Programmer, Software Engineer, Software Programming, Intranet Developer - Web-based / Internet / Website / Intranet Solutions.Technologies: ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, ...
OCC Computing
Salary: To £35k + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Required Skills ASP.Net 2.0-4.5. C# or VB.Net. MVC. SQLServer 2005-12. Linq. jQuery, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax. Web services, WCF, XML... T-SQL...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £47,500 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
A C# ASP.Net Developer interested in joining a development team in small but well established software company, to contribute towards all stages of software lifecycle of web-...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Tester / QA - Automated Training Provided - Berkshire - Up to £35k + Rapid career acceleration As one of the fastest growing digital brands in UK with 100% growth year on year,...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
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Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £22,500 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, South East
In some cases it also involves responding to a RFXs, setting up and performing customer demonstrations and POCs and supporting sales activities from a technical perspective.Essential skills...
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £55k - 65k per year + Bonus, Car allowance and bens
Posted: 24 May 2013