The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 55 62 33
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -29
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 68 48 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.759% 2.934% 5.624%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.009% 6.275% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 62 43 71
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
849 765 525
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 46.93% 46.76% 37.85%
Number of salaries quoted 754 706 486
Average salary £38,750 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Birmingham VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 151 (100.00%) .NET
2 115 (76.16%) ASP.NET
3 113 (74.83%) C#
4 111 (73.51%) SQL Server
5 79 (52.32%) SQL
6 64 (42.38%) JavaScript
7 60 (39.74%) HTML
8 46 (30.46%) Microsoft
9 44 (29.14%) CSS
10 41 (27.15%) MVC
11 40 (26.49%) Visual Studio
11 40 (26.49%) T-SQL
12 38 (25.17%) VB
13 35 (23.18%) XML
14 34 (22.52%) Windows
15 30 (19.87%) Agile Software Development
15 30 (19.87%) .NET Framework
16 28 (18.54%) SQL Server 2008
17 27 (17.88%) SQL Server 2005
18 26 (17.22%) jQuery
19 25 (16.56%) OO
20 24 (15.89%) SharePoint
20 24 (15.89%) TDD
21 23 (15.23%) Web Services
21 23 (15.23%) ADO.NET
21 23 (15.23%) Ajax
22 21 (13.91%) Microsoft Certification
23 20 (13.25%) WCF
23 20 (13.25%) ASP.NET MVC
24 18 (11.92%) Continuous Integration

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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
1 151 (100.00%) .NET
2 115 (76.16%) ASP.NET
3 60 (39.74%) HTML
4 44 (29.14%) CSS
5 35 (23.18%) XML
6 30 (19.87%) .NET Framework
7 26 (17.22%) jQuery
8 23 (15.23%) Ajax
8 23 (15.23%) Web Services
8 23 (15.23%) ADO.NET
9 20 (13.25%) WCF
9 20 (13.25%) ASP.NET MVC
10 17 (11.26%) WinForms
11 13 (8.609%) WF
12 12 (7.947%) WPF
13 11 (7.285%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 10 (6.623%) Windows SharePoint Services
14 10 (6.623%) Silverlight
14 10 (6.623%) ASP
15 9 (5.960%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 24 (15.89%) SharePoint
2 17 (11.26%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (8.609%) BizTalk Server
3 13 (8.609%) IIS
4 10 (6.623%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (6.623%) SharePoint Foundation
5 1 (0.662%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (9.272%) InfoPath
2 13 (8.609%) MS Office
2 13 (8.609%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (5.960%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.325%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.987%) Internet
2 2 (1.325%) Extranet
2 2 (1.325%) HTTP
3 1 (0.662%) Intranet
3 1 (0.662%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (73.51%) SQL Server
2 28 (18.54%) SQL Server 2008
3 27 (17.88%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (9.934%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (9.934%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (6.623%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (5.960%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.649%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.325%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.325%) GIS
8 2 (1.325%) MS Access
9 1 (0.662%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.662%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.662%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 40 (26.49%) Visual Studio
2 16 (10.60%) NUnit
3 10 (6.623%) CruiseControl
3 10 (6.623%) Visual Studio Team System
3 10 (6.623%) MSBuild
4 6 (3.974%) MSTest
4 6 (3.974%) Rhino Mocks
4 6 (3.974%) Moq
5 4 (2.649%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 3 (1.987%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.987%) Subversion
7 2 (1.325%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.662%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.662%) Hudson
8 1 (0.662%) Paros
8 1 (0.662%) Firebug
8 1 (0.662%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.662%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (9.934%) Finance
2 7 (4.636%) Advertising
3 5 (3.311%) Retail
4 3 (1.987%) Marketing
4 3 (1.987%) Law
5 2 (1.325%) Legal
6 1 (0.662%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.662%) Automotive
6 1 (0.662%) Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (83.44%) Developer
2 76 (50.33%) .NET Developer
3 33 (21.85%) ASP.NET Developer
4 29 (19.21%) VB.NET Developer
5 17 (11.26%) Software Developer
6 16 (10.60%) C# Developer
7 15 (9.934%) C# .NET Developer
8 12 (7.947%) SharePoint Developer
9 11 (7.285%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (6.623%) SQL Developer
10 10 (6.623%) SQL Server Developer
11 9 (5.960%) Senior Developer
12 8 (5.298%) Web Developer
12 8 (5.298%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 7 (4.636%) .NET Software Developer
13 7 (4.636%) Programmer
14 6 (3.974%) Architect
14 6 (3.974%) Analyst
15 5 (3.311%) .NET Web Developer
15 5 (3.311%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.636%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.974%) Inversion of Control
2 6 (3.974%) Mathematics
3 4 (2.649%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.987%) Physics
5 2 (1.325%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.662%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.662%) Cryptography
6 1 (0.662%) iPad
6 1 (0.662%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.662%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.52%) Windows
2 2 (1.325%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.662%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.662%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.662%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.15%) MVC
2 30 (19.87%) Agile Software Development
3 25 (16.56%) OO
4 24 (15.89%) TDD
5 18 (11.92%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (9.934%) Project Management
7 14 (9.272%) CRM
8 13 (8.609%) UML
9 10 (6.623%) OOA/OOD
9 10 (6.623%) RUP
9 10 (6.623%) Scrum
9 10 (6.623%) Unified Process
9 10 (6.623%) MSF
9 10 (6.623%) BDD
9 10 (6.623%) Web Application Development
10 9 (5.960%) MVVM
10 9 (5.960%) Integration Acceptance Testing
10 9 (5.960%) OOP
10 9 (5.960%) B2B
10 9 (5.960%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 113 (74.83%) C#
2 79 (52.32%) SQL
3 64 (42.38%) JavaScript
4 40 (26.49%) T-SQL
5 38 (25.17%) VB
6 10 (6.623%) VB6
7 5 (3.311%) PHP
8 4 (2.649%) VBScript
9 2 (1.325%) VBA
9 2 (1.325%) C++
10 1 (0.662%) COBOL
10 1 (0.662%) Delphi
10 1 (0.662%) Java
10 1 (0.662%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.662%) Perl
10 1 (0.662%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (13.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (11.26%) Degree
3 13 (8.609%) MCP
4 11 (7.285%) MCSD
5 10 (6.623%) MCAD
5 10 (6.623%) MCTS
5 10 (6.623%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.623%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.623%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.662%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.662%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.662%) MCSE
6 1 (0.662%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.987%) QA
2 1 (0.662%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.662%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 1 (0.662%) Nessus
Vendors
1 46 (30.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.934%) Oracle
3 1 (0.662%) IBM
3 1 (0.662%) Micro Focus
3 1 (0.662%) Google
3 1 (0.662%) Qualys
3 1 (0.662%) Acunetix
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Posted: 14 June 2013
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