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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 13 8 19
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +11
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 27 37 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 22.69% 26.62% 5.172%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.03% 45.12% 7.143%
Number of salaries quoted 27 37 2
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +29.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,800 £30,000 £24,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £29,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
93 82 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 78.15% 58.99% 72.41%
Number of salaries quoted 83 81 41
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,600 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Manchester

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 46 (100.00%) .NET
2 38 (82.61%) SQL Server
2 38 (82.61%) ASP.NET
3 34 (73.91%) C#
4 32 (69.57%) VB
4 32 (69.57%) MVC
5 31 (67.39%) TDD
6 26 (56.52%) MCTS
6 26 (56.52%) WCF
6 26 (56.52%) WPF
6 26 (56.52%) Domain-Driven Design
6 26 (56.52%) ASP.NET MVC
6 26 (56.52%) Dependency Injection
6 26 (56.52%) Node.js
6 26 (56.52%) Ninject
6 26 (56.52%) KnockoutJS
6 26 (56.52%) Web Application Development
6 26 (56.52%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 26 (56.52%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (56.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (56.52%) MCP
6 26 (56.52%) MCAD
6 26 (56.52%) MCSD
7 18 (39.13%) HTML
8 14 (30.43%) Windows
9 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
9 12 (26.09%) SQL
9 12 (26.09%) T-SQL
10 10 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
11 8 (17.39%) jQuery

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 46 (100.00%) .NET
2 38 (82.61%) ASP.NET
3 26 (56.52%) WCF
3 26 (56.52%) WPF
3 26 (56.52%) ASP.NET MVC
3 26 (56.52%) Node.js
3 26 (56.52%) Ninject
3 26 (56.52%) KnockoutJS
3 26 (56.52%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 18 (39.13%) HTML
5 8 (17.39%) jQuery
5 8 (17.39%) WinForms
5 8 (17.39%) CSS
6 1 (2.174%) NHibernate
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (82.61%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (4.348%) MS Access
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
General
1 6 (13.04%) Advertising
1 6 (13.04%) Back Office
1 6 (13.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (95.65%) Developer
2 40 (86.96%) .NET Developer
3 11 (23.91%) Web Developer
4 8 (17.39%) VB.NET Developer
4 8 (17.39%) ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (17.39%) .NET Web Developer
4 8 (17.39%) Senior .NET Developer
4 8 (17.39%) Senior Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Senior VB.NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Senior .NET Web Developer
6 2 (4.348%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (4.348%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (2.174%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) N-Tier
2 6 (13.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (30.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (69.57%) MVC
2 31 (67.39%) TDD
3 26 (56.52%) Domain-Driven Design
3 26 (56.52%) Dependency Injection
3 26 (56.52%) Web Application Development
3 26 (56.52%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (17.39%) OO
5 6 (13.04%) OOP
6 5 (10.87%) Web Development
6 5 (10.87%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.348%) Data Analysis
7 2 (4.348%) Time Management
7 2 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.174%) Responsive Web Design
8 1 (2.174%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 34 (73.91%) C#
2 32 (69.57%) VB
3 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
3 12 (26.09%) SQL
3 12 (26.09%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.348%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (56.52%) MCTS
1 26 (56.52%) Microsoft Certification
1 26 (56.52%) MCP
1 26 (56.52%) MCAD
1 26 (56.52%) MCSD
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013