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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 66 51 39
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -12
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 88 118 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 3.313% 4.159% 5.545%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.997% 5.882% 7.554%
Number of salaries quoted 87 94 163
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1761 2006 2224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 66.30% 70.71% 73.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1607 1704 1997
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -2 76 £40,000 +1.26%
Peterborough -5 4 £30,500 -21.29%
Ely - 2 £35,000 -
Wisbech 0 1 £32,500 -
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 231 (100.00%) .NET
2 218 (94.37%) C#
3 187 (80.95%) ASP.NET
4 175 (75.76%) SQL Server
5 112 (48.48%) SQL
6 103 (44.59%) XML
7 102 (44.16%) CSS
8 94 (40.69%) HTML
9 87 (37.66%) JavaScript
10 78 (33.77%) WCF
11 74 (32.03%) Web Services
12 64 (27.71%) Ajax
13 62 (26.84%) Microsoft
14 61 (26.41%) jQuery
15 60 (25.97%) MVC
16 56 (24.24%) ASP.NET MVC
17 55 (23.81%) SOAP
17 55 (23.81%) VB
18 45 (19.48%) IIS
19 43 (18.61%) Degree
20 42 (18.18%) XSLT
21 40 (17.32%) SQL Server 2008
22 37 (16.02%) T-SQL
22 37 (16.02%) HTTP
23 36 (15.58%) MS Excel
24 34 (14.72%) TDD
24 34 (14.72%) WPF
25 32 (13.85%) Microsoft Certification
25 32 (13.85%) MCP
26 31 (13.42%) MCAD

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
1 231 (100.00%) .NET
2 187 (80.95%) ASP.NET
3 103 (44.59%) XML
4 102 (44.16%) CSS
5 94 (40.69%) HTML
6 78 (33.77%) WCF
7 74 (32.03%) Web Services
8 64 (27.71%) Ajax
9 61 (26.41%) jQuery
10 56 (24.24%) ASP.NET MVC
11 55 (23.81%) SOAP
12 42 (18.18%) XSLT
13 34 (14.72%) WPF
14 31 (13.42%) Razor View Engine
14 31 (13.42%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 27 (11.69%) Silverlight
16 26 (11.26%) NHibernate
17 14 (6.061%) ADO.NET
18 13 (5.628%) WinForms
19 11 (4.762%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 45 (19.48%) IIS
2 16 (6.926%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.896%) CMS
4 2 (0.866%) Drupal
4 2 (0.866%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.433%) Magento
Applications
1 36 (15.58%) MS Excel
2 13 (5.628%) Photoshop
3 7 (3.030%) Fireworks
4 6 (2.597%) MS Office
5 4 (1.732%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.02%) HTTP
2 2 (0.866%) Internet
3 1 (0.433%) Extranet
3 1 (0.433%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (75.76%) SQL Server
2 40 (17.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (4.329%) Crystal Reports
4 10 (4.329%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (4.329%) SQL Server 2012
5 9 (3.896%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 9 (3.896%) MySQL
6 7 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (3.030%) MS Access
7 3 (1.299%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.299%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (1.299%) Big Data
8 1 (0.433%) QlikView
8 1 (0.433%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (12.99%) NUnit
2 26 (11.26%) Rhino Mocks
2 26 (11.26%) Moq
3 23 (9.957%) Team Foundation Server
4 22 (9.524%) Visual Studio
5 21 (9.091%) WinDbg
6 13 (5.628%) Subversion
7 3 (1.299%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.433%) Dreamweaver
General
1 26 (11.26%) Music
1 26 (11.26%) Music Industry
2 11 (4.762%) Finance
3 10 (4.329%) Multimedia
4 8 (3.463%) Marketing
5 3 (1.299%) Billing
6 2 (0.866%) Dutch Language
6 2 (0.866%) French Language
6 2 (0.866%) German Language
Job Titles
1 171 (74.03%) Developer
2 113 (48.92%) .NET Developer
3 57 (24.68%) C# Developer
4 51 (22.08%) C# .NET Developer
5 31 (13.42%) Software Engineer
6 29 (12.55%) Web Developer
7 25 (10.82%) ASP.NET Developer
8 23 (9.957%) Software Developer
8 23 (9.957%) .NET Web Developer
9 22 (9.524%) Analyst
10 21 (9.091%) VB.NET Developer
11 15 (6.494%) Systems Developer
12 14 (6.061%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 14 (6.061%) Support Analyst
13 12 (5.195%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (4.329%) Junior Developer
14 10 (4.329%) Lead Developer
14 10 (4.329%) Junior
14 10 (4.329%) C# Web Developer
15 9 (3.896%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.091%) Mobile App
2 16 (6.926%) Mobile Payment
3 12 (5.195%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.165%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.165%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.433%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.433%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.792%) Windows
2 1 (0.433%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.97%) MVC
2 34 (14.72%) TDD
3 31 (13.42%) BDD
3 31 (13.42%) Web Application Development
4 30 (12.99%) OO
5 27 (11.69%) Agile Software Development
6 26 (11.26%) Kanban
6 26 (11.26%) Scrum
7 25 (10.82%) Software Deployment
8 21 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
8 21 (9.091%) ITIL
9 19 (8.225%) Unit Testing
10 18 (7.792%) E-Commerce
11 17 (7.359%) ERP
12 13 (5.628%) Analytics
13 10 (4.329%) CRM
13 10 (4.329%) Service Delivery
13 10 (4.329%) Web Development
14 9 (3.896%) Systems Analysis
14 9 (3.896%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 218 (94.37%) C#
2 112 (48.48%) SQL
3 87 (37.66%) JavaScript
4 55 (23.81%) VB
5 37 (16.02%) T-SQL
6 18 (7.792%) Java
7 14 (6.061%) VB6
8 10 (4.329%) PHP
9 5 (2.165%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (18.61%) Degree
2 32 (13.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (13.85%) MCP
3 31 (13.42%) MCAD
3 31 (13.42%) MCSD
3 31 (13.42%) MCTS
4 4 (1.732%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.732%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.463%) SLA
2 4 (1.732%) QA
3 2 (0.866%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 62 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.926%) Oracle
3 10 (4.329%) Adobe
4 5 (2.165%) Macromedia
5 2 (0.866%) Google
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