The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 32 52 24
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -28
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 8 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 3.721% 1.005% 4.583%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.848% 1.394% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 11
Average salary £32,750 £40,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.13% +1.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165 287 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 76.74% 72.11% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 160 214 91
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,050 £26,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Gloucestershire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (94.74%) SQL
3 15 (78.95%) SQL Server
4 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (47.37%) ASP.NET
5 9 (47.37%) CSS
5 9 (47.37%) XML
6 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
6 8 (42.11%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (31.58%) Client/Server
8 5 (26.32%) Ajax
9 4 (21.05%) soapUI
9 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
9 4 (21.05%) Information Management
9 4 (21.05%) Systems Analysis
9 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
9 4 (21.05%) PHP5
9 4 (21.05%) OO
9 4 (21.05%) Python
9 4 (21.05%) XHTML
9 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
9 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
9 4 (21.05%) SOAP
9 4 (21.05%) C++
9 4 (21.05%) Java
9 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
9 4 (21.05%) PHP
10 1 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (47.37%) ASP.NET
2 9 (47.37%) CSS
2 9 (47.37%) XML
3 5 (26.32%) Ajax
4 4 (21.05%) soapUI
4 4 (21.05%) XHTML
4 4 (21.05%) SOAP
5 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET
5 1 (5.263%) ASP
5 1 (5.263%) jQuery
5 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (78.95%) SQL Server
2 8 (42.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (52.63%) Applications Developer
3 9 (47.37%) .NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# Application Developer
4 4 (21.05%) .NET Applications Developer
4 4 (21.05%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Client/Server
2 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (21.05%) Information Management
2 4 (21.05%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) OO
3 1 (5.263%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 18 (94.74%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) PHP5
3 4 (21.05%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) C++
3 4 (21.05%) Java
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
3 4 (21.05%) PHP
4 1 (5.263%) VB
4 1 (5.263%) VB6
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft