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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 37 26 19
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -7
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 98 155 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 5.447% 7.719% 9.388%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.580% 12.12% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 94 151 148
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1023 1279 1005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 56.86% 63.70% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 846 1147 884
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Macclesfield -5 36 £40,000 -20.00%
Crewe -2 29 £48,500 -3.00%
Warrington -9 13 £35,000 +7.69%
Chester -18 11 £31,750 -2.30%
Knutsford +17 8 £32,500 +47.72%
Nantwich - 4 £20,000 -
Winsford 0 2 £30,500 -12.85%
Wilmslow -15 2 £37,500 +10.70%
Lymm - 1 £22,500 -
VB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 213 (100.00%) .NET
2 194 (91.08%) SQL Server
3 163 (76.53%) C#
4 160 (75.12%) ASP.NET
5 121 (56.81%) SQL
6 99 (46.48%) HTML
7 90 (42.25%) JavaScript
8 78 (36.62%) CSS
9 75 (35.21%) XML
10 73 (34.27%) Web Services
11 63 (29.58%) Web Development
12 54 (25.35%) Microsoft
13 50 (23.47%) Ajax
14 49 (23.00%) Windows
15 47 (22.07%) Visual Studio
15 47 (22.07%) Degree
15 47 (22.07%) jQuery
16 43 (20.19%) SQL Server 2008
17 41 (19.25%) WinForms
17 41 (19.25%) T-SQL
18 39 (18.31%) Computer Science
19 37 (17.37%) OO
20 36 (16.90%) MVC
21 35 (16.43%) SQL Server 2005
22 32 (15.02%) VB
23 31 (14.55%) WCF
24 28 (13.15%) Team Foundation Server
24 28 (13.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
25 27 (12.68%) Web Design
26 26 (12.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 213 (100.00%) .NET
2 160 (75.12%) ASP.NET
3 99 (46.48%) HTML
4 78 (36.62%) CSS
5 75 (35.21%) XML
6 73 (34.27%) Web Services
7 50 (23.47%) Ajax
8 47 (22.07%) jQuery
9 41 (19.25%) WinForms
10 31 (14.55%) WCF
11 24 (11.27%) WPF
12 19 (8.920%) .NET Framework
12 19 (8.920%) SOAP
13 18 (8.451%) DHTML
13 18 (8.451%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (7.981%) LINQ
15 16 (7.512%) ASP
16 13 (6.103%) XSLT
16 13 (6.103%) XHTML
17 12 (5.634%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 17 (7.981%) IIS
2 9 (4.225%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.347%) Magento
4 3 (1.408%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.469%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.469%) CMS
5 1 (0.469%) SAS
5 1 (0.469%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (5.634%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.347%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.347%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.347%) MS Project
2 5 (2.347%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (4.225%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (2.817%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.469%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.634%) Internet
2 2 (0.939%) HTTP
3 1 (0.469%) Network Security
3 1 (0.469%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (91.08%) SQL Server
2 43 (20.19%) SQL Server 2008
3 35 (16.43%) SQL Server 2005
4 26 (12.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (5.634%) RDBMS
5 12 (5.634%) Oracle 10g
6 10 (4.695%) OLTP
7 8 (3.756%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (3.756%) Oracle 11g
8 7 (3.286%) SQL Server 2000
8 7 (3.286%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (2.817%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.408%) MySQL
11 2 (0.939%) Oracle 9i
11 2 (0.939%) MS Access
12 1 (0.469%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.469%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.469%) SQL Server 2012
12 1 (0.469%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.469%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (22.07%) Visual Studio
2 28 (13.15%) Team Foundation Server
2 28 (13.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 9 (4.225%) Subversion
4 3 (1.408%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.469%) NUnit
General
1 18 (8.451%) Retail
2 12 (5.634%) Finance
3 11 (5.164%) Music
4 4 (1.878%) Manufacturing
4 4 (1.878%) Advertising
5 2 (0.939%) Marketing
6 1 (0.469%) French Language
6 1 (0.469%) German Language
6 1 (0.469%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.469%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 176 (82.63%) Developer
2 119 (55.87%) .NET Developer
3 48 (22.54%) ASP.NET Developer
4 47 (22.07%) C# Developer
5 44 (20.66%) VB.NET Developer
6 43 (20.19%) C# .NET Developer
7 38 (17.84%) Software Developer
8 37 (17.37%) Web Developer
9 34 (15.96%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 33 (15.49%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
11 28 (13.15%) .NET Web Developer
12 19 (8.920%) C# Web Developer
13 17 (7.981%) .NET Software Developer
14 15 (7.042%) SQL Developer
15 13 (6.103%) Software Engineer
16 11 (5.164%) Graduate
16 11 (5.164%) C# Software Developer
17 8 (3.756%) WPF Developer
17 8 (3.756%) Tester
17 8 (3.756%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.31%) Computer Science
2 11 (5.164%) Streaming Music
2 11 (5.164%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.756%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.817%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.408%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.00%) Windows
2 10 (4.695%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (2.817%) Linux
4 5 (2.347%) UNIX
5 3 (1.408%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.939%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.469%) Android
7 1 (0.469%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.469%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (29.58%) Web Development
2 37 (17.37%) OO
3 36 (16.90%) MVC
4 27 (12.68%) Web Design
5 19 (8.920%) Web Application Development
6 18 (8.451%) Content Management
7 13 (6.103%) TDD
8 11 (5.164%) Project Management
8 11 (5.164%) Migration
8 11 (5.164%) Dependency Injection
8 11 (5.164%) Domain-Driven Design
9 10 (4.695%) Software Testing
10 9 (4.225%) Web Testing
11 8 (3.756%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (3.756%) CRM
12 7 (3.286%) Configuration Management
12 7 (3.286%) RAD
13 6 (2.817%) E-Commerce
13 6 (2.817%) Change Control
14 5 (2.347%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 163 (76.53%) C#
2 121 (56.81%) SQL
3 90 (42.25%) JavaScript
4 41 (19.25%) T-SQL
5 32 (15.02%) VB
6 19 (8.920%) PHP
7 7 (3.286%) C++
7 7 (3.286%) Delphi
7 7 (3.286%) Java
8 5 (2.347%) VB6
8 5 (2.347%) VBA
9 3 (1.408%) Ruby
9 3 (1.408%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 2 (0.939%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.939%) C
11 1 (0.469%) XPath
11 1 (0.469%) Progress 4GL
11 1 (0.469%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (22.07%) Degree
2 11 (5.164%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (5.164%) MCP
2 11 (5.164%) MCAD
2 11 (5.164%) MCSD
2 11 (5.164%) MCTS
3 10 (4.695%) ISEB
4 5 (2.347%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.878%) QA
Vendors
1 54 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.451%) Oracle
3 9 (4.225%) Google
4 4 (1.878%) Siebel
5 3 (1.408%) Wonderware
5 3 (1.408%) Citrix
5 3 (1.408%) Avaya
5 3 (1.408%) Siemens
6 2 (0.939%) Progress
6 2 (0.939%) Unica
6 2 (0.939%) Alterian
7 1 (0.469%) Twitter
7 1 (0.469%) Netezza
7 1 (0.469%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.469%) Apple
7 1 (0.469%) QAD
7 1 (0.469%) Cognos
7 1 (0.469%) SAP
7 1 (0.469%) Business Objects
Lymm, Cheshire
My client is currently looking for a SQL, Windows, .Net, C#, VB6 Application Support Specialist to join their team supporting a global customer base... *Provide training sessions to...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
ASP.Net, web forms, MVC, JSON JavaScript Object Notation, AJAX (VB.NET / C#). - Strong DBMS skills on SQL Server (2005/2008)... ADO.Net development experience... - Strong object-oriented...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits, Great Environment, Career
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, North West
The company produces EPoS systems for a range of companies in the Leisure and Hospitality sector in the UK and after the successful launch of their core product.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Crewe, North West
C# Developer, .Net Developer, VB.Net, Web DeveloperSalary: To £45,000 plus benefits Location: Crewe, CheshireStart: ASAP Ideal skills: C# / VB.net / ASP.net + MVC/Agile Job: C#,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 45k per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
C# Developer, .Net Developer, VB.Net, Web Developer... Ideal skills: C# / VB.net / ASP.net + MVC/Agile Job: C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, .Net, Visual Studio, Web Developer.....
OCC
Salary: £0 - 45k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, North West
Near Chester Leading manufacturer requires experienced Delphi, SQL Developer to join established team working on a variety of web and database driven business applications, web systems and mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + neg + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Crewe, North West
Tester- main duties will include Join an existing Agile team developing WPF .Net (Vb.net) applications and websites written with ASP.net/jQuery. Regression, performance and blackbox testing,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 35k per year
Posted: 16 May 2013