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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 37 41 24
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -17
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 140 110 149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 5.327% 5.251% 8.169%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.466% 9.283% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 121 109 142
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,200 £28,550
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £37,600 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1479 1185 1053
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 56.28% 56.56% 57.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1213 1070 912
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
West Yorkshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 280 (100.00%) .NET
2 222 (79.29%) C#
3 171 (61.07%) SQL Server
4 170 (60.71%) ASP.NET
5 133 (47.50%) SQL
6 104 (37.14%) Web Services
7 89 (31.79%) Microsoft
8 87 (31.07%) OO
9 78 (27.86%) Finance
10 75 (26.79%) HTML
11 69 (24.64%) JavaScript
11 69 (24.64%) XML
12 67 (23.93%) VB
13 62 (22.14%) SQL Server 2005
14 61 (21.79%) MVC
15 57 (20.36%) SQL Server 2008
16 50 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 49 (17.50%) CSS
18 46 (16.43%) Web Development
19 45 (16.07%) Visual Studio
20 43 (15.36%) SOAP
20 43 (15.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 43 (15.36%) Agile Software Development
20 43 (15.36%) WCF
21 42 (15.00%) Oracle
22 40 (14.29%) Degree
23 38 (13.57%) VB6
24 35 (12.50%) T-SQL
24 35 (12.50%) MS Excel
24 35 (12.50%) Computer Science

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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
1 280 (100.00%) .NET
2 170 (60.71%) ASP.NET
3 104 (37.14%) Web Services
4 75 (26.79%) HTML
5 69 (24.64%) XML
6 49 (17.50%) CSS
7 43 (15.36%) SOAP
7 43 (15.36%) WCF
8 34 (12.14%) WinForms
9 33 (11.79%) jQuery
10 28 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
11 27 (9.643%) HTML5
12 21 (7.500%) ASP
13 17 (6.071%) WPF
14 14 (5.000%) .NET Framework
15 12 (4.286%) Ajax
16 8 (2.857%) XSLT
16 8 (2.857%) ASP.NET MVC
17 7 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 7 (2.500%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 9 (3.214%) IIS
2 6 (2.143%) Apache
2 6 (2.143%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.786%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.357%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.429%) MS Office
3 3 (1.071%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.357%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.571%) Internet
2 4 (1.429%) HTTP
2 4 (1.429%) Intranet
3 2 (0.714%) FTP
4 1 (0.357%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (61.07%) SQL Server
2 62 (22.14%) SQL Server 2005
3 57 (20.36%) SQL Server 2008
4 50 (17.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (15.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (8.214%) MySQL
7 15 (5.357%) RDBMS
8 9 (3.214%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (2.143%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (1.786%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.786%) DTS
11 3 (1.071%) OLAP
11 3 (1.071%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (1.071%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.714%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (0.714%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.714%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 45 (16.07%) Visual Studio
2 34 (12.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (5.000%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (2.857%) Oracle APEX
5 7 (2.500%) MSTest
5 7 (2.500%) Rhino Mocks
5 7 (2.500%) Moq
5 7 (2.500%) NUnit
6 6 (2.143%) Git (software)
7 3 (1.071%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.357%) JIRA
8 1 (0.357%) PVCS
8 1 (0.357%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.357%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.357%) WebSpeed
8 1 (0.357%) Xcode
General
1 78 (27.86%) Finance
2 11 (3.929%) Retail
3 5 (1.786%) Legal
4 2 (0.714%) Financial Institution
4 2 (0.714%) Advertising
5 1 (0.357%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.357%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 211 (75.36%) Developer
2 105 (37.50%) .NET Developer
3 48 (17.14%) Software Developer
4 46 (16.43%) C# Developer
5 36 (12.86%) Web Developer
6 33 (11.79%) Analyst
7 27 (9.643%) VB.NET Developer
8 22 (7.857%) C# Web Developer
9 21 (7.500%) Senior Developer
9 21 (7.500%) Team Leader
10 18 (6.429%) Applications Developer
11 17 (6.071%) Database Analyst
12 16 (5.714%) C# .NET Developer
13 13 (4.643%) .NET Team Leader
14 11 (3.929%) Development Team Leader
14 11 (3.929%) ASP.NET Developer
15 10 (3.571%) Systems Analyst
16 9 (3.214%) Software Architect
16 9 (3.214%) Architect
16 9 (3.214%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 23 (8.214%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.500%) Inversion of Control
4 5 (1.786%) Social Media
4 5 (1.786%) Replication
5 4 (1.429%) Thin Client
5 4 (1.429%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.429%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.429%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.714%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.357%) iPad
7 1 (0.357%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.786%) Windows
2 2 (0.714%) Linux
3 1 (0.357%) Android
3 1 (0.357%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (31.07%) OO
2 61 (21.79%) MVC
3 46 (16.43%) Web Development
4 43 (15.36%) Agile Software Development
5 30 (10.71%) CRM
6 28 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 23 (8.214%) Mobile Application Development
8 20 (7.143%) Service Management
9 18 (6.429%) Business Analysis
9 18 (6.429%) TDD
10 17 (6.071%) Scrum
11 16 (5.714%) Systems Analysis
12 14 (5.000%) Web Application Development
13 12 (4.286%) Data Analysis
14 11 (3.929%) E-Commerce
15 10 (3.571%) Kanban
16 9 (3.214%) Integration Testing
16 9 (3.214%) Continuous Integration
17 8 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
17 8 (2.857%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 222 (79.29%) C#
2 133 (47.50%) SQL
3 69 (24.64%) JavaScript
4 67 (23.93%) VB
5 38 (13.57%) VB6
6 35 (12.50%) T-SQL
7 28 (10.00%) PL/SQL
8 26 (9.286%) XAML
9 23 (8.214%) Java
10 11 (3.929%) VBScript
11 8 (2.857%) C++
12 4 (1.429%) PHP
13 3 (1.071%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 40 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (4.286%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.857%) MCTS
4 7 (2.500%) MCP
4 7 (2.500%) MCAD
4 7 (2.500%) MCSD
5 1 (0.357%) ISEB
5 1 (0.357%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.643%) QA
2 7 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.071%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 3 (1.071%) XenApp
1 3 (1.071%) XenServer
1 3 (1.071%) XenDesktop
2 1 (0.357%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (0.714%) MIIS
Vendors
1 89 (31.79%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.00%) Oracle
3 5 (1.786%) Cognos
4 4 (1.429%) Citrix
5 3 (1.071%) Progress
5 3 (1.071%) IBM
5 3 (1.071%) Omniture
5 3 (1.071%) EPiServer
5 3 (1.071%) Infor
6 2 (0.714%) Reuters
6 2 (0.714%) Business Objects
6 2 (0.714%) BMC
7 1 (0.357%) Sage
7 1 (0.357%) Sculptor
7 1 (0.357%) Twitter
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