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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 46 35 36
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 36 40 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 5.180% 5.714% 4.924%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.612% 9.217% 8.125%
Number of salaries quoted 33 40 25
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,800 £22,900
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
418 434 320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 60.14% 62.00% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 376 400 287
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% +4.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
East Midlands

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -12 19 £36,750 +9.70%
Loughborough - 11 £32,500 -
Hinckley - 1 £18,500 -
VB.NET
East Midlands

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 78 (100.00%) .NET
2 59 (75.64%) ASP.NET
3 58 (74.36%) C#
4 54 (69.23%) SQL Server
5 38 (48.72%) SQL
5 38 (48.72%) CSS
6 31 (39.74%) HTML
7 29 (37.18%) Windows
7 29 (37.18%) Web Development
8 26 (33.33%) JavaScript
9 24 (30.77%) Visual Studio
10 22 (28.21%) MVC
11 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
12 19 (24.36%) Ajax
13 17 (21.79%) XML
13 17 (21.79%) VB
14 13 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
15 12 (15.38%) WinForms
16 11 (14.10%) jQuery
17 10 (12.82%) WCF
17 10 (12.82%) Web Services
17 10 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
18 9 (11.54%) XHTML
19 8 (10.26%) MS Excel
19 8 (10.26%) XSLT
19 8 (10.26%) Degree
20 7 (8.974%) WPF
20 7 (8.974%) TDD
20 7 (8.974%) Java
20 7 (8.974%) E-Commerce

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 78 (100.00%) .NET
2 59 (75.64%) ASP.NET
3 38 (48.72%) CSS
4 31 (39.74%) HTML
5 19 (24.36%) Ajax
6 17 (21.79%) XML
7 12 (15.38%) WinForms
8 11 (14.10%) jQuery
9 10 (12.82%) WCF
9 10 (12.82%) Web Services
10 9 (11.54%) XHTML
11 8 (10.26%) XSLT
12 7 (8.974%) WPF
13 6 (7.692%) ASP
13 6 (7.692%) .NET Framework
13 6 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
14 5 (6.410%) ASP.NET MVC 2
14 5 (6.410%) LINQ
15 4 (5.128%) J2EE
16 3 (3.846%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.410%) Windows Azure
2 3 (3.846%) IIS
3 2 (2.564%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.564%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.282%) Captiva
4 1 (1.282%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.282%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.282%) Internet
1 1 (1.282%) HTTP
1 1 (1.282%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (69.23%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (6.410%) Informix
4 3 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.564%) OLAP
5 2 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.564%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.282%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 24 (30.77%) Visual Studio
2 5 (6.410%) MSTest
2 5 (6.410%) NUnit
3 4 (5.128%) Moq
3 4 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.564%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (1.282%) NCover
General
1 5 (6.410%) Retail
2 2 (2.564%) Finance
Job Titles
1 67 (85.90%) Developer
2 42 (53.85%) .NET Developer
3 15 (19.23%) C# Developer
4 14 (17.95%) VB.NET Developer
4 14 (17.95%) C# .NET Developer
5 12 (15.38%) ASP.NET Developer
6 11 (14.10%) Senior Developer
7 10 (12.82%) Web Developer
8 7 (8.974%) Senior .NET Developer
9 6 (7.692%) Junior
9 6 (7.692%) Graduate
9 6 (7.692%) Junior .NET Developer
9 6 (7.692%) Junior Developer
9 6 (7.692%) Applications Developer
9 6 (7.692%) Programmer
9 6 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (6.410%) Graduate Developer
10 5 (6.410%) Analyst
11 4 (5.128%) .NET Web Developer
11 4 (5.128%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.846%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.282%) FMCG
2 1 (1.282%) iPad
2 1 (1.282%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.282%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.282%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 29 (37.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Web Development
2 22 (28.21%) MVC
3 13 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (8.974%) TDD
4 7 (8.974%) E-Commerce
5 6 (7.692%) OO
6 5 (6.410%) Scrum
7 4 (5.128%) OOD
7 4 (5.128%) MVVM
8 3 (3.846%) Web Application Development
8 3 (3.846%) Logistics
8 3 (3.846%) OOP
9 2 (2.564%) Project Management
9 2 (2.564%) UML
9 2 (2.564%) Time Management
10 1 (1.282%) Test Scripting
10 1 (1.282%) Technical Architecture
10 1 (1.282%) Automated Testing
10 1 (1.282%) Software Engineering
10 1 (1.282%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 58 (74.36%) C#
2 38 (48.72%) SQL
3 26 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 17 (21.79%) VB
5 7 (8.974%) Java
6 5 (6.410%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.128%) Python
8 3 (3.846%) VB6
8 3 (3.846%) C++
9 2 (2.564%) VC++
9 2 (2.564%) PHP
9 2 (2.564%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.564%) VBA
9 2 (2.564%) C
10 1 (1.282%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) Degree
2 4 (5.128%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.282%) MCSD
3 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.692%) Oracle
3 4 (5.128%) Citrix
4 2 (2.564%) VMware
5 1 (1.282%) Kofax
5 1 (1.282%) Open Text
Leicestershire
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