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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 34 23 25
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 295 318 265
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 7.270% 8.770% 6.716%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.58% 14.60% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 280 312 237
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2547 2178 1986
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.76% 60.07% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2276 1978 1857
Average salary £34,500 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.98% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Bolton -6 27 £38,000 +8.57%
Altrincham +1 22 £35,000 -
Oldham +7 11 - -
Cheadle 0 9 £32,500 -
Stockport -11 9 £27,500 -8.33%
Rochdale +9 3 £35,000 +16.66%
Wigan -4 3 £35,000 +34.61%
Salford - 3 £30,000 -
VB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 678 (100.00%) .NET
2 560 (82.60%) C#
3 515 (75.96%) SQL Server
4 513 (75.66%) ASP.NET
5 406 (59.88%) SQL
6 230 (33.92%) Microsoft
7 211 (31.12%) JavaScript
8 168 (24.78%) HTML
9 159 (23.45%) Windows
10 157 (23.16%) XML
11 149 (21.98%) T-SQL
11 149 (21.98%) CSS
12 144 (21.24%) WCF
13 135 (19.91%) Web Services
14 133 (19.62%) VB
15 132 (19.47%) Degree
16 123 (18.14%) MVC
17 117 (17.26%) TDD
18 112 (16.52%) SQL Server 2005
19 111 (16.37%) MS Excel
20 105 (15.49%) Finance
21 103 (15.19%) OO
22 94 (13.86%) Project Management
22 94 (13.86%) WPF
23 93 (13.72%) jQuery
24 86 (12.68%) SQL Server 2008
24 86 (12.68%) ASP.NET MVC
25 79 (11.65%) Microsoft Certification
26 78 (11.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
27 77 (11.36%) Business Intelligence

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 678 (100.00%) .NET
2 513 (75.66%) ASP.NET
3 168 (24.78%) HTML
4 157 (23.16%) XML
5 149 (21.98%) CSS
6 144 (21.24%) WCF
7 135 (19.91%) Web Services
8 94 (13.86%) WPF
9 93 (13.72%) jQuery
10 86 (12.68%) ASP.NET MVC
11 70 (10.32%) Ajax
12 54 (7.965%) .NET Framework
13 51 (7.522%) WinForms
14 41 (6.047%) LINQ
15 35 (5.162%) NHibernate
16 31 (4.572%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 25 (3.687%) Node.js
17 25 (3.687%) Ninject
17 25 (3.687%) KnockoutJS
17 25 (3.687%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 66 (9.735%) IIS
2 39 (5.752%) BizTalk Server
3 33 (4.867%) SharePoint
4 24 (3.540%) MSMQ
5 18 (2.655%) CMS
6 11 (1.622%) SharePoint 2010
6 11 (1.622%) SharePoint Foundation
7 8 (1.180%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.295%) Windows Azure
8 2 (0.295%) SAS
9 1 (0.147%) Tomcat
Applications
1 111 (16.37%) MS Excel
2 14 (2.065%) MS Office
3 13 (1.917%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.622%) InfoPath
5 4 (0.590%) MS Project
5 4 (0.590%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (2.950%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.885%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.590%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.147%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.540%) Intranet
2 10 (1.475%) Internet
3 3 (0.442%) Extranet
4 1 (0.147%) LDAP
4 1 (0.147%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 515 (75.96%) SQL Server
2 112 (16.52%) SQL Server 2005
3 86 (12.68%) SQL Server 2008
4 78 (11.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 71 (10.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 50 (7.375%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 23 (3.392%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.655%) RDBMS
9 13 (1.917%) OLAP
10 12 (1.770%) Oracle 9i
10 12 (1.770%) SQL Server 2012
11 11 (1.622%) Crystal Reports
12 6 (0.885%) MySQL
13 5 (0.737%) SQL Server 2000
13 5 (0.737%) MS Access
14 3 (0.442%) DTS
14 3 (0.442%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.295%) PostgreSQL
15 2 (0.295%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.295%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 75 (11.06%) Visual Studio
2 40 (5.900%) NUnit
3 18 (2.655%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 11 (1.622%) CruiseControl
4 11 (1.622%) Visual Studio Team System
4 11 (1.622%) MSBuild
5 10 (1.475%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (1.032%) Subversion
6 7 (1.032%) Moq
7 6 (0.885%) Rhino Mocks
8 2 (0.295%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.147%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.147%) JUnit
General
1 105 (15.49%) Finance
2 30 (4.425%) Retail
3 23 (3.392%) Legal
4 16 (2.360%) Manufacturing
5 15 (2.212%) Games
6 13 (1.917%) Back Office
7 11 (1.622%) Law
8 8 (1.180%) Advertising
9 5 (0.737%) Marketing
10 4 (0.590%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.295%) Banking
11 2 (0.295%) Electronics
11 2 (0.295%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 561 (82.74%) Developer
2 349 (51.47%) .NET Developer
3 100 (14.75%) VB.NET Developer
3 100 (14.75%) Senior Developer
4 93 (13.72%) Software Developer
5 84 (12.39%) C# Developer
6 75 (11.06%) C# .NET Developer
7 66 (9.735%) Analyst
7 66 (9.735%) ASP.NET Developer
8 54 (7.965%) Senior .NET Developer
8 54 (7.965%) .NET Software Developer
9 53 (7.817%) Web Developer
10 36 (5.310%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 34 (5.015%) Support Analyst
12 32 (4.720%) Junior
13 31 (4.572%) Applications Support
14 30 (4.425%) .NET Web Developer
14 30 (4.425%) SQL Developer
14 30 (4.425%) Junior Developer
15 29 (4.277%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.900%) Computer Science
2 26 (3.835%) Client/Server
3 23 (3.392%) N-Tier
3 23 (3.392%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (2.065%) Smartphone
5 10 (1.475%) Open Source
6 9 (1.327%) Data Extraction
7 8 (1.180%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.180%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.737%) iPad
9 4 (0.590%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.442%) SCADA
11 2 (0.295%) Arduino
11 2 (0.295%) RIA
11 2 (0.295%) iPhone
11 2 (0.295%) SaaS
12 1 (0.147%) Social Media
12 1 (0.147%) Fat Client
12 1 (0.147%) Clustering
12 1 (0.147%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 159 (23.45%) Windows
2 19 (2.802%) Android
3 17 (2.507%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.212%) Linux
5 14 (2.065%) UNIX
6 2 (0.295%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.147%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (18.14%) MVC
2 117 (17.26%) TDD
3 103 (15.19%) OO
4 94 (13.86%) Project Management
5 77 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (10.18%) Web Development
7 46 (6.785%) Requirements Analysis
8 41 (6.047%) Agile Software Development
9 38 (5.605%) Web Application Development
10 29 (4.277%) Scrum
11 26 (3.835%) Dependency Injection
12 25 (3.687%) Domain-Driven Design
13 24 (3.540%) UML
14 23 (3.392%) OOD
15 22 (3.245%) OOP
16 21 (3.097%) CRM
16 21 (3.097%) Project Planning
17 19 (2.802%) Unit Testing
17 19 (2.802%) ETL
18 18 (2.655%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 560 (82.60%) C#
2 406 (59.88%) SQL
3 211 (31.12%) JavaScript
4 149 (21.98%) T-SQL
5 133 (19.62%) VB
6 52 (7.670%) Java
7 43 (6.342%) VB6
8 35 (5.162%) C++
8 35 (5.162%) PHP
9 31 (4.572%) VBA
10 14 (2.065%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.065%) C
11 8 (1.180%) VBScript
12 6 (0.885%) X++
13 5 (0.737%) Ruby
13 5 (0.737%) Python
14 3 (0.442%) XAML
15 2 (0.295%) PowerHouse
16 1 (0.147%) XPath
Qualifications
1 132 (19.47%) Degree
2 79 (11.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (8.112%) MCTS
4 49 (7.227%) MCP
5 31 (4.572%) MCAD
5 31 (4.572%) MCSD
6 17 (2.507%) Security Cleared
7 11 (1.622%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.622%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.590%) ISEB
9 3 (0.442%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.770%) QA
2 5 (0.737%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.147%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.147%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.442%) MIIS
2 1 (0.147%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 230 (33.92%) Microsoft
2 36 (5.310%) Oracle
3 4 (0.590%) SAP
4 3 (0.442%) Business Objects
4 3 (0.442%) BMC
4 3 (0.442%) Siemens
4 3 (0.442%) Wonderware
5 2 (0.295%) Netezza
5 2 (0.295%) Twitter
5 2 (0.295%) SolidWorks
5 2 (0.295%) Citrix
5 2 (0.295%) Cognos
6 1 (0.147%) IBM
6 1 (0.147%) Sybase
6 1 (0.147%) Adobe
6 1 (0.147%) Google
6 1 (0.147%) Epicor
Manchester, Lancashire
We're looking for a .Net developer / Software Engineer who play a key role in the development and support of greenfield .Net development projects with an organisation renown...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
We're looking for a .Net developer / Software Engineer who play a key role in the development and support of greenfield .Net development projects with an organisation renown...
JAM
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be able to point to significant experience of delivering high quality, robust solutions and should be able to demonstrate a record of high achievement and success...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As a Senior .Net Developer (VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net) you will play a key role in the development of web based systems and software applications right...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
To be considered at this organisation you will need the following core technical skills; ASP.Net / VB.net or C# / SQL Server, along with other web programming and...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Salford, North West
My client need someone that would be able to integrate and upgrade all the brand web sites to .NET 4.0 and Umbraco, as such those who have...
Computer Futures
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
To be considered for these positions, you will be expected to have a good degree preferably in Computer Science or a related field and ideally have at least...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a number of Senior Developer's with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) and SQL...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a Senior Developer / Team Leader with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) SQL Server and...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a Senior Developer / Team Leader with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) SQL Server and...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a number of Senior Developer's with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) and SQL...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, North West
There is a high amount of bespoke application development so experience of hands-on, core development using C# experience is essential.Essential Skills: - At least 1 years C#...
Sand Resources
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
To be considered for these positions, you will be expected to have a good degree preferably in Computer Science or a related field and ideally have at least...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Graduate - 2:1 or above - Master’s degree an advantage, but not essential - Experience of customer contact within a commercial environment - Experience of working with C#.net, VB...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: From £22,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Skills required/desired: C# or VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server.The company offers structured training program leading to progression to higher-profile client work, and can lead...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ASP .NET / VB.NET background. SQL Server knowledge. HTML / CSS / JQuery experience... Key Skills: VB.Net / ASP.Net / SQL Server / SQL / Visual Studios / CSS / HTML / JQuery / Free iPad-...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
There is a high amount of bespoke application development so experience of hands-on, core development using C# experience is essential.This role requires excellent customer and business...
Sand Resources
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE? DO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES & FRAMEWORKS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS? IF SO,...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £51000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Net Developer - Stockport - £30k plus benefits An junior or graduate .Net Developer , with knowledge of VB .Net and SQL and ideally ASP .Net MVC3, is required by a...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Net Developer - Stockport - £30k plus benefits An junior or graduate .Net Developer , with knowledge of VB .Net and SQL and ideally ASP .Net MVC3, is required by a...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You shall provide support on the SQL software systems developed in house which is based on the Microsoft platform. VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, XML and Distributed Application...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Software Engineer, Software Developer, .Net, C#, VB.Net, Automation software, Wonderware, SCADA, Rockwell, Siemens, manufacturing, industrial. Applications Engineer, MES, SQL, programming... They are looking for a Software Engineer...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Company car
Posted: 13 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Regular trips out as a team - Company BBQ's So, as you can imagine you will be joining a fun, dynamic and fully Agile team of .NET professionals...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
As a Web Developer (ASP.Net / VB.Net / C#) you will have:*Expert hands-on knowledge of Microsoft ASP.Net 2.0 and above * Experience developing in VB...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Altrincham, North West
Regular trips out as a team - Company BBQ's So, as you can imagine you will be joining a fun, dynamic and fully Agile team of .NET professionals...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Design and develop new applications for distribution, warehousing, production and sales order processing Develop integrations between internal and third-party business applications Maintenance and improvement of existing applications,...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our highly successful client based near Manchester is currently looking for a number of Analyst Developers with good C# and SQL Server Experience. Skills/ Technologies Required: *Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our highly successful client based near Manchester is currently looking for a number of Analyst Developers with good C# and SQL Server Experience.Skills/ Technologies Required:*Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be responsible for design, development, deployment, and production support for a transactional middle tier, XML service layer, batch file import and extract, and browser based applications.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Skills You will have good Microsoft .Net skills, ASP.Net preferably with C# (VB.NET applicants considered) and some database skills (SQL Server / MySQL). You should be...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Main Responsibilities Assist in the development of new applications for production; distribution; warehousing and sales order processing systems Support the senior engineers through design, implementation and test phases...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the following: Object orientated programming Microsoft .Net framework C# or VB.NET SQL Server Visual Studio/Visual SourceSafe/SVN Desirable...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £45000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Successful candidates will receive intense technical training (approximately 16 weeks) in technologies including C++, C#, VB .Net, Java EE, UNIX, dependant on whether they choose to train in...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
They are currently using a Sybase database with the view to moving to SQL in the near future. Initially this position will involve moving the reports in-house,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
VB.NET/SQL Server/ASP.NET Analyst Developer required for our financial services client to develop and support the business delivering timely and effective IT solutions meeting business...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheadle, West Midlands
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD, ORM, LINQ and NHibernate... (...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013