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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 52 46 29
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -17
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 3 18 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 0.870% 3.462% 5.865%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.327% 6.020% 8.811%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 6
Average salary £27,500 £26,000 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.76% -19.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £36,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
226 299 227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 65.51% 57.50% 66.57%
Number of salaries quoted 221 284 201
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Berkshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (80.00%) C#
3 9 (60.00%) Windows
3 9 (60.00%) OpenGL
3 9 (60.00%) DirectX
3 9 (60.00%) WinForms
4 8 (53.33%) GIS
4 8 (53.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (53.33%) Unit Testing
4 8 (53.33%) CAD
4 8 (53.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 7 (46.67%) C++
6 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
6 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
6 6 (40.00%) Degree
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) OO
8 4 (26.67%) XML
8 4 (26.67%) HTML
8 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
8 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
9 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
9 3 (20.00%) SQL
10 2 (13.33%) CSS
10 2 (13.33%) Web Services
10 2 (13.33%) Client/Server
10 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
10 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
10 2 (13.33%) Intranet

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (60.00%) OpenGL
2 9 (60.00%) DirectX
2 9 (60.00%) WinForms
3 4 (26.67%) XML
3 4 (26.67%) HTML
3 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
4 2 (13.33%) CSS
4 2 (13.33%) Web Services
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
4 2 (13.33%) Ajax
5 1 (6.667%) WCF
5 1 (6.667%) Swing
5 1 (6.667%) JDBC
5 1 (6.667%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.667%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Intranet
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
1 2 (13.33%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) GIS
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (53.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.667%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.667%) Rational Robot
3 1 (6.667%) JUnit
General
1 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 9 (60.00%) Software Developer
3 5 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 4 (26.67%) WinForms Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) QA Tester
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Web Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Support
5 1 (6.667%) Java Software Developer
5 1 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (13.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Unit Testing
1 8 (53.33%) CAD
2 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) OO
4 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Web Development
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) C++
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
4 1 (6.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) IBM