The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 10 23 17
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 12 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 17.14% 1.754% 6.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.49% 2.000% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 3
Average salary £31,000 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.88% +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
North Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
49 50 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Wales 70.00% 87.72% 78.00%
Number of salaries quoted 42 45 39
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +8.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,500 £22,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Wales

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the North Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North Wales 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 North Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Flintshire - 9 £28,500 -
Wrexham - 2 £32,500 -
VB.NET
Wales

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 14 (93.33%) ASP.NET
2 14 (93.33%) SQL
3 12 (80.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 10 (66.67%) XML
5 9 (60.00%) VBA
6 7 (46.67%) Ajax
7 6 (40.00%) Finance
7 6 (40.00%) C#
7 6 (40.00%) RDBMS
8 5 (33.33%) HTML
8 5 (33.33%) CSS
9 4 (26.67%) IIS
9 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
9 4 (26.67%) VB
9 4 (26.67%) ActionScript
9 4 (26.67%) Windows
9 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (26.67%) WCF
9 4 (26.67%) WPF
9 4 (26.67%) Smartphone
9 4 (26.67%) VB6
9 4 (26.67%) CMS
9 4 (26.67%) QAD
9 4 (26.67%) MFGPRO
10 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
10 3 (20.00%) Linux
10 3 (20.00%) Tomcat
10 3 (20.00%) SharePoint

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North Wales 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 14 (93.33%) ASP.NET
3 10 (66.67%) XML
4 7 (46.67%) Ajax
5 5 (33.33%) HTML
5 5 (33.33%) CSS
6 4 (26.67%) WCF
6 4 (26.67%) WPF
7 1 (6.667%) REST
7 1 (6.667%) jQuery
7 1 (6.667%) XHTML
7 1 (6.667%) ASP
7 1 (6.667%) SOAP
7 1 (6.667%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) IIS
1 4 (26.67%) CMS
2 3 (20.00%) Tomcat
2 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (40.00%) RDBMS
3 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) French Language
3 2 (13.33%) German Language
3 2 (13.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 9 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Web Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Applications Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Web Applications Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Progress Developer
5 1 (6.667%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Designer
5 1 (6.667%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Smartphone
2 1 (6.667%) Replication
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (13.33%) Web Development
3 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.667%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) SQL
2 12 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (60.00%) VBA
4 6 (40.00%) C#
5 4 (26.67%) T-SQL
5 4 (26.67%) VB
5 4 (26.67%) ActionScript
5 4 (26.67%) VB6
6 3 (20.00%) Progress 4GL
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) QAD
2 3 (20.00%) Progress
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Red Hat