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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 73 49 70
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +21
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 87 127 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.765% 3.676% 2.698%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.762% 7.952% 5.810%
Number of salaries quoted 52 103 89
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,250 £24,600 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1827 1597 1618
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.06% 46.22% 46.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1115 1237 1177
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £48,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -24 37 £31,500 +5.00%
Edinburgh -4 26 £32,500 -4.41%
Aberdeen -8 11 £35,000 -12.50%
Fife -2 2 £27,500 -8.33%
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £19,000 -
Stirling +14 1 £20,000 -50.00%
Scottish Borders +4 1 - -
West Lothian -6 1 £34,000 +11.47%
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 146 (100.00%) .NET
2 125 (85.62%) C#
3 103 (70.55%) SQL Server
4 74 (50.68%) ASP.NET
5 70 (47.95%) Microsoft
6 65 (44.52%) SQL
7 43 (29.45%) XML
8 33 (22.60%) Java
8 33 (22.60%) Degree
9 32 (21.92%) Finance
10 30 (20.55%) Windows
10 30 (20.55%) MS Excel
11 26 (17.81%) Visual Studio
12 23 (15.75%) Web Services
12 23 (15.75%) VB
13 22 (15.07%) VBA
14 21 (14.38%) Oracle
14 21 (14.38%) HTML
15 20 (13.70%) JavaScript
15 20 (13.70%) OO
15 20 (13.70%) Web Development
15 20 (13.70%) SQL Server 2005
16 19 (13.01%) SharePoint
16 19 (13.01%) Delphi
17 18 (12.33%) CSS
17 18 (12.33%) SQL Server 2008
18 17 (11.64%) .NET Framework
18 17 (11.64%) ASP
19 16 (10.96%) Agile Software Development
19 16 (10.96%) WinForms

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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
1 146 (100.00%) .NET
2 74 (50.68%) ASP.NET
3 43 (29.45%) XML
4 23 (15.75%) Web Services
5 21 (14.38%) HTML
6 18 (12.33%) CSS
7 17 (11.64%) .NET Framework
7 17 (11.64%) ASP
8 16 (10.96%) WinForms
9 15 (10.27%) DHTML
10 12 (8.219%) jQuery
11 10 (6.849%) OOXML
12 8 (5.479%) XSLT
13 6 (4.110%) WCF
14 5 (3.425%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (2.740%) Silverlight
16 3 (2.055%) COM
16 3 (2.055%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 2 (1.370%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 2 (1.370%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 19 (13.01%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.795%) IIS
3 5 (3.425%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.740%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.370%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (1.370%) CMS
5 2 (1.370%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.685%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.685%) Apache
6 1 (0.685%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.685%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.685%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 30 (20.55%) MS Excel
2 13 (8.904%) MS Office
3 1 (0.685%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (2.055%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.370%) MFGPRO
2 2 (1.370%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.370%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.479%) DHCP
1 8 (5.479%) DNS
2 5 (3.425%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.740%) SAN
3 4 (2.740%) HTTP
4 3 (2.055%) Internet
5 2 (1.370%) LAN
5 2 (1.370%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.685%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.685%) VPN
6 1 (0.685%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (70.55%) SQL Server
2 20 (13.70%) SQL Server 2005
3 18 (12.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (10.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (7.534%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (4.110%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (3.425%) MS Access
7 5 (3.425%) SQL Server 2012
8 4 (2.740%) RDBMS
8 4 (2.740%) OLAP
8 4 (2.740%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (2.740%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.055%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.685%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.685%) Informix
10 1 (0.685%) Ingres
10 1 (0.685%) DB2
Development Applications
1 26 (17.81%) Visual Studio
2 11 (7.534%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
3 4 (2.740%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.740%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.055%) Selenium
4 3 (2.055%) Subversion
4 3 (2.055%) Bugzilla
5 2 (1.370%) MSBuild
5 2 (1.370%) InstallShield
5 2 (1.370%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.685%) MSTest
6 1 (0.685%) Oracle Forms
General
1 32 (21.92%) Finance
2 10 (6.849%) Banking
3 4 (2.740%) Financial Institution
3 4 (2.740%) Billing
4 3 (2.055%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.370%) Games
5 2 (1.370%) Publishing
5 2 (1.370%) Retail
6 1 (0.685%) Electronics
6 1 (0.685%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.685%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.685%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 90 (61.64%) Developer
2 34 (23.29%) Applications Support
3 25 (17.12%) .NET Developer
4 21 (14.38%) Support Engineer
4 21 (14.38%) Software Developer
5 20 (13.70%) Applications Support Engineer
6 17 (11.64%) Analyst
7 16 (10.96%) Senior Developer
8 14 (9.589%) Microsoft Developer
9 9 (6.164%) SQL Developer
9 9 (6.164%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.164%) Software Engineer
9 9 (6.164%) Consultant
10 8 (5.479%) Applications Developer
10 8 (5.479%) VB.NET Developer
10 8 (5.479%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (4.795%) Programmer
12 6 (4.110%) Graduate
12 6 (4.110%) Graduate Developer
13 5 (3.425%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.479%) Computer Science
2 6 (4.110%) Economics
2 6 (4.110%) Equities
2 6 (4.110%) Fixed Income
2 6 (4.110%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.055%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.370%) W3C
4 2 (1.370%) LIMS
4 2 (1.370%) N-Tier
4 2 (1.370%) CMDB
5 1 (0.685%) SCADA
5 1 (0.685%) Physics
5 1 (0.685%) iPhone
5 1 (0.685%) Clustering
5 1 (0.685%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 30 (20.55%) Windows
2 12 (8.219%) UNIX
3 10 (6.849%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (5.479%) Linux
5 7 (4.795%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (4.110%) Solaris
7 4 (2.740%) HPUX
8 2 (1.370%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.685%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.70%) OO
1 20 (13.70%) Web Development
2 16 (10.96%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (8.904%) Unit Testing
3 13 (8.904%) Project Management
4 12 (8.219%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (8.219%) ETL
5 11 (7.534%) ITIL
5 11 (7.534%) MVC
6 9 (6.164%) Scrum
7 8 (5.479%) Workflow
7 8 (5.479%) Investment Management
8 7 (4.795%) Business Analysis
8 7 (4.795%) ERP
8 7 (4.795%) OOD
9 6 (4.110%) Configuration Management
9 6 (4.110%) Asset Management
10 5 (3.425%) Change Management
11 4 (2.740%) Test Scripting
11 4 (2.740%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 125 (85.62%) C#
2 65 (44.52%) SQL
3 33 (22.60%) Java
4 23 (15.75%) VB
5 22 (15.07%) VBA
6 20 (13.70%) JavaScript
7 19 (13.01%) Delphi
8 10 (6.849%) T-SQL
9 9 (6.164%) C
10 6 (4.110%) PL/SQL
11 5 (3.425%) PHP
11 5 (3.425%) C++
12 4 (2.740%) PL/1
12 4 (2.740%) COBOL
13 3 (2.055%) PowerShell
13 3 (2.055%) Perl
14 2 (1.370%) XAML
14 2 (1.370%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.370%) VB6
Qualifications
1 33 (22.60%) Degree
2 9 (6.164%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.370%) HND
4 1 (0.685%) MCITP
4 1 (0.685%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.685%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.685%) MCTS
4 1 (0.685%) MCP
4 1 (0.685%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.055%) QA
2 2 (1.370%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (7.534%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.425%) Samba
3 2 (1.370%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.685%) vSphere
4 1 (0.685%) XenApp
4 1 (0.685%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.055%) SCCM
2 1 (0.685%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 70 (47.95%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.38%) Oracle
3 7 (4.795%) DevExpress
4 3 (2.055%) SAP
5 2 (1.370%) VMware
5 2 (1.370%) Epicor
5 2 (1.370%) Citrix
6 1 (0.685%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.685%) Cisco
6 1 (0.685%) IBM
6 1 (0.685%) Infragistics
Edinburgh, Scotland
They provide IVA's, and other debt management arrangements. They currently have 30,000 customers and they are growing very quickly. You will be required to develop their...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
They have a new requirement for an experienced C# & SQL developer / C# & SQL application support analyst to join a dedicated software development & support team working on a variety...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
They have a new requirement for an experienced C# & SQL developer to join a dedicated software development & support team working on a variety of client based products. As...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Our West Glasgow based client is seeking a permanent Applications Support Engineer who has a sound technical understanding and experience of the development and support lifecycle... ITHR is...
IT Human Resources
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The ideal candidate will also have experience in at least 3 of the following: ASP Visual Basic .NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/XML/Web Services...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £28000 - £32500 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The ideal candidate will also have experience in at least 3 of the following: ASP Visual Basic .NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/XML/Web Services...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 11 May 2013
Edinburgh & Lothians
Min 5 yrs SQL Server BI including 2005 and 2008 - SSIS/SSAS/SSRS/ T-SQL/MDX - Dimensional modelling skills - SharePoint 2010 BI including Performance Point Services - Experience of...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Holyrood, Edinburgh
Your role will be to provide support and maintenance and take forward development opportunities both within the existing application landscape, and when delivering new business solutions.With relevant...
Scottish Parliament
Salary: £24,383 to £29,640
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Strong knowledge of SQL Server 2005/2008 R2, ETL Tools, SSRS/SSIS package development, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Transact-SQL, stored procedures, table relationships, queries and views is...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £37000 per annum + Company benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Dumfriesshire
Develop and test new applications and software using Visual Basic - VB.Net... For example: Software Engineering, Computer Science or an equivalent. Experience in the use of Visual Basic -...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: Up to £18,000 plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Graduate Junior VB.Net Developer / Software Engineer / Programmer, Retail, Scotland, £18,000Due to a promotion within the existing IT Team an opportunity for a Graduate Junior Programmer has...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013