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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 67 66 48
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -18
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 5 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.731% 0.601% 1.887%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.119% 1.594% 4.072%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 6
Average salary £34,000 £52,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.23% +31.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
236 251 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 34.50% 37.69% 46.33%
Number of salaries quoted 211 185 177
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,900 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Slough VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
3 6 (54.55%) Visual Studio
3 6 (54.55%) C#
4 4 (36.36%) HTML
4 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
4 4 (36.36%) CSS
5 3 (27.27%) XML
5 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (27.27%) jQuery
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (18.18%) HTTP
6 2 (18.18%) QMS
6 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle
7 1 (9.091%) ITIL
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) Web Services
7 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
7 1 (9.091%) VBScript
7 1 (9.091%) VB
7 1 (9.091%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
7 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (9.091%) MVC
7 1 (9.091%) Workflow

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
2 4 (36.36%) CSS
2 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 3 (27.27%) XML
3 3 (27.27%) jQuery
4 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
1 7 (63.64%) .NET Developer
2 3 (27.27%) VB.NET Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Lead Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Lead .NET Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) DBA
4 1 (9.091%) SQL DBA
4 1 (9.091%) Software Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) QMS
2 1 (9.091%) High Availability
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL
2 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (9.091%) MVC
2 1 (9.091%) Workflow
2 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
2 1 (9.091%) Document Management
2 1 (9.091%) Web Development
2 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
5 1 (9.091%) T-SQL
5 1 (9.091%) VBScript
5 1 (9.091%) VB
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Kofax
Slough, South East
Role: Software Developer, Web Developer, ASP.Net Developer, .Net Programmer, Software Engineer, Software Programming, Intranet Developer - Web-based / Internet / Website / Intranet Solutions.Technologies: ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, ...
OCC Computing
Salary: To £35k + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013