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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 31 41 50
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +9
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 71 50 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 6.768% 5.247% 3.902%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.89% 9.980% 7.042%
Number of salaries quoted 65 49 35
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,500 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
597 501 497
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.91% 52.57% 55.41%
Number of salaries quoted 551 434 464
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South 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 South Wales region.

South Wales VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +12 34 £27,500 -15.38%
Newport +6 19 £37,500 +21.95%
Torfaen -4 7 £35,000 -
Bridgend -19 3 £32,500 +1.56%
Blaenau Gwent - 2 £27,000 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £24,500 -
VB.NET
Wales

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 144 (100.00%) .NET
2 102 (70.83%) SQL Server
3 96 (66.67%) ASP.NET
4 92 (63.89%) C#
5 68 (47.22%) XML
6 61 (42.36%) SQL
7 56 (38.89%) VB
8 44 (30.56%) VB6
9 35 (24.31%) OO
10 33 (22.92%) CSS
11 30 (20.83%) JavaScript
12 29 (20.14%) HTML
12 29 (20.14%) Visual Studio
13 28 (19.44%) T-SQL
14 26 (18.06%) .NET Framework
15 24 (16.67%) Microsoft
16 20 (13.89%) Web Services
17 19 (13.19%) Windows
18 18 (12.50%) Degree
19 17 (11.81%) XSLT
20 15 (10.42%) Oracle
21 14 (9.722%) Java
21 14 (9.722%) OOD
21 14 (9.722%) WinForms
21 14 (9.722%) Ajax
22 13 (9.028%) Team Foundation Server
23 12 (8.333%) E-Commerce
24 11 (7.639%) SQL Server 2005
24 11 (7.639%) MVC
25 10 (6.944%) Unit Testing

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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
1 144 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 68 (47.22%) XML
4 33 (22.92%) CSS
5 29 (20.14%) HTML
6 26 (18.06%) .NET Framework
7 20 (13.89%) Web Services
8 17 (11.81%) XSLT
9 14 (9.722%) WinForms
9 14 (9.722%) Ajax
10 9 (6.250%) jQuery
11 7 (4.861%) WCF
12 6 (4.167%) WPF
12 6 (4.167%) ASP
13 5 (3.472%) ADO.NET
13 5 (3.472%) SOAP
13 5 (3.472%) REST
14 4 (2.778%) Hibernate
14 4 (2.778%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 4 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.556%) IIS
2 7 (4.861%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.167%) Apache
3 6 (4.167%) MSMQ
4 2 (1.389%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.694%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (4.167%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.472%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.083%) Intranet
1 3 (2.083%) Internet
2 2 (1.389%) MPLS
2 2 (1.389%) Firewall
2 2 (1.389%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.389%) LAN
2 2 (1.389%) VoIP
2 2 (1.389%) WAN
2 2 (1.389%) DHCP
2 2 (1.389%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.389%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.389%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (70.83%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.639%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (3.472%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (3.472%) MS Access
4 5 (3.472%) SQL Server 7
4 5 (3.472%) SQL Server 2000
4 5 (3.472%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 29 (20.14%) Visual Studio
2 13 (9.028%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.778%) JUnit
3 4 (2.778%) Subversion
4 3 (2.083%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (5.556%) Retail
2 4 (2.778%) Advertising
2 4 (2.778%) Finance
3 2 (1.389%) Law
Job Titles
1 121 (84.03%) Developer
2 88 (61.11%) .NET Developer
3 34 (23.61%) VB.NET Developer
4 16 (11.11%) Analyst
5 15 (10.42%) Web Developer
6 13 (9.028%) C# Developer
7 12 (8.333%) .NET Web Developer
8 9 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
8 9 (6.250%) Software Developer
8 9 (6.250%) Programmer
9 8 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (4.861%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 6 (4.167%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.167%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.167%) Senior Developer
12 5 (3.472%) Release Manager
12 5 (3.472%) Senior .NET Developer
12 5 (3.472%) C# Web Developer
12 5 (3.472%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
13 4 (2.778%) .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.19%) Windows
2 4 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.389%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (24.31%) OO
2 14 (9.722%) OOD
3 12 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 11 (7.639%) MVC
5 10 (6.944%) Unit Testing
6 9 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (5.556%) TDD
7 8 (5.556%) ITIL
8 7 (4.861%) Web Design
9 5 (3.472%) ITIL V3
10 4 (2.778%) Web Development
10 4 (2.778%) Information Security
10 4 (2.778%) Scrum
10 4 (2.778%) Systems Analysis
10 4 (2.778%) Project Management
10 4 (2.778%) Change Management
11 3 (2.083%) SEO
11 3 (2.083%) OOP
11 3 (2.083%) System Testing
12 2 (1.389%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 92 (63.89%) C#
2 61 (42.36%) SQL
3 56 (38.89%) VB
4 44 (30.56%) VB6
5 30 (20.83%) JavaScript
6 28 (19.44%) T-SQL
7 14 (9.722%) Java
8 9 (6.250%) VBA
9 7 (4.861%) RPG
10 2 (1.389%) PHP
11 1 (0.694%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (12.50%) Degree
2 6 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.389%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.389%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.694%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.472%) SLA
2 3 (2.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.389%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.389%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.42%) Oracle
3 4 (2.778%) IBM
4 3 (2.083%) Remedy
5 2 (1.389%) Cisco
5 2 (1.389%) Intel
5 2 (1.389%) Nortel
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You must have proven experience with .Net 3.5, VB.Net and Visual Studio. You should also have experience with SQL 2005/2008... The benefits package includes a...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You should have proven experience with VB.Net and SQL Server databases and experience of VB6. Any experience with ASP.Net and Oracle database would be an advantage...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Waterton (Bridgend, S. Wales)
Wales) The role of the Senior Research Assistant (VB.Net and C#): Under line management, supervision and guidance, you will contribute to research and consultancy activity within the...
Coventry University
Salary: £30,426 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013