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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 12 6 5
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -1
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 97 141 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 15.16% 22.82% 20.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.36% 36.53% 35.38%
Number of salaries quoted 83 133 104
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
368 386 325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 57.50% 62.46% 57.73%
Number of salaries quoted 325 333 241
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent -5 46 £48,500 +21.25% 11
Burton-upon-Trent -7 13 £32,000 -22.89%
Tamworth +6 12 £33,000 -7.69% 2
Lichfield -3 2 £30,000 -7.69% 1
Cannock - 1 £35,000 - 1
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

1 169 (100.00%) .NET
2 133 (78.70%) SQL Server
3 108 (63.91%) C#
4 107 (63.31%) SQL
5 101 (59.76%) ASP.NET
6 82 (48.52%) JavaScript
7 72 (42.60%) CSS
8 51 (30.18%) Microsoft
9 50 (29.59%) HTML
9 50 (29.59%) Degree
10 43 (25.44%) jQuery
10 43 (25.44%) VB
10 43 (25.44%) OO
11 42 (24.85%) Ajax
12 41 (24.26%) E-Commerce
13 39 (23.08%) XML
14 38 (22.49%) T-SQL
14 38 (22.49%) MS Excel
15 37 (21.89%) Unit Testing
16 30 (17.75%) N-Tier
17 27 (15.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 26 (15.38%) VB6
18 26 (15.38%) XHTML
19 25 (14.79%) Web Development
20 24 (14.20%) Microsoft Certification
21 23 (13.61%) Windows
21 23 (13.61%) HTML5
22 22 (13.02%) Web Application Development
22 22 (13.02%) TDD
23 21 (12.43%) Software Engineering

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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
1 169 (100.00%) .NET
2 101 (59.76%) ASP.NET
3 72 (42.60%) CSS
4 50 (29.59%) HTML
5 43 (25.44%) jQuery
6 42 (24.85%) Ajax
7 39 (23.08%) XML
8 26 (15.38%) XHTML
9 23 (13.61%) HTML5
10 17 (10.06%) XSLT
11 16 (9.467%) .NET Framework
11 16 (9.467%) WCF
12 15 (8.876%) CSS3
12 15 (8.876%) WinForms
13 11 (6.509%) ASP
14 9 (5.325%) .NET Remoting
15 8 (4.734%) WPF
16 5 (2.959%) Web Services
16 5 (2.959%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 5 (2.959%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.917%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.550%) CMS
3 4 (2.367%) IIS
4 3 (1.775%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.592%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.592%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 38 (22.49%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.367%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.592%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.284%) HTTP
2 6 (3.550%) Intranet
3 3 (1.775%) DMZ
3 3 (1.775%) ADSL
4 1 (0.592%) Internet
4 1 (0.592%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (78.70%) SQL Server
2 27 (15.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (7.101%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (7.101%) OLTP
5 11 (6.509%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (5.325%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.959%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (2.959%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.775%) MS Access
8 3 (1.775%) MySQL
8 3 (1.775%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.592%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (7.101%) JIRA
2 8 (4.734%) Selenium
3 7 (4.142%) Subversion
4 5 (2.959%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (2.367%) SilkTest
5 4 (2.367%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (2.367%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.367%) NUnit
6 3 (1.775%) Ant
6 3 (1.775%) CruiseControl
6 3 (1.775%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.775%) Hudson
6 3 (1.775%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.775%) Git (software)
6 3 (1.775%) Maven
7 2 (1.183%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.592%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.592%) Bugzilla
General
1 8 (4.734%) Finance
2 2 (1.183%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (74.56%) Developer
2 72 (42.60%) .NET Developer
3 34 (20.12%) VB.NET Developer
4 33 (19.53%) Senior Developer
5 29 (17.16%) Team Leader
6 26 (15.38%) Development Team Leader
7 25 (14.79%) C# Developer
7 25 (14.79%) .NET Team Leader
7 25 (14.79%) C# .NET Developer
8 23 (13.61%) SQL Developer
9 18 (10.65%) Web Developer
10 15 (8.876%) Web Team Leader
11 14 (8.284%) Senior .NET Developer
11 14 (8.284%) Web Development Team Leader
12 12 (7.101%) .NET Web Developer
12 12 (7.101%) ASP.NET Developer
13 11 (6.509%) Software Developer
14 10 (5.917%) C# Web Developer
14 10 (5.917%) Senior VB.NET Developer
14 10 (5.917%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.75%) N-Tier
2 15 (8.876%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.183%) SCADA
3 2 (1.183%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.183%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.183%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.61%) Windows
2 8 (4.734%) UNIX
3 4 (2.367%) Windows 7
3 4 (2.367%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (25.44%) OO
2 41 (24.26%) E-Commerce
3 37 (21.89%) Unit Testing
4 25 (14.79%) Web Development
5 22 (13.02%) Web Application Development
5 22 (13.02%) TDD
6 21 (12.43%) Software Engineering
7 19 (11.24%) Continuous Integration
8 18 (10.65%) SOA
9 17 (10.06%) SEO
10 15 (8.876%) MVC
10 15 (8.876%) Configuration Management
10 15 (8.876%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (5.325%) Project Management
11 9 (5.325%) Incident Management
12 8 (4.734%) Migration
12 8 (4.734%) Scrum
12 8 (4.734%) OOD
13 7 (4.142%) Agile Software Development
14 6 (3.550%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (63.91%) C#
2 107 (63.31%) SQL
3 82 (48.52%) JavaScript
4 43 (25.44%) VB
5 38 (22.49%) T-SQL
6 26 (15.38%) VB6
7 12 (7.101%) Java
8 7 (4.142%) Python
8 7 (4.142%) VBA
8 7 (4.142%) COBOL
9 4 (2.367%) PHP
9 4 (2.367%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.775%) Ruby
11 1 (0.592%) C++
11 1 (0.592%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (29.59%) Degree
2 24 (14.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.550%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.367%) MCTS
4 4 (2.367%) MCP
4 4 (2.367%) MCAD
4 4 (2.367%) MCSD
4 4 (2.367%) ISEB
5 2 (1.183%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.142%) QA
2 3 (1.775%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.592%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.775%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 51 (30.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.550%) Oracle
3 3 (1.775%) Sage
3 3 (1.775%) Remedy
3 3 (1.775%) AccuRev
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
vb.net/ asp.net/ c#/ software developer/ web applications developer/ stoke on trent/ staffordshire/ 45k... The skills required for this role include: 3+ years .NET (VB.NET) some...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + amazing benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... This will give you exposure to...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Net Software Developer - ASP.Net / VB.Net / C# / SQL... Key Skills: The ideal candidates will have a solid commercial and technical development background in the .Net Framework... You...
LA International
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
HTML, CSS, ASP.Net, VB.Net, JQuery, JavaScript, AJAX and SQL Server... Working in a unique, fast-paced and performance driven environment you will be leading the developers...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum Competitive Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
You will be required to work along side one other developer to write Asp.net / Vb.et Web applications for the business... asp.net, vb.net, Developer, SQL,...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + pension,bonus,upto 25 days holiday
Posted: 18 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + pension, private medical ins.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum £40K to £60K + relocation + bonnus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + pension, health, 25 hols
Posted: 13 June 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + +FE Car, Bonus, Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013