The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 20 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 58 43 42
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -1
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 18 21 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.635% 3.791% 5.096%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.412% 6.583% 7.940%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 29
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £27,500 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
408 319 403
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 59.74% 57.58% 64.17%
Number of salaries quoted 380 281 356
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 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
Ipswich -12 13 £35,000 -6.66%
Lowestoft - 3 £32,500 -
Woodbridge - 1 £35,000 -
VB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 56 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (85.71%) SQL Server
3 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
3 37 (66.07%) SQL
4 36 (64.29%) C#
5 31 (55.36%) HTML
5 31 (55.36%) JavaScript
6 29 (51.79%) Ajax
7 27 (48.21%) Visual Studio
8 20 (35.71%) .NET Framework
9 18 (32.14%) jQuery
9 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
10 16 (28.57%) CSS
11 14 (25.00%) N-Tier
12 10 (17.86%) VB
12 10 (17.86%) Windows
13 9 (16.07%) SOA
13 9 (16.07%) Finance
13 9 (16.07%) WCF
14 8 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
14 8 (14.29%) SaaS
14 8 (14.29%) Web Services
15 7 (12.50%) Mobile App
16 6 (10.71%) OO
16 6 (10.71%) MS Excel
16 6 (10.71%) Internet
16 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
16 6 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
17 5 (8.929%) VB6
17 5 (8.929%) E-Commerce

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 56 (100.00%) .NET
2 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
3 31 (55.36%) HTML
4 29 (51.79%) Ajax
5 20 (35.71%) .NET Framework
6 18 (32.14%) jQuery
7 16 (28.57%) CSS
8 9 (16.07%) WCF
9 8 (14.29%) Web Services
10 5 (8.929%) XML
10 5 (8.929%) XSLT
11 4 (7.143%) LINQ
12 3 (5.357%) ASP
13 2 (3.571%) WPF
13 2 (3.571%) Silverlight
14 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET MVC
14 1 (1.786%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 1 (1.786%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.786%) MSMQ
1 1 (1.786%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.786%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (1.786%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.357%) Fireworks
2 3 (5.357%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.571%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (48.21%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.786%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 5 (8.929%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (92.86%) Developer
2 35 (62.50%) .NET Developer
3 15 (26.79%) VB.NET Developer
4 9 (16.07%) Web Developer
4 9 (16.07%) Software Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Systems Developer
5 6 (10.71%) C# Developer
6 5 (8.929%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.929%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.929%) VB.NET Programmer
6 5 (8.929%) .NET Programmer
6 5 (8.929%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (8.929%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (8.929%) Programmer
7 4 (7.143%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.143%) Graduate
7 4 (7.143%) Graduate Web Developer
7 4 (7.143%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (7.143%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (7.143%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) N-Tier
2 8 (14.29%) SaaS
3 7 (12.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.357%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.786%) RIA
5 1 (1.786%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Windows
2 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.786%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.07%) SOA
2 6 (10.71%) OO
2 6 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (8.929%) E-Commerce
3 5 (8.929%) B2B
3 5 (8.929%) B2C
4 3 (5.357%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (5.357%) SEO
4 3 (5.357%) Web Development
4 3 (5.357%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (3.571%) Test Scripting
5 2 (3.571%) Web Design
5 2 (3.571%) CRM
5 2 (3.571%) CAD
6 1 (1.786%) MVC
6 1 (1.786%) Scrum
6 1 (1.786%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 37 (66.07%) SQL
2 36 (64.29%) C#
3 31 (55.36%) JavaScript
4 10 (17.86%) VB
5 5 (8.929%) VB6
6 3 (5.357%) Java
6 3 (5.357%) VBScript
7 2 (3.571%) C++
7 2 (3.571%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.357%) Degree
2 2 (3.571%) ISEB
2 2 (3.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.357%) Adobe
3 1 (1.786%) TippingPoint
Lowestoft, Suffolk
The ideal candidate will have strong experience with ASP .Net and C# or VB .Net. You will also needed HTML & Javascript experience with proven track record of using...
LEXSTRA
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia
The .Net software applications developer / programmer MUST have; * At least 6 months commercial software application development experience in either one of the following; C#, ASP.net or VB...
Nigel Frank International
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Using Microsoft technologies such as VB.NET, Visual Studio and SQL Server along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript you will be involved in all aspects of the software...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
Using Microsoft technologies such as VB.NET, Visual Studio and SQL Server along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript you will be involved in all aspects of the software...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will be required to use SQL in a .NET (VB.NET/ C#) environment and be able to deal with different test phases such as UAT, functional and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £22000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013