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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 24 38 29
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -9
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 41 19 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 7.295% 3.231% 5.505%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.86% 6.786% 9.677%
Number of salaries quoted 41 19 27
Average salary £34,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.44% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £34,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
276 280 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 49.11% 47.62% 56.88%
Number of salaries quoted 247 233 260
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
North East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -6 18 £45,500 -9.00%
Sunderland - 8 £30,000 -
South Shields 0 7 £35,000 +7.69%
South Tyneside - 1 £30,000 -
VB.NET
North East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 72 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (72.22%) SQL Server
3 45 (62.50%) C#
4 39 (54.17%) ASP.NET
5 32 (44.44%) SQL
6 29 (40.28%) CSS
7 27 (37.50%) HTML
8 21 (29.17%) Ajax
9 20 (27.78%) VB
9 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
10 15 (20.83%) JavaScript
11 14 (19.44%) MVC
12 13 (18.06%) SQL Server 2008
12 13 (18.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (16.67%) MS Excel
14 11 (15.28%) ASP.NET MVC
15 10 (13.89%) CRM
15 10 (13.89%) Adobe
15 10 (13.89%) Configuration Management
16 9 (12.50%) Photoshop
16 9 (12.50%) jQuery
16 9 (12.50%) Web Application Development
17 8 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
17 8 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 8 (11.11%) TDD
17 8 (11.11%) Retail
17 8 (11.11%) WCF
17 8 (11.11%) MCTS
17 8 (11.11%) OO
17 8 (11.11%) MCP

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 72 (100.00%) .NET
2 39 (54.17%) ASP.NET
3 29 (40.28%) CSS
4 27 (37.50%) HTML
5 21 (29.17%) Ajax
6 11 (15.28%) ASP.NET MVC
7 9 (12.50%) jQuery
8 8 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 8 (11.11%) WCF
9 7 (9.722%) XHTML
10 6 (8.333%) Flash
11 5 (6.944%) WPF
11 5 (6.944%) WinForms
12 4 (5.556%) Web Services
12 4 (5.556%) Razor View Engine
12 4 (5.556%) KnockoutJS
12 4 (5.556%) Node.js
12 4 (5.556%) Ninject
13 3 (4.167%) ASP
14 2 (2.778%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.944%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.167%) CMS
3 2 (2.778%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.389%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 9 (12.50%) Photoshop
3 6 (8.333%) Acrobat
4 3 (4.167%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.556%) Internet
2 1 (1.389%) HTTP
2 1 (1.389%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (72.22%) SQL Server
2 13 (18.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 13 (18.06%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (6.944%) MySQL
4 4 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (9.722%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (11.11%) Retail
2 5 (6.944%) Finance
3 4 (5.556%) Music
3 4 (5.556%) Marketing
3 4 (5.556%) Advertising
4 1 (1.389%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 60 (83.33%) Developer
2 30 (41.67%) .NET Developer
3 17 (23.61%) Web Developer
4 9 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 6 (8.333%) Analyst
7 5 (6.944%) Team Leader
7 5 (6.944%) VB.NET Developer
8 4 (5.556%) SQL Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Development Team Leader
8 4 (5.556%) C# Developer
8 4 (5.556%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Graduate
9 3 (4.167%) Development Manager
9 3 (4.167%) Technical Team Leader
9 3 (4.167%) Configuration Analyst
9 3 (4.167%) .NET Web Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Graduate Software Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Graduate Developer
9 3 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.722%) N-Tier
2 5 (6.944%) Mainframe
3 4 (5.556%) Streaming Music
3 4 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.167%) NHS
4 3 (4.167%) Computer Science
4 3 (4.167%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.556%) Windows
1 4 (5.556%) Android
1 4 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.44%) MVC
2 10 (13.89%) CRM
2 10 (13.89%) Configuration Management
3 9 (12.50%) Web Application Development
4 8 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
4 8 (11.11%) TDD
4 8 (11.11%) OO
5 7 (9.722%) Web Development
6 6 (8.333%) E-Commerce
7 5 (6.944%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (5.556%) SEO
8 4 (5.556%) Email Marketing
8 4 (5.556%) Pay per click
8 4 (5.556%) Content Management
8 4 (5.556%) Web Design
8 4 (5.556%) Dependency Injection
8 4 (5.556%) BDD
8 4 (5.556%) CQRS
8 4 (5.556%) Analytics
9 3 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (62.50%) C#
2 32 (44.44%) SQL
3 20 (27.78%) VB
4 15 (20.83%) JavaScript
5 7 (9.722%) Java
6 6 (8.333%) T-SQL
7 5 (6.944%) PL/SQL
8 3 (4.167%) PHP
8 3 (4.167%) C
9 2 (2.778%) C++
9 2 (2.778%) Python
9 2 (2.778%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) MCP
1 8 (11.11%) MCAD
1 8 (11.11%) MCSD
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (11.11%) MCTS
2 6 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) Adobe
3 5 (6.944%) Oracle
4 1 (1.389%) Sage
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The ideal candidate will have as many of the following as possible: *Knowledge of Frameworks 2, 3.5 & 4 *VB.NET *ASP.NET *MVC *C# *LINQ *Web Services *...
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Required Skills: ASP.NET. VB/C#.NET. SQL Server 2008. AJAX. HTML / XHTML / CSS. N-tier architecture. Object orientation. Visual Studio 2010. Degree education preferable... Useful Skills: Photoshop /...
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Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Ability to code in Visual Basic .NET and/or C# using Object Oriented techniques. C#, XML, AJAX, OOD, UML, ASP.NET, JavaScript/JQuery, SQL. Experience with Visual Studio...
Catalyst
Salary: From £27,000 to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
South Shields, North East
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Washington, Tyne and Wear
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Salary: From £18,000 to £20,000 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 17 May 2013
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You will get the opportunity to play a part in a large scale migration to a collocated Cisco and Netapp Flexpod environment... You will ideally have 2 or...
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Salary: From £14,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013