The first table below looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Visual Basic Developer
Rank 781 781 709
Rank change year-on-year
0 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a VB Developer 77 115 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.095% 0.131%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.100% 0.139%
Number of salaries quoted 68 105 148
Average salary £32,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.45% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £30,000 £26,850
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £49,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

VB Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VB Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

VB Developer Jobs Demand Trend

VB Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB Developer within the UK.

VB Developer Salary Trend

VB Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB Developer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

VB Developer Salary Histogram

VB Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB Developer within the UK 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
England -6 71 £32,500 -8.45%
South East -18 20 £35,000 -1.40%
North West +1 15 £32,500 -
South West +4 11 £32,500 +18.18%
Yorkshire -12 11 £32,500 +5.69%
East Sussex +11 10 £35,000 -
North Yorkshire +6 10 £32,500 -7.14%
West Yorkshire +6 10 £32,500 +16.07%
Eastbourne - 10 £35,000 -
West Midlands -16 9 £35,000 -12.50%
Leeds - 9 £32,500 -
Skipton - 9 £32,500 -
Worcestershire +8 8 £35,000 -12.50%
Wiltshire +14 7 £34,000 +58.13%
Buckinghamshire -1 7 £21,000 -35.38%
Worcester - 7 £35,000 -
Merseyside - 7 £28,000 -
Swindon +10 6 £36,500 +69.76%
Milton Keynes -7 6 £21,000 -35.38%
Wales +7 5 £35,000 -
South Wales +6 5 £35,000 -
Liverpool - 5 £28,000 -
Cardiff - 5 £35,000 -
Cheshire -2 4 £32,500 -
Lancashire +3 3 £38,000 +26.66%
Bristol +2 3 £32,500 -31.57%
London +14 2 - -
East Midlands +2 2 £35,000 +7.69%
Hampshire 0 2 £38,000 -27.61%
Leicester - 2 £35,000 -

VB Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title.

1 145 (100.00%) VB
2 130 (89.66%) .NET
3 96 (66.21%) SQL
4 90 (62.07%) VB6
5 80 (55.17%) ASP.NET
6 76 (52.41%) C#
7 73 (50.34%) SQL Server
8 63 (43.45%) VB.NET
9 59 (40.69%) JavaScript
10 49 (33.79%) CSS
11 48 (33.10%) HTML
12 43 (29.66%) Windows
13 37 (25.52%) ASP
14 36 (24.83%) XML
15 35 (24.14%) Microsoft
16 33 (22.76%) Web Development
17 30 (20.69%) T-SQL
18 29 (20.00%) Scrum
19 28 (19.31%) WCF
20 26 (17.93%) Ajax
20 26 (17.93%) Oracle
21 22 (15.17%) WinForms
22 20 (13.79%) Crystal Reports
23 17 (11.72%) Visual Studio
23 17 (11.72%) OO
23 17 (11.72%) MVC
23 17 (11.72%) Finance
23 17 (11.72%) NUnit
23 17 (11.72%) Unit Testing
24 16 (11.03%) jQuery

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 130 (89.66%) .NET
2 80 (55.17%) ASP.NET
3 49 (33.79%) CSS
4 48 (33.10%) HTML
5 37 (25.52%) ASP
6 36 (24.83%) XML
7 28 (19.31%) WCF
8 26 (17.93%) Ajax
9 22 (15.17%) WinForms
10 16 (11.03%) jQuery
11 14 (9.655%) .NET Framework
11 14 (9.655%) XHTML
12 13 (8.966%) Web Services
13 12 (8.276%) COM+
14 9 (6.207%) NHibernate
14 9 (6.207%) WPF
14 9 (6.207%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (4.138%) Razor View Engine
16 5 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 5 (3.448%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.138%) IIS
2 4 (2.759%) LiveLink
3 3 (2.069%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.690%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 12 (8.276%) MS Office
1 12 (8.276%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.690%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.207%) HTTP
2 8 (5.517%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (50.34%) SQL Server
2 20 (13.79%) Crystal Reports
3 9 (6.207%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (4.138%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (4.138%) MS Access
5 5 (3.448%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (2.759%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (2.759%) TOAD
7 3 (2.069%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (1.379%) MySQL
8 2 (1.379%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.690%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (11.72%) NUnit
1 17 (11.72%) Visual Studio
2 12 (8.276%) CruiseControl
3 11 (7.586%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (3.448%) Rhino Mocks
4 5 (3.448%) Moq
4 5 (3.448%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (2.759%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 4 (2.759%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (11.72%) Finance
2 13 (8.966%) Retail
3 5 (3.448%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.759%) Legal
4 4 (2.759%) Banking
5 2 (1.379%) Front Office
5 2 (1.379%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.690%) Billing
6 1 (0.690%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.828%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.138%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.448%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.069%) SaaS
4 3 (2.069%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.379%) iSeries
5 2 (1.379%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.379%) AS400
5 2 (1.379%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.379%) Equities
5 2 (1.379%) Derivative
6 1 (0.690%) PMI
6 1 (0.690%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.690%) iPhone
6 1 (0.690%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 43 (29.66%) Windows
2 12 (8.276%) Android
3 10 (6.897%) Windows Mobile
3 10 (6.897%) Linux
4 6 (4.138%) Apple iOS
4 6 (4.138%) Windows 8
5 5 (3.448%) Windows XP
5 5 (3.448%) Windows 7
6 3 (2.069%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.690%) UNIX
7 1 (0.690%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.76%) Web Development
2 29 (20.00%) Scrum
3 17 (11.72%) OO
3 17 (11.72%) MVC
3 17 (11.72%) Unit Testing
4 15 (10.34%) E-Commerce
4 15 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (8.966%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (8.276%) Rapid Prototyping
6 12 (8.276%) Build Automation
6 12 (8.276%) Refactoring
6 12 (8.276%) User Stories
7 11 (7.586%) Migration
8 6 (4.138%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (3.448%) Problem Management
9 5 (3.448%) Manual Testing
9 5 (3.448%) BDD
9 5 (3.448%) Kanban
9 5 (3.448%) Data Modelling
9 5 (3.448%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 145 (100.00%) VB
2 96 (66.21%) SQL
3 90 (62.07%) VB6
4 76 (52.41%) C#
5 63 (43.45%) VB.NET
6 59 (40.69%) JavaScript
7 30 (20.69%) T-SQL
8 14 (9.655%) C++
9 12 (8.276%) Java
10 11 (7.586%) VBScript
10 11 (7.586%) VBA
11 7 (4.828%) PL/SQL
12 5 (3.448%) XAML
12 5 (3.448%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 4 (2.759%) C
14 2 (1.379%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.690%) Delphi
15 1 (0.690%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (6.207%) Degree
2 1 (0.690%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.690%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.690%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.138%) QA
2 1 (0.690%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.069%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 35 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.93%) Oracle
3 5 (3.448%) Apple
4 4 (2.759%) HP
5 2 (1.379%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.379%) IBM
6 1 (0.690%) Sun
Ashford, South East
VB6 / SQL Developer to work for a global online retail organisation... You will have the opportunity to work with additional technologies such as ASP.Net, Java, C# etc.
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Ashford, Middlesex
VB6 / SQL Developer to work for a global online retail organisation... You will have the opportunity to work with additional technologies such as ASP.Net, Java, C# etc.
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The SQL side of the role will involve data migration between databases, reporting and writing stored procedures... This is written in VB6 and VB.Net and is constantly...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our client is a highly regarded supplier of software and consultancy services to the legal and government sectors. The company has been long established and its products are...
Cogence Search
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
I am looking for a VB.net developer for a financial services company in Yorkshire. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering web or...
The SLR Group
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Swindon, South West
With exciting projects coming up and a planned move to more modern systems the successful candidate needs the following skills: VB.NET VB6 SQL C# ASP.NET Agile/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
My client is seeking a VB.NET Software Developer with over 3 years commercial experience (ideally with a relevant degree or HNC) and you will be experienced with...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
VB.NET £30-35K + Benefits... Key skills required for this role are: VB.NET, MS SQL, VISUAL STUDIO, JAVASCRIPT, WPF, XML, ADO.NET Additional skills: LINQ, Computer Science...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Primarily this role will be using Windows Desktop technologies - C# Visual Basic, Windows Desktop, SQL but you will also be exposed to our Web based projects. So any...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Skills - VB.net, ASP.NET, C#, SQL, Visual studio, AJAX, HTML, CSS, XTML, Javascript, OOP, Web Developer, Software Developer. We are looking for a Talented VB/ASP.net...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Skipton, North Yorkshire
Key skills and experience required: - C# ASP.NET / VB ASP.NET - Must have OO Programming Experience - Proven experience with SQL server - Hard working and eager to develop career...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
Core skill set: -.Net 2.0 - 4.0 using either VB.NET or C#- ASP.Net- ADO.Net- HTML, CSS, JavaScript- XML- RDMS platforms including MS SQL Server,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Skills needed: VB.NET (C# considered) ASP.NET JavaScript with JQuery MVC (advantageous) Web Services Object Oriented Programming (OO) SQL Server 2005/2008 RIA If you are looking...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013