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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 17 27 10
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -17
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 2 1 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 2.564% 1.042% 15.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.846% 1.370% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 11
Average salary £27,500 £31,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.69% +34.04%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
52 73 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 66.67% 76.04% 63.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47 72 43
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +17.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £20,600 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Worcestershire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 15 (100.00%) C#
1 15 (100.00%) .NET
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (73.33%) SQL
3 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET
4 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (40.00%) Client/Server
6 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 5 (33.33%) CSS
7 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (26.67%) Information Management
7 4 (26.67%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (26.67%) XHTML
7 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
7 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
8 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (20.00%) TDD
8 3 (20.00%) WCF
9 2 (13.33%) Domain-Driven Design
9 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (13.33%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (13.33%) Google
9 2 (13.33%) MCTS
9 2 (13.33%) Node.js
9 2 (13.33%) Ninject
9 2 (13.33%) KnockoutJS
9 2 (13.33%) Web Application Development
9 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (33.33%) CSS
4 4 (26.67%) XHTML
5 3 (20.00%) WCF
6 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (13.33%) Node.js
6 2 (13.33%) Ninject
6 2 (13.33%) KnockoutJS
6 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (6.667%) XML
7 1 (6.667%) HTML
7 1 (6.667%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.667%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (13.33%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 10 (66.67%) Applications Developer
3 7 (46.67%) .NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) C# Developer
4 5 (33.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (26.67%) C# Application Developer
5 4 (26.67%) .NET Applications Developer
6 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
6 1 (6.667%) Software Developer
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Team Leader
6 1 (6.667%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Client/Server
2 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 2 (13.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (26.67%) Information Management
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 2 (13.33%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (13.33%) Dependency Injection
4 2 (13.33%) Web Application Development
4 2 (13.33%) MVC
4 2 (13.33%) OO
5 1 (6.667%) OOP
5 1 (6.667%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (6.667%) Project Management
5 1 (6.667%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C#
2 11 (73.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) VB
5 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) MCTS
2 2 (13.33%) MCP
2 2 (13.33%) MCAD
2 2 (13.33%) MCSD
3 1 (6.667%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Google