The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 26 13 14
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +1
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 15 43 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 6.912% 15.64% 10.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.202% 21.18% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 14 40 22
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £27,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Programming Languages
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
163 203 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 75.12% 73.82% 60.98%
Number of salaries quoted 151 186 120
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bromsgrove 0 4 £20,000 -46.66%
Evesham - 4 £32,500 -
Worcester 0 3 £37,500 +21.95%
Redditch -7 3 £24,000 -40.00%
VB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 47 (100.00%) .NET
2 38 (80.85%) SQL Server
3 35 (74.47%) ASP.NET
4 25 (53.19%) JavaScript
4 25 (53.19%) Microsoft
4 25 (53.19%) jQuery
5 23 (48.94%) MVC
6 22 (46.81%) Finance
6 22 (46.81%) Ajax
6 22 (46.81%) XML
6 22 (46.81%) C#
7 20 (42.55%) MS Excel
8 19 (40.43%) HTML
9 18 (38.30%) Web Services
10 17 (36.17%) SQL
11 15 (31.91%) Scrum
11 15 (31.91%) Oracle
11 15 (31.91%) XSLT
11 15 (31.91%) Web Development
11 15 (31.91%) .NET Framework
12 12 (25.53%) CSS
13 11 (23.40%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2008
15 9 (19.15%) SharePoint
16 8 (17.02%) Business Analysis
17 7 (14.89%) Web Design
17 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET MVC
18 6 (12.77%) WCF
18 6 (12.77%) Mobile App
18 6 (12.77%) Client/Server

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 47 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (74.47%) ASP.NET
3 25 (53.19%) jQuery
4 22 (46.81%) Ajax
4 22 (46.81%) XML
5 19 (40.43%) HTML
6 18 (38.30%) Web Services
7 15 (31.91%) XSLT
7 15 (31.91%) .NET Framework
8 12 (25.53%) CSS
9 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (12.77%) WCF
11 5 (10.64%) ADO.NET
11 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 4 (8.511%) soapUI
12 4 (8.511%) SOAP
12 4 (8.511%) XHTML
13 2 (4.255%) Node.js
13 2 (4.255%) Ninject
13 2 (4.255%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 9 (19.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.511%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.128%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (42.55%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.128%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (80.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (8.511%) MySQL
4 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 22 (46.81%) Finance
2 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.383%) Banking
4 2 (4.255%) Music
4 2 (4.255%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (97.87%) Developer
2 27 (57.45%) .NET Developer
3 17 (36.17%) Web Developer
4 14 (29.79%) .NET Web Developer
5 10 (21.28%) Applications Developer
6 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Software Developer
6 5 (10.64%) C# Developer
6 5 (10.64%) VB.NET Developer
6 5 (10.64%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (8.511%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.511%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.511%) C# Application Developer
7 4 (8.511%) .NET Applications Developer
8 1 (2.128%) VB6 Developer
8 1 (2.128%) .NET Team Leader
8 1 (2.128%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.128%) VB Developer
8 1 (2.128%) ASP Developer
8 1 (2.128%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Mobile App
1 6 (12.77%) Client/Server
2 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.255%) iPhone
4 1 (2.128%) PMI
4 1 (2.128%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.255%) Android
2 1 (2.128%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (48.94%) MVC
2 15 (31.91%) Scrum
2 15 (31.91%) Web Development
3 11 (23.40%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (17.02%) Business Analysis
5 7 (14.89%) Web Design
6 5 (10.64%) OO
7 4 (8.511%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (8.511%) Information Management
7 4 (8.511%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (6.383%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.383%) TDD
8 3 (6.383%) Change Management
8 3 (6.383%) Unit Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (4.255%) Domain-Driven Design
9 2 (4.255%) Web Application Development
10 1 (2.128%) OOA/OOD
10 1 (2.128%) Project Management
10 1 (2.128%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (53.19%) JavaScript
2 22 (46.81%) C#
3 17 (36.17%) SQL
4 5 (10.64%) Java
5 4 (8.511%) PHP5
5 4 (8.511%) C++
5 4 (8.511%) T-SQL
5 4 (8.511%) PHP
5 4 (8.511%) Python
6 3 (6.383%) VB
7 1 (2.128%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (6.383%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.255%) MCTS
2 2 (4.255%) MCP
2 2 (4.255%) MCAD
2 2 (4.255%) MCSD
3 1 (2.128%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 25 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.91%) Oracle
3 2 (4.255%) Google