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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 37 34 23
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 8 5 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 3.252% 2.415% 7.263%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.298% 4.587% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 12
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
151 109 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 61.38% 52.66% 56.42%
Number of salaries quoted 108 53 65
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,650 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
County Antrim

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (70.00%) SQL
3 7 (70.00%) XML
3 7 (70.00%) iPhone
3 7 (70.00%) iPad
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) Progress
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) HTML
6 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (10.00%) CSS

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (70.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (90.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) iPhone
1 7 (70.00%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Progress
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft