The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 24 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 34 33 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 8 5 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 3.265% 2.538% 6.341%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.405% 4.808% 11.61%
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
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
148 104 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 60.41% 52.79% 54.63%
Number of salaries quoted 109 55 71
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Northern Ireland

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim VB.NET Salary Trend

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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 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
Belfast -2 8 £35,000 +2.94%
VB.NET
Northern Ireland

VB.NET
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (75.00%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) XML
3 7 (58.33%) iPhone
3 7 (58.33%) iPad
4 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (25.00%) CSS
6 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 2 (16.67%) C#
7 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
7 2 (16.67%) Progress
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (16.67%) JIRA
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (16.67%) MVC
7 2 (16.67%) Subversion
7 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (16.67%) jQuery
8 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
8 1 (8.333%) Finance
8 1 (8.333%) Retail
8 1 (8.333%) HTML

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (58.33%) XML
3 3 (25.00%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) jQuery
5 1 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
1 2 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) .NET Developer
2 5 (41.67%) VB.NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead Developer
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Software Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) iPhone
1 7 (58.33%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) C#
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Progress