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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 37 33 42
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +9
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 27 25 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 4.470% 5.176% 3.136%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.108% 7.530% 5.405%
Number of salaries quoted 21 25 18
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
333 332 333
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 55.13% 68.74% 58.01%
Number of salaries quoted 303 266 271
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £23,100 £26,650
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region 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
Bournemouth -10 8 £35,000 +7.69%
Dorchester - 6 £21,500 -
Poole +6 3 £26,500 +47.22%
VB.NET
South West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 61 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (70.49%) C#
3 40 (65.57%) ASP.NET
4 37 (60.66%) HTML
5 36 (59.02%) SQL Server
6 33 (54.10%) CSS
7 25 (40.98%) SQL
8 23 (37.70%) Microsoft
9 22 (36.07%) Windows
9 22 (36.07%) Visual Studio
9 22 (36.07%) Web Services
10 21 (34.43%) JavaScript
11 19 (31.15%) Oracle
12 18 (29.51%) Linux
13 17 (27.87%) Migration
14 16 (26.23%) SQL Server 2008
14 16 (26.23%) PHP
15 15 (24.59%) Oracle 10g
15 15 (24.59%) Windows XP
15 15 (24.59%) Citrix
15 15 (24.59%) Data Migration
15 15 (24.59%) Windows Vista
15 15 (24.59%) Oracle 11g
16 14 (22.95%) T-SQL
17 13 (21.31%) VB
17 13 (21.31%) XML
18 12 (19.67%) SQL Server 2005
19 11 (18.03%) IIS
19 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
20 10 (16.39%) MySQL

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 61 (100.00%) .NET
2 40 (65.57%) ASP.NET
3 37 (60.66%) HTML
4 33 (54.10%) CSS
5 22 (36.07%) Web Services
6 13 (21.31%) XML
7 10 (16.39%) SOAP
7 10 (16.39%) WCF
8 9 (14.75%) jQuery
9 7 (11.48%) ASP
10 6 (9.836%) WAMP
10 6 (9.836%) REST
10 6 (9.836%) .NET Framework
10 6 (9.836%) WPF
10 6 (9.836%) WSE
11 5 (8.197%) XSLT
12 4 (6.557%) WSDL
13 3 (4.918%) WinForms
14 1 (1.639%) Spring
14 1 (1.639%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (18.03%) IIS
2 6 (9.836%) Apache
2 6 (9.836%) Magento
3 1 (1.639%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.639%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.639%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.918%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (59.02%) SQL Server
2 16 (26.23%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (24.59%) Oracle 11g
3 15 (24.59%) Oracle 10g
4 12 (19.67%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (16.39%) MySQL
6 4 (6.557%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (4.918%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (4.918%) DTS
8 1 (1.639%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (36.07%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.48%) Eclipse
3 6 (9.836%) NetBeans
3 6 (9.836%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (14.75%) Finance
2 3 (4.918%) Back Office
3 1 (1.639%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (90.16%) Developer
2 27 (44.26%) .NET Developer
3 21 (34.43%) VB.NET Developer
3 21 (34.43%) Software Developer
4 8 (13.11%) Web Developer
5 7 (11.48%) Junior
5 7 (11.48%) Junior Developer
5 7 (11.48%) Junior .NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) Graduate Developer
6 6 (9.836%) ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) Junior VB.NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 6 (9.836%) Graduate
7 4 (6.557%) C# Developer
7 4 (6.557%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (6.557%) .NET Software Developer
8 3 (4.918%) Help Desk Support Engineer
8 3 (4.918%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.918%) PMI
2 1 (1.639%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 22 (36.07%) Windows
2 18 (29.51%) Linux
3 15 (24.59%) Windows XP
3 15 (24.59%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.639%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) Migration
2 15 (24.59%) Data Migration
3 9 (14.75%) MVVM
3 9 (14.75%) MVC
4 8 (13.11%) E-Commerce
5 6 (9.836%) B2B
5 6 (9.836%) B2C
5 6 (9.836%) Software Engineering
5 6 (9.836%) Web Development
6 5 (8.197%) Service Delivery
6 5 (8.197%) Web Design
7 4 (6.557%) Scrum
8 3 (4.918%) OOD
9 1 (1.639%) ITIL
9 1 (1.639%) ERP
9 1 (1.639%) Service Management
9 1 (1.639%) Business Development
9 1 (1.639%) Resource Management
9 1 (1.639%) Problem Management
9 1 (1.639%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 43 (70.49%) C#
2 25 (40.98%) SQL
3 21 (34.43%) JavaScript
4 16 (26.23%) PHP
5 14 (22.95%) T-SQL
6 13 (21.31%) VB
7 8 (13.11%) VB6
8 7 (11.48%) PL/SQL
9 5 (8.197%) Java
10 1 (1.639%) XPath
10 1 (1.639%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.639%) Delphi
10 1 (1.639%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (9.836%) HND
3 3 (4.918%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.918%) Degree
Vendors
1 23 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 19 (31.15%) Oracle
3 15 (24.59%) Citrix
4 1 (1.639%) Sybase
4 1 (1.639%) Sun
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