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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to 9 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3747
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads83688137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.300 %3.389 %
As % of the category below9.745 %7.680 %
Salaries quoted75167157
Average minimum salary£32,697£32,679
Average salary£35,492£35,389
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum salary£38,286£38,099
UK excluding London average salary£33,286£32,774
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Programming Languages EnglandProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads85871105944
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.12 %44.13 %
Salaries quoted7299885778
Average minimum salary£37,346£39,300
Average salary£40,972£43,144
% change on same period last year-5.03 %
Average maximum salary£44,598£46,988
UK excluding London average salary£35,221£35,522
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
VB.NET UKVB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB.NET across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England VB.NET Demand Trend

VB.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB.NET across the England region.

England VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

England VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing VB.NET within the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+192219£42,452+0.43 %
South EastDown-11959£36,210+3.16 %
South WestUp+19886£31,792+5.56 %
East of EnglandUp+5876£33,692-1.56 %
West MidlandsUp+3817£31,343+3.35 %
North WestDown-2758£32,186+1.52 %
YorkshireDown-9546£29,976-2.96 %
East MidlandsUp+26380£32,112+6.50 %
North EastDown-950£33,628+20.73 %
MidlandsUp+1322£37,750+20.42 %
VB.NET UKVB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

117148 (99.77 %).NET
211484 (66.82 %)SQL Server
310465 (60.89 %)ASP.NET
48654 (50.35 %)C#
56888 (40.08 %)SQL
66125 (35.64 %)VB
75133 (29.87 %)XML
84123 (23.99 %)Microsoft
93891 (22.64 %)HTML
103761 (21.88 %)JavaScript
113347 (19.47 %)SQL Server 2005
123237 (18.83 %)ASP
133161 (18.39 %)VB6
142934 (17.07 %)Finance
152850 (16.58 %)SQL Server 2000
162287 (13.31 %)CSS
172109 (12.27 %)Windows
182106 (12.25 %)Degree
192001 (11.64 %)WebServices
201877 (10.92 %)MS Excel
211868 (10.87 %)Transact-SQL
221850 (10.76 %)OO
231846 (10.74 %)Visual Studio
241780 (10.36 %)Oracle
251605 (9.338 %)AJAX
261509 (8.780 %)Web Development
271425 (8.291 %).NET Framework
281417 (8.245 %)Java
291345 (7.826 %)C++
301326 (7.715 %)Microsoft Certification

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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
117148 (99.77 %).NET
210465 (60.89 %)ASP.NET
35133 (29.87 %)XML
43891 (22.64 %)HTML
53237 (18.83 %)ASP
62287 (13.31 %)CSS
72001 (11.64 %)WebServices
81605 (9.338 %)AJAX
91425 (8.291 %).NET Framework
101037 (6.034 %)XSLT
111009 (5.871 %)WinForms
12781 (4.544 %)XHTML
13545 (3.171 %)ADO.NET
14456 (2.653 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15428 (2.490 %)XSL
16352 (2.048 %)COM+
17257 (1.495 %)WCF
18221 (1.286 %)J2EE
19196 (1.140 %)WPF
20193 (1.123 %)ADO
Application Platforms
11308 (7.610 %)SharePoint
2841 (4.893 %)IIS
3551 (3.206 %)BizTalk Server
4435 (2.531 %)CMS
5371 (2.159 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6125 (0.727 %)MS Exchange
7109 (0.634 %)ColdFusion
8102 (0.593 %)SharePoint Portal Server
965 (0.378 %)Apache
1053 (0.308 %)Content Management Server
1151 (0.297 %)MTS
1242 (0.244 %)SAS
1338 (0.221 %)Documentum
1435 (0.204 %)Tomcat
1531 (0.180 %)WebSphere MQ
1629 (0.169 %)Exchange Server 2000
1726 (0.151 %)ArcGIS
1825 (0.145 %)Exchange Server 2003
1922 (0.128 %)Commerce Server
2019 (0.111 %)MapXtreme
Applications
11877 (10.92 %)MS Excel
2457 (2.659 %)MS Office
3156 (0.908 %)Photoshop
491 (0.529 %)MS Visio
563 (0.367 %)Fireworks
659 (0.343 %)MS Project
758 (0.337 %)InfoPath
832 (0.186 %)MS PowerPoint
928 (0.163 %)Adobe Illustrator
1027 (0.157 %)MATLAB
1117 (0.099 %)CA Clarity
1214 (0.081 %)AutoCAD
136 (0.035 %)S-PLUS
144 (0.023 %)Acrobat
153 (0.017 %)SPSS
153 (0.017 %)ArcView
162 (0.012 %)Paint Shop Pro
162 (0.012 %)PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
166 (0.384 %)Microsoft CRM
259 (0.343 %)Dynamics CRM
356 (0.326 %)Summit
425 (0.145 %)Navision
516 (0.093 %)Bond Adapt
613 (0.076 %)Line 500
613 (0.076 %)RMDS
613 (0.076 %)SalesLogix
712 (0.070 %)Great Plains
811 (0.064 %)GoldMine
811 (0.064 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
98 (0.047 %)Oracle Applications
106 (0.035 %)FRONT ARENA
115 (0.029 %)Dynamics AX
115 (0.029 %)SAP CRM
115 (0.029 %)Oracle CRM
124 (0.023 %)Pivotal CRM
124 (0.023 %)LongView
124 (0.023 %)Line 50
133 (0.017 %)Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1943 (5.487 %)Internet
2505 (2.938 %)Intranet
3164 (0.954 %)Extranet
480 (0.465 %)TCP/IP
551 (0.297 %)HTTP
648 (0.279 %)SSL
743 (0.250 %)LAN
743 (0.250 %)VoIP
839 (0.227 %)DNS
839 (0.227 %)HTTPS
934 (0.198 %)WAN
1029 (0.169 %)SMTP
1127 (0.157 %)CTI
1127 (0.157 %)Firewall
1223 (0.134 %)WINS
1322 (0.128 %)Wireless
1421 (0.122 %)Reverse Proxy
1520 (0.116 %)FTP
1619 (0.111 %)GPRS
1718 (0.105 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
111484 (66.82 %)SQL Server
23347 (19.47 %)SQL Server 2005
32850 (16.58 %)SQL Server 2000
4869 (5.056 %)Crystal Reports
5735 (4.276 %)SQL Server 7
6597 (3.474 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7494 (2.874 %)DTS
8464 (2.700 %)MS Access
9410 (2.386 %)MySQL
10376 (2.188 %)RDBMS
11284 (1.652 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12218 (1.268 %)Datawarehouse
13182 (1.059 %)OLAP
14152 (0.884 %)GIS
15147 (0.855 %)Oracle Reports
16137 (0.797 %)Oracle 10g
17135 (0.785 %)DB2
18124 (0.721 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
19106 (0.617 %)BusinessObjects
20105 (0.611 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
11846 (10.74 %)Visual Studio
2400 (2.327 %)VSS/SourceSafe
3299 (1.740 %)Flash
4152 (0.884 %)NUnit
5150 (0.873 %)Dreamweaver
665 (0.378 %)Subversion
733 (0.192 %)Oracle Forms
826 (0.151 %)InstallShield
923 (0.134 %)ClearCase
1020 (0.116 %)QuickTest Pro
1118 (0.105 %)WebSpeed
1118 (0.105 %)Bugzilla
1215 (0.087 %)PowerBuilder
1215 (0.087 %)CruiseControl
1314 (0.081 %)LabVIEW
1413 (0.076 %)Rational Rose
1511 (0.064 %)Eclipse
1511 (0.064 %)InterDev
169 (0.052 %)WinRunner
169 (0.052 %)TestDirector
General
12934 (17.07 %)Finance
21111 (6.464 %)Pensions
3959 (5.580 %)Insurance
4699 (4.067 %)Health
5536 (3.119 %)Retail
6533 (3.101 %)Banking
7525 (3.055 %)Marketing
8370 (2.153 %)Back Office
9327 (1.903 %)Front Office
10293 (1.705 %)Education
11277 (1.612 %)Law
12243 (1.414 %)Legal
13225 (1.309 %)Government
14217 (1.263 %)Telecoms
15202 (1.175 %)Financial Institution
16158 (0.919 %)Manufacturing
17156 (0.908 %)Investment Banking
18142 (0.826 %)Games
19123 (0.716 %)Publishing
20112 (0.652 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
113390 (77.91 %)Developer
27931 (46.15 %).NET Developer
34209 (24.49 %)VB.NET Developer
42235 (13.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
52024 (11.78 %)Web Developer
61761 (10.25 %)Analyst
71739 (10.12 %)C# Developer
81635 (9.513 %)Software Developer
91559 (9.071 %)Programmer
101468 (8.541 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
111284 (7.471 %)Senior Developer
12943 (5.487 %)Analyst Programmer
13846 (4.922 %)VB Developer
14838 (4.876 %).NET Web Developer
15683 (3.974 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
16663 (3.858 %)SQL Developer
17658 (3.828 %)Applications Developer
18638 (3.712 %)Junior
19624 (3.631 %)Senior .NET Developer
20603 (3.508 %).NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1428 (2.490 %)Computer Science
2386 (2.246 %)N-Tier
3368 (2.141 %)Client/Server
4212 (1.233 %)Mathematics
5164 (0.954 %)Asset Management
6153 (0.890 %)Management Information System
7142 (0.826 %)Derivative
8125 (0.727 %)W3C
983 (0.483 %)EPoS
1075 (0.436 %)Equities
1173 (0.425 %)Tandem
1272 (0.419 %)PDA
1359 (0.343 %)NHS
1457 (0.332 %)Fixed Income
1556 (0.326 %)Web 2.0
1655 (0.320 %)Equity Derivative
1754 (0.314 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1850 (0.291 %)French Language
1946 (0.268 %)Replication
2045 (0.262 %)Fund Management
Operating Systems
12109 (12.27 %)Windows
2399 (2.322 %)Unix
3223 (1.297 %)Linux
4162 (0.943 %)Windows 2000
5131 (0.762 %)Windows XP
678 (0.454 %)Windows Server 2003
765 (0.378 %)Windows NT
824 (0.140 %)Windows Mobile
921 (0.122 %)Windows CE
1018 (0.105 %)Solaris
119 (0.052 %)AIX
119 (0.052 %)FreeBSD
124 (0.023 %)zOS
133 (0.017 %)OS/400
133 (0.017 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.006 %)MVS
141 (0.006 %)Windows XP Embedded
141 (0.006 %)Windows Vista
141 (0.006 %)VxWorks
141 (0.006 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
11850 (10.76 %)OO
21509 (8.780 %)Web Development
3951 (5.533 %)UML
4780 (4.538 %)E-Commerce
5703 (4.090 %)Project Management
6485 (2.822 %)CRM
7429 (2.496 %)Scrum
8374 (2.176 %)Agile Software Development
9334 (1.943 %)Content Management
10321 (1.868 %)OOP
11298 (1.734 %)Migration
12291 (1.693 %)Unit Testing
13284 (1.652 %)Business Intelligence
14275 (1.600 %)Web Design
15266 (1.548 %)Extreme Programming
16254 (1.478 %)OOD
17197 (1.146 %)OOA/OOD
17197 (1.146 %)Systems Analysis
17197 (1.146 %)Business Analysis
18180 (1.047 %)Integration Testing
Programming Languages
18654 (50.35 %)C#
26888 (40.08 %)SQL
36125 (35.64 %)VB
43761 (21.88 %)JavaScript
53161 (18.39 %)VB6
61868 (10.87 %)Transact-SQL
71417 (8.245 %)Java
81345 (7.826 %)C++
9849 (4.940 %)VBScript
10805 (4.684 %)VBA
11620 (3.607 %)C
12492 (2.863 %)PHP
13368 (2.141 %)PL/SQL
14360 (2.095 %)DHTML
15187 (1.088 %)Perl
16160 (0.931 %)VC++
17118 (0.687 %)Delphi
1894 (0.547 %)ActionScript
1964 (0.372 %)Python
2060 (0.349 %)COBOL
Qualifications
12106 (12.25 %)Degree
21326 (7.715 %)Microsoft Certification
3608 (3.538 %)MCSD
4439 (2.554 %)MCAD
5413 (2.403 %)MCP
675 (0.436 %)MCTS
765 (0.378 %)HND
859 (0.343 %)MCPD
958 (0.337 %)MCSE
1045 (0.262 %)ISEB
1131 (0.180 %)MCSA
1229 (0.169 %)MCDBA
1229 (0.169 %)MCITP
1328 (0.163 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1423 (0.134 %)PhD
1511 (0.064 %)PMP
1511 (0.064 %)PMI Certification
1511 (0.064 %)HNC
169 (0.052 %)ITIL Certification
178 (0.047 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1112 (0.652 %)QA
235 (0.204 %)SLA
332 (0.186 %)ISO9001
427 (0.157 %)WAI
513 (0.076 %)ISO8583
64 (0.023 %)21 CFR Part 11
64 (0.023 %)HL7
73 (0.017 %)GAMP
82 (0.012 %)ISO9000
82 (0.012 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
82 (0.012 %)Basel II
82 (0.012 %)WCAG
91 (0.006 %)MiFID
91 (0.006 %)PCI DSS
91 (0.006 %)TickIT
91 (0.006 %)IAS 39
System Software
1148 (0.861 %)MSMQ
2143 (0.832 %)Active Directory
334 (0.198 %)AquaLogic
431 (0.180 %)VMware Infrastructure
514 (0.081 %)Terminal Services
610 (0.058 %)MetaFrame
610 (0.058 %)Terminal Server
75 (0.029 %)VMware GSX
75 (0.029 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.012 %)NDS
91 (0.006 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
125 (0.145 %)SCOM
213 (0.076 %)MIIS
310 (0.058 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
49 (0.052 %)Unicenter
53 (0.017 %)Tivoli
53 (0.017 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
53 (0.017 %)ServiceCenter
62 (0.012 %)MOM
Vendors
14123 (23.99 %)Microsoft
21780 (10.36 %)Oracle
3217 (1.263 %)Sybase
4140 (0.815 %)IBM
5106 (0.617 %)Business Objects
6103 (0.599 %)Sage
7100 (0.582 %)Cognos
899 (0.576 %)Citrix
998 (0.570 %)Macromedia
1056 (0.326 %)Reuters
1153 (0.308 %)Bloomberg
1246 (0.268 %)Adobe
1345 (0.262 %)Interwoven
1443 (0.250 %)Siebel
1542 (0.244 %)Progress
1639 (0.227 %)Remedy
1639 (0.227 %)VMware
1737 (0.215 %)SAP
1835 (0.204 %)BEA
1932 (0.186 %)Dundas
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