Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Essex region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank351526
Rank change year-on-year
Down-20Up+11
Matching permanent IT job ads34130145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex5.030 %12.42 %6.636 %
As % of the Programming Languages category10.06 %24.71 %11.23 %
Salaries quoted27129122
Average salary£37,500£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,400£40,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3385261291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex50.00 %50.24 %59.08 %
Salaries quoted2754811143
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,750£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£49,950
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
VB.NET East of EnglandVB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ColchesterDown-718£35,000+14.75 %
BrentwoodNo change03£40,000-
BasildonDown-41£41,500+3.75 %
VB.NET East of EnglandVB.NET
East of England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

174 (100.00 %).NET
269 (93.24 %)C#
365 (87.84 %)ASP.NET
445 (60.81 %)SQL Server
445 (60.81 %)Web Development
529 (39.19 %)CSS
627 (36.49 %)MS Visio
726 (35.14 %)Visual Studio
726 (35.14 %)Team Foundation Server
820 (27.03 %)JavaScript
919 (25.68 %)AJAX
1017 (22.97 %)OO
1115 (20.27 %)Java
1211 (14.86 %)IIS
1310 (13.51 %)HTML
1310 (13.51 %)ASP
149 (12.16 %)Web Services
149 (12.16 %)Microsoft
158 (10.81 %)Linux
158 (10.81 %)Degree
158 (10.81 %)Asterisk PBX
158 (10.81 %)jQuery
167 (9.459 %)SQL Server 2005
167 (9.459 %)MS Excel
167 (9.459 %)C
176 (8.108 %)SQL
176 (8.108 %)XHTML
176 (8.108 %)Blackberry
176 (8.108 %)SMS
185 (6.757 %)XML

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
174 (100.00 %).NET
265 (87.84 %)ASP.NET
329 (39.19 %)CSS
419 (25.68 %)AJAX
510 (13.51 %)ASP
510 (13.51 %)HTML
69 (12.16 %)Web Services
78 (10.81 %)jQuery
86 (8.108 %)XHTML
95 (6.757 %)XML
104 (5.405 %)LINQ
104 (5.405 %)WCF
104 (5.405 %)WPF
111 (1.351 %)Silverlight
111 (1.351 %).NET Framework
111 (1.351 %)EDI
111 (1.351 %)EDIFACT
111 (1.351 %)WinForms
111 (1.351 %)Spring
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (14.86 %)IIS
21 (1.351 %)SharePoint
21 (1.351 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
127 (36.49 %)MS Visio
27 (9.459 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.351 %)Navision
11 (1.351 %)Dynamics NAV
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (10.81 %)Asterisk PBX
26 (8.108 %)SMS
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (60.81 %)SQL Server
27 (9.459 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (4.054 %)MySQL
41 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.351 %)PostgreSQL
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (35.14 %)Visual Studio
126 (35.14 %)Team Foundation Server
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (5.405 %)Finance
22 (2.703 %)Retail
31 (1.351 %)Pensions
31 (1.351 %)Health
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
167 (90.54 %)Developer
233 (44.59 %).NET Developer
321 (28.38 %)Senior Developer
414 (18.92 %)Junior Developer
414 (18.92 %)ASP.NET Developer
414 (18.92 %)Junior
513 (17.57 %)Senior .NET Developer
612 (16.22 %)Web Developer
711 (14.86 %)Software Developer
88 (10.81 %)Senior C# Developer
88 (10.81 %)C# Developer
96 (8.108 %)Junior .NET Developer
96 (8.108 %)Junior ASP.NET Developer
103 (4.054 %)MySQL Developer
103 (4.054 %)PHP Developer
103 (4.054 %)Applications Developer
112 (2.703 %)VB.NET Developer
112 (2.703 %)Senior Web Developer
112 (2.703 %)Senior Software Developer
112 (2.703 %)Web Applications Developer
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (8.108 %)Blackberry
21 (1.351 %)EPoS
21 (1.351 %)Chip and PIN
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (10.81 %)Linux
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
145 (60.81 %)Web Development
217 (22.97 %)OO
34 (5.405 %)OOP
41 (1.351 %)CRM
41 (1.351 %)E-Commerce
41 (1.351 %)ERP
41 (1.351 %)Scrum
41 (1.351 %)PDM
41 (1.351 %)Data Management
41 (1.351 %)Fund Management
41 (1.351 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (1.351 %)Time Management
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
169 (93.24 %)C#
220 (27.03 %)JavaScript
315 (20.27 %)Java
47 (9.459 %)C
56 (8.108 %)SQL
65 (6.757 %)VB
73 (4.054 %)PHP
81 (1.351 %)T-SQL
81 (1.351 %)Perl
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (10.81 %)Degree
23 (4.054 %)MCAD
23 (4.054 %)MCSD
23 (4.054 %)Microsoft Certification
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (12.16 %)Microsoft
21 (1.351 %)SAP