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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 19 16 37
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +21
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 47 72 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 9.671% 13.11% 4.156%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.06% 20.75% 6.584%
Number of salaries quoted 40 68 16
Average salary £32,500 £28,750 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.04% -0.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,550 £35,000 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
312 347 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 64.20% 63.21% 63.12%
Number of salaries quoted 285 330 220
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Preston -7 14 £32,500 +12.06%
Burnley - 7 £22,500 -
Chorley -2 4 £35,000 +27.27%
Blackburn -13 2 £32,500 +14.03%
VB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 82 (100.00%) .NET
2 73 (89.02%) SQL Server
2 73 (89.02%) ASP.NET
3 43 (52.44%) C#
4 41 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 37 (45.12%) HTML
6 33 (40.24%) SQL
7 31 (37.80%) Visual Studio
8 25 (30.49%) CSS
9 24 (29.27%) JavaScript
9 24 (29.27%) MS Excel
10 22 (26.83%) XML
11 20 (24.39%) Windows
11 20 (24.39%) T-SQL
11 20 (24.39%) VB
11 20 (24.39%) SQL Server 2005
12 15 (18.29%) .NET Framework
12 15 (18.29%) VB6
12 15 (18.29%) OOP
12 15 (18.29%) Back Office
13 13 (15.85%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (14.63%) jQuery
14 12 (14.63%) WCF
15 11 (13.41%) WinForms
15 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (13.41%) SQL Server 2008
15 11 (13.41%) MVC
15 11 (13.41%) Web Services
16 10 (12.20%) OO
16 10 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 82 (100.00%) .NET
2 73 (89.02%) ASP.NET
3 37 (45.12%) HTML
4 25 (30.49%) CSS
5 22 (26.83%) XML
6 15 (18.29%) .NET Framework
7 12 (14.63%) jQuery
7 12 (14.63%) WCF
8 11 (13.41%) WinForms
8 11 (13.41%) Web Services
9 10 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (12.20%) Ajax
10 8 (9.756%) WPF
11 6 (7.317%) XHTML
12 5 (6.098%) XSLT
12 5 (6.098%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 4 (4.878%) ASP
13 4 (4.878%) SOAP
14 3 (3.659%) ADO.NET
14 3 (3.659%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.756%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.098%) IIS
3 2 (2.439%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.220%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 24 (29.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.439%) MS Office
3 1 (1.220%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.220%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.878%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.220%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (89.02%) SQL Server
2 20 (24.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (13.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (13.41%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (9.756%) MS Access
6 5 (6.098%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (4.878%) RDBMS
8 3 (3.659%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (2.439%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.220%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 31 (37.80%) Visual Studio
2 13 (15.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.659%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (2.439%) Moq
4 2 (2.439%) NUnit
4 2 (2.439%) MSTest
General
1 15 (18.29%) Back Office
2 7 (8.537%) Retail
3 5 (6.098%) Finance
4 4 (4.878%) Billing
5 1 (1.220%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 73 (89.02%) Developer
2 42 (51.22%) .NET Developer
3 35 (42.68%) Software Developer
4 24 (29.27%) VB.NET Developer
5 19 (23.17%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 12 (14.63%) ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (13.41%) C# Developer
7 11 (13.41%) C# .NET Developer
8 9 (10.98%) .NET Software Developer
9 7 (8.537%) Junior
10 6 (7.317%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (6.098%) Programmer
11 5 (6.098%) C# Software Developer
11 5 (6.098%) Junior Developer
12 4 (4.878%) VB Developer
12 4 (4.878%) Web Developer
13 3 (3.659%) Graduate
13 3 (3.659%) Analyst Programmer
13 3 (3.659%) Analyst
13 3 (3.659%) Junior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.439%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (1.220%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.220%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.220%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (24.39%) Windows
2 2 (2.439%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.29%) OOP
2 11 (13.41%) MVC
3 10 (12.20%) OO
3 10 (12.20%) TDD
4 9 (10.98%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (8.537%) Unit Testing
5 7 (8.537%) Logistics
5 7 (8.537%) MVVM
6 5 (6.098%) CRM
6 5 (6.098%) Web Development
6 5 (6.098%) Scrum
7 4 (4.878%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (4.878%) Release Management
7 4 (4.878%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (3.659%) Data Analysis
9 2 (2.439%) Web Application Development
9 2 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (2.439%) Kanban
9 2 (2.439%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (2.439%) UML
Programming Languages
1 43 (52.44%) C#
2 33 (40.24%) SQL
3 24 (29.27%) JavaScript
4 20 (24.39%) T-SQL
4 20 (24.39%) VB
5 15 (18.29%) VB6
6 7 (8.537%) Python
7 5 (6.098%) XAML
8 2 (2.439%) XPath
8 2 (2.439%) VBA
9 1 (1.220%) VBScript
9 1 (1.220%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.439%) MCTS
2 2 (2.439%) Degree
2 2 (2.439%) MCP
2 2 (2.439%) MCAD
2 2 (2.439%) MCSD
3 1 (1.220%) MCITP
Vendors
1 41 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.878%) Citrix
3 3 (3.659%) NetApp
3 3 (3.659%) HP
3 3 (3.659%) Dell
3 3 (3.659%) Oracle
3 3 (3.659%) TippingPoint
4 1 (1.220%) SAP
4 1 (1.220%) Business Objects