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 Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank401620
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads1994112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire4.176 %11.58 %8.052 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.620 %17.97 %15.82 %
Salaries quoted197881
Average salary£27,500£31,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.69 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,400£24,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,900£45,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,250£32,500
% change year-on-year
+0.770 %-0.760 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
287523708
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire63.08 %64.41 %50.90 %
Salaries quoted244438605
Average salary£29,000£31,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.930 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,500£24,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£37,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
VB.NET North WestVB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

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 17 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
BlackburnDown-55£30,000-33.33 %
BurnleyUp+33£27,000-
PrestonUp+32£29,500-1.66 %
ChorleyDown-51£26,500+23.25 %
DarwenNew entry-1£25,000-
RossendaleNew entry-1£25,000-
VB.NET North WestVB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

174 (100.00 %).NET
253 (71.62 %)ASP.NET
346 (62.16 %)SQL Server
442 (56.76 %)JavaScript
537 (50.00 %)AJAX
636 (48.65 %)CSS
733 (44.59 %)XML
832 (43.24 %)PHP
930 (40.54 %)MySQL
1028 (37.84 %)HTML
1028 (37.84 %)ASP
1125 (33.78 %)C#
1125 (33.78 %)SQL
1219 (25.68 %)Web Development
1219 (25.68 %)Windows
1318 (24.32 %)SQL Server 2005
1417 (22.97 %)LINQ
1417 (22.97 %)Fireworks
1417 (22.97 %)XHTML
1417 (22.97 %)Photoshop
1515 (20.27 %)Linux
1515 (20.27 %)E-Commerce
1613 (17.57 %)CRM
1613 (17.57 %)UNIX
1613 (17.57 %)Perl
1613 (17.57 %)SQL Server 2008
1613 (17.57 %)Graphic Design
1712 (16.22 %)jQuery
1712 (16.22 %)VB
1811 (14.86 %)MS Excel

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
174 (100.00 %).NET
253 (71.62 %)ASP.NET
337 (50.00 %)AJAX
436 (48.65 %)CSS
533 (44.59 %)XML
628 (37.84 %)HTML
628 (37.84 %)ASP
717 (22.97 %)LINQ
717 (22.97 %)XHTML
812 (16.22 %)jQuery
97 (9.459 %)Flash
97 (9.459 %)Web Services
105 (6.757 %)ASP.NET MVC
114 (5.405 %)ADO.NET
123 (4.054 %).NET Framework
123 (4.054 %)XSL
132 (2.703 %)SOAP
132 (2.703 %)EDI
132 (2.703 %)JSON
141 (1.351 %)WinForms
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (14.86 %)CMS
210 (13.51 %)IIS
34 (5.405 %)BizTalk Server
34 (5.405 %)SharePoint
41 (1.351 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Lancashire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (22.97 %)Fireworks
117 (22.97 %)Photoshop
211 (14.86 %)MS Excel
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.703 %)HTTP
21 (1.351 %)Intranet
21 (1.351 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (62.16 %)SQL Server
230 (40.54 %)MySQL
318 (24.32 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (17.57 %)SQL Server 2008
56 (8.108 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (5.405 %)Crystal Reports
71 (1.351 %)RDBMS
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (6.757 %)Visual Studio
23 (4.054 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (2.703 %)NUnit
Lancashire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (17.57 %)Graphic Design
29 (12.16 %)Marketing
36 (8.108 %)Retail
41 (1.351 %)Health
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
162 (83.78 %)Developer
240 (54.05 %).NET Developer
338 (51.35 %)Web Developer
422 (29.73 %).NET Web Developer
519 (25.68 %)VB.NET Developer
613 (17.57 %)MySQL Developer
613 (17.57 %)PHP Developer
613 (17.57 %)PHP Web Developer
711 (14.86 %)C# Developer
89 (12.16 %)ASP.NET Developer
98 (10.81 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
107 (9.459 %)Software Developer
107 (9.459 %)Programmer
116 (8.108 %)ASP Developer
116 (8.108 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
125 (6.757 %)ASP.NET Programmer
125 (6.757 %).NET Programmer
134 (5.405 %)VB Developer
134 (5.405 %)Development Manager
134 (5.405 %)Senior Developer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (13.51 %)E-Learning
23 (4.054 %)W3C
32 (2.703 %)AS400
32 (2.703 %)N-Tier
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (25.68 %)Windows
215 (20.27 %)Linux
313 (17.57 %)UNIX
410 (13.51 %)Windows Server 2008
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (25.68 %)Web Development
215 (20.27 %)E-Commerce
313 (17.57 %)CRM
49 (12.16 %)Project Management
57 (9.459 %)MVC
57 (9.459 %)PRINCE2
63 (4.054 %)Software Testing
63 (4.054 %)UML
72 (2.703 %)RAD
81 (1.351 %)Network Architecture
81 (1.351 %)Workflow
81 (1.351 %)Web Design
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
142 (56.76 %)JavaScript
232 (43.24 %)PHP
325 (33.78 %)C#
325 (33.78 %)SQL
413 (17.57 %)Perl
512 (16.22 %)VB
67 (9.459 %)VB6
76 (8.108 %)T-SQL
82 (2.703 %)RPG
91 (1.351 %)VBA
Lancashire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (9.459 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Lancashire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.703 %)QA
Lancashire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.351 %)VMware Infrastructure
Lancashire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (13.51 %)Microsoft
21 (1.351 %)VMware