The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Livingston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Livingston region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 28 22 30
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 1 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 1.020% 1.000% 4.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.493% 2.273% 8.772%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 10
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Programming Languages
Livingston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
67 44 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Livingston 68.37% 44.00% 45.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 70
Average salary £36,000 £45,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £34,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
West Lothian

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) ASP

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Livingston 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) SQL