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 Manchester 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 Manchester region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank141127
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Up+16
Matching permanent IT job ads316339343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester11.72 %12.50 %6.024 %
As % of the Programming Languages category21.08 %23.03 %14.62 %
Salaries quoted305297277
Average salary£30,000£28,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-9.670 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,000£35,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
149914722346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester55.60 %54.30 %41.20 %
Salaries quoted137512491960
Average salary£30,000£29,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.440 %-7.930 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£48,500£42,500
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
StockportUp+136£27,500-1.78 %
AltrinchamUp+728£27,000-16.92 %
WiganUp+56£23,000-15.59 %
CheadleNo change04£26,000-13.33 %
RochdaleUp+42£33,000+20.00 %
OldhamUp+22£22,500+40.62 %
SaleNew entry-2£28,000-
BoltonDown-11£23,000-19.29 %
SalfordDown-51£21,000-40.00 %
VB.NET North WestVB.NET
North West

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1631 (100.00 %).NET
2497 (78.76 %)ASP.NET
3461 (73.06 %)SQL Server
4335 (53.09 %)C#
5298 (47.23 %)SQL
6232 (36.77 %)XML
7193 (30.59 %)Windows
8163 (25.83 %)VB
9143 (22.66 %)SQL Server 2005
10132 (20.92 %)OO
11125 (19.81 %)HTML
12120 (19.02 %)Web Development
13119 (18.86 %)JavaScript
14117 (18.54 %)Project Management
15106 (16.80 %)VB6
1699 (15.69 %)CSS
1788 (13.95 %)T-SQL
1877 (12.20 %)Web Services
1877 (12.20 %)Degree
1974 (11.73 %)Microsoft
2071 (11.25 %).NET Framework
2165 (10.30 %)XSLT
2264 (10.14 %)ASP
2361 (9.667 %)WinForms
2460 (9.509 %)OOP
2460 (9.509 %)E-Commerce
2559 (9.350 %)Requirements Analysis
2656 (8.875 %)MS Excel
2656 (8.875 %)Finance
2752 (8.241 %)Marketing

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1631 (100.00 %).NET
2497 (78.76 %)ASP.NET
3232 (36.77 %)XML
4125 (19.81 %)HTML
599 (15.69 %)CSS
677 (12.20 %)Web Services
771 (11.25 %).NET Framework
865 (10.30 %)XSLT
964 (10.14 %)ASP
1061 (9.667 %)WinForms
1150 (7.924 %)XHTML
1242 (6.656 %)AJAX
1326 (4.120 %)Spring
1423 (3.645 %)LINQ
1518 (2.853 %)WCF
1615 (2.377 %)jQuery
1714 (2.219 %)XSL
1714 (2.219 %)DHTML
1812 (1.902 %)Silverlight
1910 (1.585 %)ADO.NET
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (2.853 %)IIS
215 (2.377 %)SharePoint
37 (1.109 %)MS Exchange
44 (0.634 %)CMS
53 (0.475 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.317 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.158 %)EPiServer
71 (0.158 %)Apache
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
156 (8.875 %)MS Excel
25 (0.792 %)Photoshop
32 (0.317 %)MS Office
32 (0.317 %)MS Visio
Manchester IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.475 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.317 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.158 %)Pivotal CRM
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
143 (6.815 %)Intranet
229 (4.596 %)Internet
33 (0.475 %)Extranet
42 (0.317 %)HTTPS
51 (0.158 %)Firewall
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1461 (73.06 %)SQL Server
2143 (22.66 %)SQL Server 2005
348 (7.607 %)SQL Server 2000
447 (7.448 %)SQL Server 2008
529 (4.596 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
529 (4.596 %)RDBMS
625 (3.962 %)SQL Server Integration Services
721 (3.328 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
721 (3.328 %)Datawarehouse
818 (2.853 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
917 (2.694 %)Crystal Reports
109 (1.426 %)MySQL
115 (0.792 %)BusinessObjects
124 (0.634 %)MS Access
131 (0.158 %)TOAD
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (5.388 %)VSS/SourceSafe
233 (5.230 %)Visual Studio
316 (2.536 %)NUnit
46 (0.951 %)Dreamweaver
53 (0.475 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.158 %)WatiN
61 (0.158 %)NCover
61 (0.158 %)NDepend
61 (0.158 %)Subversion
61 (0.158 %)FrontPage
61 (0.158 %)ReSharper
61 (0.158 %)WATIR
61 (0.158 %)Selenium
61 (0.158 %)FitNesse
61 (0.158 %)csUnit
61 (0.158 %)TeamCity
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
156 (8.875 %)Finance
252 (8.241 %)Marketing
331 (4.913 %)Pensions
425 (3.962 %)Retail
518 (2.853 %)Billing
615 (2.377 %)Insurance
77 (1.109 %)Health
86 (0.951 %)Legal
86 (0.951 %)Education
94 (0.634 %)Advertising
102 (0.317 %)Back Office
102 (0.317 %)Telecoms
111 (0.158 %)Automotive
111 (0.158 %)Banking
111 (0.158 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.158 %)Auditing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1548 (86.85 %)Developer
2398 (63.07 %).NET Developer
3205 (32.49 %)VB.NET Developer
4102 (16.16 %)Senior Developer
588 (13.95 %)Web Developer
673 (11.57 %)C# Developer
765 (10.30 %)Senior .NET Developer
765 (10.30 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
864 (10.14 %)Software Developer
962 (9.826 %)Analyst
962 (9.826 %)ASP.NET Developer
1052 (8.241 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
1052 (8.241 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
1138 (6.022 %)Team Leader
1235 (5.547 %)SQL Developer
1332 (5.071 %).NET Web Developer
1332 (5.071 %)Senior C# Developer
1332 (5.071 %)Analyst Developer
1431 (4.913 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1526 (4.120 %)SQL Server Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (4.279 %)Computer Science
220 (3.170 %)N-Tier
316 (2.536 %)Replication
44 (0.634 %)Clustering
44 (0.634 %)Data Integration
53 (0.475 %)EPoS
53 (0.475 %)W3C
62 (0.317 %)Client/Server
71 (0.158 %)Google App Engine
71 (0.158 %)Thin Client
71 (0.158 %)Management Information System
71 (0.158 %)Fat Client
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1193 (30.59 %)Windows
25 (0.792 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.158 %)Windows 7
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1132 (20.92 %)OO
2120 (19.02 %)Web Development
3117 (18.54 %)Project Management
460 (9.509 %)OOP
460 (9.509 %)E-Commerce
559 (9.350 %)Requirements Analysis
629 (4.596 %)Online Marketing
725 (3.962 %)CRM
824 (3.803 %)Agile Software Development
922 (3.487 %)OOA/OOD
1020 (3.170 %)Unit Testing
1110 (1.585 %)SEO
127 (1.109 %)UML
127 (1.109 %)Test Scripting
136 (0.951 %)PRINCE
136 (0.951 %)Web Design
145 (0.792 %)Internet Marketing
145 (0.792 %)ERP
145 (0.792 %)System Testing
154 (0.634 %)Disaster Recovery
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1335 (53.09 %)C#
2298 (47.23 %)SQL
3163 (25.83 %)VB
4119 (18.86 %)JavaScript
5106 (16.80 %)VB6
688 (13.95 %)T-SQL
726 (4.120 %)XPath
813 (2.060 %)C
98 (1.268 %)PHP
106 (0.951 %)VBScript
106 (0.951 %)VBA
115 (0.792 %)Java
124 (0.634 %)C++
133 (0.475 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.158 %)Python
141 (0.158 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
177 (12.20 %)Degree
215 (2.377 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (2.060 %)MCTS
411 (1.743 %)MCPD
52 (0.317 %)MCSD
61 (0.158 %)SCJA
61 (0.158 %)SCJP
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (3.962 %)QA
26 (0.951 %)SLA
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
174 (11.73 %)Microsoft
27 (1.109 %)Oracle
36 (0.951 %)Intel
45 (0.792 %)Business Objects
51 (0.158 %)Adobe
51 (0.158 %)Visualfiles
51 (0.158 %)Google