The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 34 34 23
Rank change year-on-year
0 -11
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 9 6 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 3.448% 2.419% 6.667%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.769% 4.615% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 13
Average salary £35,000 £29,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.64% -26.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
156 130 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 59.77% 52.42% 48.44%
Number of salaries quoted 111 67 70
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland VB.NET Salary Trend

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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 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
County Antrim -3 8 £35,000 +2.94%
County Londonderry -2 1 - -
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (92.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 7 (53.85%) XML
3 7 (53.85%) iPhone
3 7 (53.85%) iPad
4 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
5 5 (38.46%) C#
5 5 (38.46%) Progress
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (30.77%) Visual Studio
6 4 (30.77%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (7.692%) HTML
7 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 1 (7.692%) CSS
7 1 (7.692%) Degree
7 1 (7.692%) Finance
7 1 (7.692%) E-Learning
7 1 (7.692%) Retail
7 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
7 1 (7.692%) Windows Azure

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (53.85%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) HTML
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 12 (92.31%) SharePoint
2 4 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (30.77%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
1 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) .NET Developer
2 5 (38.46%) VB.NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Lead Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Junior
5 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Trainee Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Trainee
5 1 (7.692%) Software Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) iPhone
1 7 (53.85%) iPad
2 1 (7.692%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) C#
3 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Progress
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft