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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 25 13 31
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +18
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 11 26 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 5.446% 13.00% 4.390%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.943% 22.81% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 8
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £28,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £33,592
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 114 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 60.89% 57.00% 57.07%
Number of salaries quoted 113 111 116
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Hampshire

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Portsmouth VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 65 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (66.15%) ASP.NET
3 33 (50.77%) C#
3 33 (50.77%) SQL
4 31 (47.69%) SQL Server
5 16 (24.62%) MVC
6 13 (20.00%) jQuery
7 12 (18.46%) Scrum
7 12 (18.46%) Visual Studio
7 12 (18.46%) OO
8 11 (16.92%) Python
8 11 (16.92%) Linux
8 11 (16.92%) MySQL
8 11 (16.92%) Java
8 11 (16.92%) Open Source
8 11 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (16.92%) Ruby
8 11 (16.92%) NHibernate
9 10 (15.38%) Oracle
9 10 (15.38%) Windows
9 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
10 9 (13.85%) T-SQL
10 9 (13.85%) VB
10 9 (13.85%) WinForms
10 9 (13.85%) SQL Server 2005
11 8 (12.31%) Computer Science
11 8 (12.31%) Social Network
11 8 (12.31%) Degree
11 8 (12.31%) Web 2.0
11 8 (12.31%) Ajax

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 65 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (66.15%) ASP.NET
3 13 (20.00%) jQuery
4 11 (16.92%) NHibernate
5 9 (13.85%) WinForms
6 8 (12.31%) Ajax
6 8 (12.31%) HTML
7 7 (10.77%) CSS
8 6 (9.231%) Web Services
9 4 (6.154%) XML
10 3 (4.615%) ASP
10 3 (4.615%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (4.615%) LINQ
11 2 (3.077%) .NET Framework
11 2 (3.077%) WCF
11 2 (3.077%) XSLT
12 1 (1.538%) XSD
12 1 (1.538%) SOAP
12 1 (1.538%) WPF
12 1 (1.538%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.077%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.538%) CMS
2 1 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.538%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.538%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.538%) LAN
1 1 (1.538%) CTI
1 1 (1.538%) Firewall
1 1 (1.538%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (47.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (16.92%) MySQL
3 9 (13.85%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (12.31%) RDBMS
5 3 (4.615%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (18.46%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.615%) Bugzilla
2 3 (4.615%) JIRA
2 3 (4.615%) ReSharper
2 3 (4.615%) Selenium
2 3 (4.615%) WebDriver
2 3 (4.615%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (4.615%) Finance
2 1 (1.538%) Electronics
2 1 (1.538%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (89.23%) Developer
2 47 (72.31%) .NET Developer
3 28 (43.08%) VB.NET Developer
4 18 (27.69%) Software Developer
5 17 (26.15%) ASP.NET Developer
6 16 (24.62%) Senior Developer
7 15 (23.08%) Senior .NET Developer
8 14 (21.54%) C# Developer
9 13 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (16.92%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
10 11 (16.92%) Senior VB.NET Developer
11 10 (15.38%) .NET Programmer
11 10 (15.38%) Programmer
12 9 (13.85%) Software Programmer
12 9 (13.85%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12 9 (13.85%) SQL Developer
12 9 (13.85%) Senior SQL Developer
12 9 (13.85%) .NET Software Developer
12 9 (13.85%) VB.NET Programmer
13 8 (12.31%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.92%) Open Source
2 8 (12.31%) Web 2.0
2 8 (12.31%) Computer Science
2 8 (12.31%) Social Network
3 1 (1.538%) PDA
3 1 (1.538%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.92%) Linux
2 10 (15.38%) Windows
3 2 (3.077%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.62%) MVC
2 12 (18.46%) Scrum
2 12 (18.46%) OO
3 11 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
5 8 (12.31%) ERP
5 8 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (4.615%) TDD
6 3 (4.615%) Pair Programming
6 3 (4.615%) Software Testing
6 3 (4.615%) Refactoring
6 3 (4.615%) Performance Testing
6 3 (4.615%) Test Management
6 3 (4.615%) Test Scripting
6 3 (4.615%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.615%) BDD
7 2 (3.077%) CRM
8 1 (1.538%) UML
8 1 (1.538%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (1.538%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.77%) C#
1 33 (50.77%) SQL
2 11 (16.92%) Python
2 11 (16.92%) Java
2 11 (16.92%) Ruby
3 9 (13.85%) T-SQL
3 9 (13.85%) VB
4 5 (7.692%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.615%) Perl
5 3 (4.615%) PHP
6 2 (3.077%) Objective-C
6 2 (3.077%) XPath
6 2 (3.077%) C
7 1 (1.538%) VB6
Qualifications
1 8 (12.31%) Degree
2 1 (1.538%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.615%) QA
2 1 (1.538%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.538%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (15.38%) Oracle
2 3 (4.615%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.538%) Avaya
3 1 (1.538%) Cisco
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