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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2437
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads805465
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.425 %0.190 %
As % of the category below13.48 %8.716 %
Salaries quoted742429
Average minimum salary£28,655£27,802
Average salary£31,483£30,282
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Average maximum salary£34,310£32,762
UK excluding London average salary£33,155£32,856
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads59715335
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.152 %2.185 %
Salaries quoted52854520
Average minimum salary£30,341£30,634
Average salary£33,641£33,799
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Average maximum salary£36,941£36,964
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
VB.NET EnglandVB.NET
England

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB.NET across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DevonUp+5199£30,169+4.38 %
BristolUp+14178£32,025-0.46 %
GloucestershireUp+2133£32,331+4.83 %
WiltshireUp+4123£32,780+16.32 %
DorsetUp+3287£31,117-2.56 %
SomersetUp+2279£30,904+5.44 %
CornwallUp+65£26,000-15.61 %
AvonUp+81£30,000-7.12 %
VB.NET EnglandVB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

11729 (99.20 %).NET
21274 (73.09 %)SQL Server
31069 (61.33 %)ASP.NET
4918 (52.67 %)C#
5651 (37.35 %)VB
6569 (32.64 %)SQL
7520 (29.83 %)XML
8375 (21.51 %)HTML
9360 (20.65 %)VB6
10357 (20.48 %)Microsoft
11351 (20.14 %)JavaScript
12343 (19.68 %)SQL Server 2005
13315 (18.07 %)SQL Server 2000
14307 (17.61 %)ASP
15290 (16.64 %)Windows
16217 (12.45 %)WebServices
17206 (11.82 %)C++
17206 (11.82 %)Visual Studio
18204 (11.70 %)Finance
18204 (11.70 %)AJAX
19193 (11.07 %)Oracle
20189 (10.84 %)CSS
21184 (10.56 %)Pensions
22177 (10.15 %)Web Development
23174 (9.983 %)OO
24144 (8.262 %)MS Excel
25138 (7.917 %)Internet
26134 (7.688 %)Degree
27133 (7.631 %)Transact-SQL
28113 (6.483 %)Microsoft Certification

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11729 (99.20 %).NET
21069 (61.33 %)ASP.NET
3520 (29.83 %)XML
4375 (21.51 %)HTML
5307 (17.61 %)ASP
6217 (12.45 %)WebServices
7204 (11.70 %)AJAX
8189 (10.84 %)CSS
9109 (6.254 %)COM+
10106 (6.081 %)XSLT
1187 (4.991 %).NET Framework
1278 (4.475 %)XHTML
1372 (4.131 %)WinForms
1435 (2.008 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1534 (1.951 %)Silverlight
1632 (1.836 %)XSL
1723 (1.320 %)ADO.NET
1820 (1.147 %)ATL
1820 (1.147 %)DCOM
1914 (0.803 %)SVG
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1110 (6.311 %)SharePoint
271 (4.073 %)IIS
340 (2.295 %)SharePoint Server 2007
427 (1.549 %)BizTalk Server
526 (1.492 %)CMS
622 (1.262 %)MapXtreme
713 (0.746 %)LiveLink
812 (0.688 %)SharePoint Portal Server
96 (0.344 %)ArcIMS
96 (0.344 %)ArcSDE
103 (0.172 %)Documentum
112 (0.115 %)Apache
112 (0.115 %)Oracle Spatial
112 (0.115 %)Joomla!
121 (0.057 %)DotNetNuke
121 (0.057 %)ArcGIS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1144 (8.262 %)MS Excel
232 (1.836 %)MS Office
314 (0.803 %)Photoshop
46 (0.344 %)MS Visio
55 (0.287 %)InfoPath
63 (0.172 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.115 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.057 %)Fireworks
81 (0.057 %)MS Project
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (2.123 %)Summit
29 (0.516 %)Great Plains
29 (0.516 %)Navision
35 (0.287 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.057 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.057 %)GoldMine
41 (0.057 %)SyteLine
41 (0.057 %)AWD
41 (0.057 %)Line 500
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1138 (7.917 %)Internet
265 (3.729 %)Intranet
324 (1.377 %)Firewall
423 (1.320 %)Extranet
423 (1.320 %)Reverse Proxy
521 (1.205 %)HTTPS
69 (0.516 %)HTTP
77 (0.402 %)DNS
77 (0.402 %)SMTP
77 (0.402 %)FTP
83 (0.172 %)SSL
83 (0.172 %)Wireless
92 (0.115 %)LDAP
101 (0.057 %)LAN
101 (0.057 %)WAN
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11274 (73.09 %)SQL Server
2343 (19.68 %)SQL Server 2005
3315 (18.07 %)SQL Server 2000
499 (5.680 %)SQL Server 7
570 (4.016 %)DTS
667 (3.844 %)MS Access
667 (3.844 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
760 (3.442 %)GIS
836 (2.065 %)Crystal Reports
931 (1.779 %)RDBMS
1029 (1.664 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1125 (1.434 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1125 (1.434 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1222 (1.262 %)OLAP
1320 (1.147 %)MySQL
1416 (0.918 %)Oracle 8/8i
1512 (0.688 %)BusinessObjects
1610 (0.574 %)Oracle 10g
1610 (0.574 %)NovaView
179 (0.516 %)Datawarehouse
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1206 (11.82 %)Visual Studio
250 (2.869 %)Flash
323 (1.320 %)Dreamweaver
415 (0.861 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.172 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.172 %)WinRunner
62 (0.115 %)TestDirector
71 (0.057 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.057 %)Subversion
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1204 (11.70 %)Finance
2184 (10.56 %)Pensions
373 (4.188 %)Marketing
458 (3.328 %)Health
555 (3.155 %)Insurance
653 (3.041 %)Multimedia
743 (2.467 %)Government
839 (2.238 %)Music
923 (1.320 %)Games
1022 (1.262 %)Retail
1121 (1.205 %)Telecoms
1217 (0.975 %)Education
1217 (0.975 %)Police
1313 (0.746 %)Graphic Design
1411 (0.631 %)Law
1411 (0.631 %)Legal
159 (0.516 %)Manufacturing
168 (0.459 %)Banking
177 (0.402 %)Billing
185 (0.287 %)Back Office
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11338 (76.76 %)Developer
2762 (43.72 %).NET Developer
3364 (20.88 %)VB.NET Developer
4234 (13.43 %)Software Developer
5230 (13.20 %)Web Developer
6223 (12.79 %)ASP.NET Developer
7200 (11.47 %)Programmer
8195 (11.19 %)Analyst
9161 (9.237 %)C# Developer
10144 (8.262 %)Analyst Programmer
11143 (8.204 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12139 (7.975 %)Software Engineer
13101 (5.795 %).NET Web Developer
1499 (5.680 %)Senior Developer
1597 (5.565 %)Junior
1693 (5.336 %)Applications Developer
1790 (5.164 %)VB Developer
1877 (4.418 %).NET Programmer
1973 (4.188 %)Junior Developer
2060 (3.442 %)Senior .NET Developer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
149 (2.811 %)Client/Server
231 (1.779 %)Computer Science
313 (0.746 %)Social Network
412 (0.688 %)N-Tier
511 (0.631 %)RIA
511 (0.631 %)Web 2.0
69 (0.516 %)Tandem
78 (0.459 %)Replication
85 (0.287 %)BBC
94 (0.229 %)EPoS
94 (0.229 %)Management Information System
103 (0.172 %)AS400
103 (0.172 %)Cryptography
103 (0.172 %)Photography
103 (0.172 %)Mathematics
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1290 (16.64 %)Windows
218 (1.033 %)Windows 2000
317 (0.975 %)UNIX
411 (0.631 %)Linux
57 (0.402 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (0.287 %)FreeBSD
74 (0.229 %)Solaris
82 (0.115 %)Windows XP
91 (0.057 %)Windows NT
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1177 (10.15 %)Web Development
2174 (9.983 %)OO
3101 (5.795 %)UML
461 (3.500 %)Migration
559 (3.385 %)E-Commerce
649 (2.811 %)Project Management
742 (2.410 %)Systems Analysis
839 (2.238 %)Service Delivery
938 (2.180 %)Business Analysis
1031 (1.779 %)Content Management
1130 (1.721 %)User Acceptance Testing
1226 (1.492 %)OOA/OOD
1226 (1.492 %)CRM
1324 (1.377 %)Software Engineering
1422 (1.262 %)Agile Software Development
1422 (1.262 %)Security Cleared
1422 (1.262 %)OOD
1521 (1.205 %)ITIL
1521 (1.205 %)Scrum
1619 (1.090 %)Time Management
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1918 (52.67 %)C#
2651 (37.35 %)VB
3569 (32.64 %)SQL
4360 (20.65 %)VB6
5351 (20.14 %)JavaScript
6206 (11.82 %)C++
7133 (7.631 %)Transact-SQL
8109 (6.254 %)VBScript
979 (4.532 %)VC++
1062 (3.557 %)Java
1161 (3.500 %)C
1239 (2.238 %)Delphi
1334 (1.951 %)PHP
1428 (1.606 %)VBA
1518 (1.033 %)DHTML
1612 (0.688 %)XPath
1710 (0.574 %)PL/SQL
186 (0.344 %)Perl
194 (0.229 %)Python
194 (0.229 %)FoxPro (VFP)
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1134 (7.688 %)Degree
2113 (6.483 %)Microsoft Certification
348 (2.754 %)MCP
437 (2.123 %)MCSD
531 (1.779 %)MCAD
614 (0.803 %)ISEB
710 (0.574 %)HND
85 (0.287 %)MCPD
94 (0.229 %)PRINCE2 Certification
103 (0.172 %)MCDBA
103 (0.172 %)MCTS
111 (0.057 %)A+ Certification
111 (0.057 %)MCSE
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.287 %)QA
24 (0.229 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
177 (4.418 %)MSMQ
223 (1.320 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1357 (20.48 %)Microsoft
2193 (11.07 %)Oracle
330 (1.721 %)Sage
424 (1.377 %)Citrix
518 (1.033 %)Sybase
615 (0.861 %)Sun
712 (0.688 %)Business Objects
89 (0.516 %)CODA
89 (0.516 %)Agresso
96 (0.344 %)ESRI
96 (0.344 %)Adobe
105 (0.287 %)Macromedia
105 (0.287 %)Intergraph
113 (0.172 %)Interwoven
113 (0.172 %)ProClarity
113 (0.172 %)Meridio
113 (0.172 %)Visualfiles
113 (0.172 %)Skelta
122 (0.115 %)IBM
122 (0.115 %)HP
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