The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 6 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 1 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 8.333% - 21.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
Average salary £35,000 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
All Programming Languages
Southend-on-Sea
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2 16 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southend-on-Sea 16.67% 94.12% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 28
Average salary £38,750 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
Essex

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 11 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 11 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 7 (63.64%) Web Services
4 6 (54.55%) Web Development
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (45.45%) N-Tier
5 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 5 (45.45%) WinForms
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
6 3 (27.27%) Project Management
6 3 (27.27%) C#
6 3 (27.27%) Blog
7 2 (18.18%) Change Control
8 1 (9.091%) Degree
8 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
8 1 (9.091%) MS Excel

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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 11 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) Web Services
3 5 (45.45%) WinForms
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 11 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (90.91%) .NET Developer
2 10 (90.91%) VB.NET Developer
3 6 (54.55%) Applications Developer
3 6 (54.55%) .NET Applications Developer
4 5 (45.45%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (27.27%) C# Developer
5 3 (27.27%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) N-Tier
2 3 (27.27%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Web Development
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft