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 Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6614
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads569891
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire13.93 %19.33 %9.795 %
As % of the Programming Languages category30.27 %30.15 %18.53 %
Salaries quoted396880
Average salary£37,500£31,750£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.11 %+5.830 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£22,000£22,950
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£50,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
185325491
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire46.02 %64.10 %52.85 %
Salaries quoted157203406
Average salary£37,500£30,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,200£22,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
VB.NET West MidlandsVB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-TrentUp+117£37,500-16.66 %
Burton-upon-TrentUp+15£21,500-33.84 %
TamworthNo change01£35,000+40.00 %
VB.NET West MidlandsVB.NET
West Midlands

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

167 (100.00 %).NET
256 (83.58 %)SQL Server
341 (61.19 %)SQL Server 2005
435 (52.24 %)ASP.NET
532 (47.76 %)OLTP
630 (44.78 %)SQL Server 2000
727 (40.30 %)SQL
824 (35.82 %)CMS
824 (35.82 %)N-Tier
923 (34.33 %)Content Management
1022 (32.84 %)Client/Server
1022 (32.84 %)VB
1121 (31.34 %)VB6
1218 (26.87 %).NET Framework
1317 (25.37 %)ASP
1412 (17.91 %)Web Development
159 (13.43 %)Back Office
168 (11.94 %)Internet
168 (11.94 %)XML
168 (11.94 %)Windows
168 (11.94 %)Degree
177 (10.45 %)XSLT
186 (8.955 %)C#
186 (8.955 %)HTML
186 (8.955 %)Statistics
186 (8.955 %)Mathematics
195 (7.463 %)Java
195 (7.463 %)C++
195 (7.463 %)J2EE
195 (7.463 %)Visual Studio

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Staffordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
167 (100.00 %).NET
235 (52.24 %)ASP.NET
318 (26.87 %).NET Framework
417 (25.37 %)ASP
58 (11.94 %)XML
67 (10.45 %)XSLT
76 (8.955 %)HTML
85 (7.463 %)J2EE
85 (7.463 %)Middleware
94 (5.970 %)SOAP
103 (4.478 %)CSS
112 (2.985 %)XSL
112 (2.985 %)WinForms
112 (2.985 %)Flash
121 (1.493 %)AJAX
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
124 (35.82 %)CMS
22 (2.985 %)IIS
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.493 %)MS Excel
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (11.94 %)Internet
25 (7.463 %)TCP/IP
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (83.58 %)SQL Server
241 (61.19 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (47.76 %)OLTP
430 (44.78 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.493 %)MySQL
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (7.463 %)Visual Studio
24 (5.970 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (5.970 %)AccuRev
32 (2.985 %)Dreamweaver
32 (2.985 %)InterDev
Staffordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (13.43 %)Back Office
21 (1.493 %)Finance
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
162 (92.54 %)Developer
226 (38.81 %).NET Developer
321 (31.34 %)Web Developer
420 (29.85 %)Software Developer
58 (11.94 %)Software Engineer
58 (11.94 %)Applications Developer
66 (8.955 %)Analyst
75 (7.463 %)Statistical Analyst
84 (5.970 %)VB.NET Developer
84 (5.970 %)Systems Developer
93 (4.478 %)Programmer
93 (4.478 %).NET Web Developer
93 (4.478 %).NET Applications Developer
93 (4.478 %)Analyst Developer
102 (2.985 %)C# Developer
102 (2.985 %)Junior
102 (2.985 %)Middleware Developer
102 (2.985 %)Junior Web Developer
102 (2.985 %)Junior Software Developer
102 (2.985 %)Web Applications Developer
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (35.82 %)N-Tier
222 (32.84 %)Client/Server
36 (8.955 %)Statistics
36 (8.955 %)Mathematics
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (11.94 %)Windows
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (34.33 %)Content Management
212 (17.91 %)Web Development
32 (2.985 %)Security Testing
32 (2.985 %)Unit Testing
32 (2.985 %)Penetration Testing
41 (1.493 %)OO
41 (1.493 %)Test Scripting
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (40.30 %)SQL
222 (32.84 %)VB
321 (31.34 %)VB6
46 (8.955 %)C#
55 (7.463 %)C++
55 (7.463 %)Java
64 (5.970 %)JavaScript
64 (5.970 %)T-SQL
71 (1.493 %)COBOL
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (11.94 %)Degree
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (4.478 %)Microsoft