Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank5138
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads26798844
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.935 %4.434 %
As % of the Programming Languages category8.143 %9.674 %
Salaries quoted24307923
Average salary£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,000£32,500
% change on same period last year-1.530 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

VB.NET
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-152518£33,000-1.49 %
South EastDown-5596£35,000-
LondonDown-32533£42,500+6.25 %
North WestUp+11385£30,000-
South WestDown-12270£30,500-1.61 %
West MidlandsDown-5250£31,000+3.33 %
East of EnglandDown-14250£28,800-17.12 %
ManchesterUp+10227£29,750-0.83 %
City of LondonDown-10178£45,000-
YorkshireDown-1162£29,000-3.33 %
BerkshireDown-1145£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyDown-12126£38,000+8.57 %
HampshireUp+5124£35,000-
CheshireUp+2099£29,250-8.59 %
EssexDown-787£28,600-18.28 %
WalesUp+2574£30,000+9.09 %
ScotlandUp+1774£32,000-1.53 %
East MidlandsDown-3473£30,000-7.69 %
OxfordshireDown-1272£33,500+1.51 %
BuckinghamshireDown-967£33,500+3.07 %
HertfordshireDown-1563£35,000-
West YorkshireDown-2062£27,500-8.33 %
South WalesUp+1761£30,000+10.09 %
StaffordshireDown-359£40,000+33.33 %
GloucestershireDown-154£32,500+8.33 %
WiltshireDown-1554£28,000-12.50 %
BirminghamDown-653£30,000-
SomersetUp+1050£32,500+11.11 %
DorsetUp+745£28,500-9.52 %
LancashireUp+445£35,000+16.66 %

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

16677 (99.94 %).NET
24835 (72.37 %)SQL Server
34550 (68.10 %)ASP.NET
43565 (53.36 %)C#
52652 (39.69 %)SQL
61813 (27.14 %)VB
71746 (26.13 %)XML
81533 (22.95 %)Microsoft
91511 (22.62 %)JavaScript
101466 (21.94 %)SQL Server 2005
111413 (21.15 %)HTML
121229 (18.40 %)CSS
131047 (15.67 %)Visual Studio
141002 (15.00 %)VB6
15985 (14.74 %)Finance
16968 (14.49 %)AJAX
17947 (14.17 %)Windows
18911 (13.64 %)WebServices
19908 (13.59 %)ASP
20878 (13.14 %)T-SQL
21876 (13.11 %)SQL Server 2000
22837 (12.53 %)Web Development
23781 (11.69 %)Degree
24737 (11.03 %)OO
25683 (10.22 %)MS Excel
26648 (9.699 %).NET Framework
27620 (9.280 %)SharePoint
28541 (8.098 %)C++
29496 (7.424 %)E-Commerce
30483 (7.229 %)Java

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16677 (99.94 %).NET
24550 (68.10 %)ASP.NET
31746 (26.13 %)XML
41413 (21.15 %)HTML
51229 (18.40 %)CSS
6968 (14.49 %)AJAX
7911 (13.64 %)WebServices
8908 (13.59 %)ASP
9648 (9.699 %).NET Framework
10404 (6.047 %)XHTML
11379 (5.673 %)WinForms
12329 (4.924 %)XSLT
13258 (3.862 %)WCF
14206 (3.083 %)WPF
15184 (2.754 %)Silverlight
16180 (2.694 %)ADO.NET
17156 (2.335 %)Flash
18131 (1.961 %)LINQ
19110 (1.646 %)SOAP
20105 (1.572 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1620 (9.280 %)SharePoint
2390 (5.837 %)IIS
3282 (4.221 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4185 (2.769 %)BizTalk Server
5144 (2.155 %)CMS
632 (0.479 %)Apache
727 (0.404 %)SharePoint Portal Server
822 (0.329 %)MS Exchange
920 (0.299 %)MTS
1018 (0.269 %)Exchange Server 2003
1113 (0.195 %)DotNetNuke
1113 (0.195 %)ColdFusion
1212 (0.180 %)Lotus Notes
1212 (0.180 %)Content Management Server
1310 (0.150 %)ArcGIS
148 (0.120 %)Oracle Workflow
156 (0.090 %)Tomcat
156 (0.090 %)Lotus Domino
156 (0.090 %)WebLogic
164 (0.060 %)SAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1683 (10.22 %)MS Excel
2199 (2.979 %)MS Office
3158 (2.365 %)MS Visio
4106 (1.587 %)Photoshop
539 (0.584 %)InfoPath
629 (0.434 %)Fireworks
726 (0.389 %)MATLAB
811 (0.165 %)Adobe Illustrator
98 (0.120 %)MS Project
98 (0.120 %)Shockwave
98 (0.120 %)Spreadsheet
105 (0.075 %)CA Clarity
113 (0.045 %)Acrobat
122 (0.030 %)S-PLUS
131 (0.015 %)MS PowerPoint
131 (0.015 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.015 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
144 (0.659 %)Dynamics CRM
239 (0.584 %)Navision
337 (0.554 %)Microsoft CRM
421 (0.314 %)Summit
519 (0.284 %)Dynamics NAV
611 (0.165 %)Google Analytics
710 (0.150 %)Dynamics GP
89 (0.135 %)Sage MMS
98 (0.120 %)Oracle 11i
98 (0.120 %)Oracle EBS
107 (0.105 %)Movex
116 (0.090 %)SalesLogix
125 (0.075 %)Oracle Financials
134 (0.060 %)Oracle Applications
143 (0.045 %)Line 50
143 (0.045 %)Line 100
143 (0.045 %)Line 500
143 (0.045 %)Teamcenter
152 (0.030 %)JDE OneWorld
152 (0.030 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1242 (3.622 %)Internet
2195 (2.919 %)Intranet
355 (0.823 %)TCP/IP
438 (0.569 %)Wireless
533 (0.494 %)HTTP
626 (0.389 %)SSL
723 (0.344 %)FTP
819 (0.284 %)SMS
916 (0.239 %)3G
1014 (0.210 %)WAN
1014 (0.210 %)VLAN
1110 (0.150 %)LAN
1110 (0.150 %)SAN
128 (0.120 %)VPN
128 (0.120 %)Extranet
136 (0.090 %)DNS
136 (0.090 %)VoIP
144 (0.060 %)GPRS
144 (0.060 %)LDAP
144 (0.060 %)NAS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14835 (72.37 %)SQL Server
21466 (21.94 %)SQL Server 2005
3876 (13.11 %)SQL Server 2000
4290 (4.341 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5287 (4.296 %)SQL Server 2008
6239 (3.577 %)Crystal Reports
7227 (3.398 %)MySQL
8182 (2.724 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9133 (1.991 %)RDBMS
10128 (1.916 %)MS Access
11108 (1.617 %)BusinessObjects
1284 (1.257 %)Datawarehouse
1367 (1.003 %)DTS
1461 (0.913 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1545 (0.674 %)Oracle 10g
1642 (0.629 %)Oracle 8/8i
1738 (0.569 %)GIS
1835 (0.524 %)OLTP
1835 (0.524 %)ETL
1931 (0.464 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11047 (15.67 %)Visual Studio
2180 (2.694 %)Team Foundation Server
3172 (2.574 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4125 (1.871 %)NUnit
587 (1.302 %)Dreamweaver
625 (0.374 %)Oracle Forms
724 (0.359 %)QuickTest Pro
823 (0.344 %)Visual Studio Team System
921 (0.314 %)PowerBuilder
1017 (0.254 %)Rational Robot
1114 (0.210 %)WebSpeed
1213 (0.195 %)Subversion
1310 (0.150 %)Eclipse
147 (0.105 %)WinRunner
147 (0.105 %)TestDirector
156 (0.090 %)InstallShield
156 (0.090 %)MSI
156 (0.090 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
165 (0.075 %)StarTeam
174 (0.060 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1985 (14.74 %)Finance
2371 (5.553 %)Pensions
3276 (4.131 %)Health
4262 (3.922 %)Insurance
5185 (2.769 %)Marketing
6153 (2.290 %)Education
6153 (2.290 %)Retail
7122 (1.826 %)Back Office
8117 (1.751 %)Banking
994 (1.407 %)Government
1076 (1.138 %)Games
1164 (0.958 %)Telecoms
1250 (0.748 %)Financial Institution
1250 (0.748 %)Manufacturing
1342 (0.629 %)Legal
1440 (0.599 %)Investment Banking
1535 (0.524 %)Billing
1631 (0.464 %)Law
1631 (0.464 %)Front Office
1727 (0.404 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15228 (78.25 %)Developer
23160 (47.30 %).NET Developer
31561 (23.36 %)VB.NET Developer
41088 (16.28 %)ASP.NET Developer
51046 (15.66 %)Web Developer
6677 (10.13 %)C# Developer
7660 (9.879 %)Software Developer
8648 (9.699 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
9567 (8.487 %)Analyst
10464 (6.945 %)Senior Developer
11419 (6.272 %).NET Web Developer
12357 (5.344 %)Programmer
13347 (5.194 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
14305 (4.565 %)SQL Developer
15294 (4.401 %)Applications Developer
16232 (3.473 %)Junior
17211 (3.158 %)Junior Developer
17211 (3.158 %)Senior .NET Developer
18206 (3.083 %)VB Developer
18206 (3.083 %)Software Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1240 (3.592 %)N-Tier
2162 (2.425 %)Computer Science
3132 (1.976 %)Client/Server
497 (1.452 %)Mathematics
575 (1.123 %)Management Information System
646 (0.689 %)NHS
743 (0.644 %)W3C
842 (0.629 %)Derivative
940 (0.599 %)Pocket PC
1029 (0.434 %)EPoS
1126 (0.389 %)Fixed Income
1224 (0.359 %)Replication
1323 (0.344 %)IVR
1421 (0.314 %)Web 2.0
1518 (0.269 %)Tandem
1518 (0.269 %)Physics
1617 (0.254 %)Multithreading
1617 (0.254 %)Equities
1715 (0.225 %)PDA
1814 (0.210 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1947 (14.17 %)Windows
2178 (2.664 %)Windows Server 2003
391 (1.362 %)Windows XP
489 (1.332 %)UNIX
566 (0.988 %)Linux
664 (0.958 %)Windows Mobile
726 (0.389 %)Windows 2000
825 (0.374 %)Windows Server 2008
919 (0.284 %)Windows CE
1014 (0.210 %)Windows Vista
1113 (0.195 %)Windows 2000 Server
1212 (0.180 %)Solaris
136 (0.090 %)AIX
142 (0.030 %)OS/400
142 (0.030 %)VMS
151 (0.015 %)VME
151 (0.015 %)SUSE
151 (0.015 %)OS/2
151 (0.015 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1837 (12.53 %)Web Development
2737 (11.03 %)OO
3496 (7.424 %)E-Commerce
4305 (4.565 %)UML
5252 (3.772 %)Agile Software Development
6201 (3.009 %)CRM
7197 (2.949 %)Project Management
8185 (2.769 %)Scrum
9169 (2.530 %)OOP
10159 (2.380 %)Content Management
11127 (1.901 %)RAD
12119 (1.781 %)Software Engineering
13115 (1.721 %)Migration
14110 (1.646 %)OOD
15109 (1.631 %)ITIL
16105 (1.572 %)Unit Testing
1795 (1.422 %)Systems Analysis
1888 (1.317 %)Business Intelligence
1981 (1.212 %)Business Analysis
2079 (1.182 %)Web Design
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13565 (53.36 %)C#
22652 (39.69 %)SQL
31813 (27.14 %)VB
41511 (22.62 %)JavaScript
51002 (15.00 %)VB6
6878 (13.14 %)T-SQL
7541 (8.098 %)C++
8483 (7.229 %)Java
9249 (3.727 %)VBA
10242 (3.622 %)C
11205 (3.068 %)PHP
12192 (2.874 %)VBScript
13117 (1.751 %)PL/SQL
14116 (1.736 %)Delphi
1564 (0.958 %)ActionScript
1564 (0.958 %)XPath
1659 (0.883 %)Python
1749 (0.733 %)VC++
1846 (0.689 %)Perl
1944 (0.659 %)Fortran
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1781 (11.69 %)Degree
2451 (6.750 %)Microsoft Certification
3217 (3.248 %)MCSD
4179 (2.679 %)MCP
5176 (2.634 %)MCAD
6127 (1.901 %)Security Cleared
761 (0.913 %)SC Cleared
842 (0.629 %)MCTS
933 (0.494 %)ISEB
1017 (0.254 %)HND
1115 (0.225 %)MCPD
1213 (0.195 %)MCDBA
1311 (0.165 %)MCSE
149 (0.135 %)DV Cleared
149 (0.135 %)PhD
156 (0.090 %)CCNA
156 (0.090 %)Cisco Certification
164 (0.060 %)HNC
173 (0.045 %)CCNP
173 (0.045 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
169 (1.033 %)QA
223 (0.344 %)ISO9001
313 (0.195 %)COBIT
412 (0.180 %)SLA
59 (0.135 %)TickIT
68 (0.120 %)ISO27001
77 (0.105 %)ISO9000
86 (0.090 %)HL7
93 (0.045 %)DICOM
93 (0.045 %)PCI DSS
93 (0.045 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
174 (1.108 %)Active Directory
259 (0.883 %)MSMQ
38 (0.120 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (0.060 %)Terminal Services
53 (0.045 %)Cronacle
53 (0.045 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.030 %)Novell eDirectory
71 (0.015 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
71 (0.015 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
124 (0.359 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.060 %)AppManager
33 (0.045 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.030 %)OpenView
42 (0.030 %)Novell Identity Manager
42 (0.030 %)MIIS
42 (0.030 %)Sun Identity Manager
51 (0.015 %)Tivoli
51 (0.015 %)Tivoli NetView
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11533 (22.95 %)Microsoft
2447 (6.691 %)Oracle
3108 (1.617 %)Business Objects
442 (0.629 %)Sybase
540 (0.599 %)Infragistics
631 (0.464 %)Google
730 (0.449 %)Sage
826 (0.389 %)telerik
925 (0.374 %)Cisco
1023 (0.344 %)Citrix
1119 (0.284 %)Borland
1218 (0.269 %)IBM
1218 (0.269 %)Apple
1315 (0.225 %)Adobe
1315 (0.225 %)Lotus
1315 (0.225 %)Cognos
1315 (0.225 %)Progress
1413 (0.195 %)VMware
1413 (0.195 %)JD Edwards
1512 (0.180 %)HP