The first part of the table below 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 22 May 2012 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.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank707262
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads413240953301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.427 %3.340 %3.457 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.388 %6.361 %6.788 %
Number of salaries quoted387037712904
Average salary£35,000£35,000£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.47 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,500£35,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-1.42 %+7.69 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandNo change03854£35,000-
South EastDown-15958£36,250+3.57 %
LondonDown-17818£42,500-
North WestDown-2584£34,000+4.61 %
East of EnglandDown-16380£35,500-5.33 %
West MidlandsDown-1358£35,000-6.66 %
ManchesterUp+2323£34,250+14.16 %
SurreyUp+18295£40,000+5.26 %
South WestUp+13286£30,000+3.44 %
YorkshireDown-10266£30,000-4.76 %
East MidlandsUp+22228£32,500-
BerkshireDown-30178£35,000-
West YorkshireDown-11171£31,500-
City of LondonDown-18158£45,000-2.70 %
CheshireDown-7149£35,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+14140£35,000-
EssexUp+6139£32,500-13.33 %
HampshireDown-24138£32,500-7.14 %
ScotlandUp+30132£35,000+16.66 %
CambridgeshireDown-15121£37,500+4.89 %
StaffordshireDown-2116£40,000-
LeedsDown-21110£32,500+3.17 %
NottinghamshireUp+4794£32,500-
Milton KeynesUp+1387£30,000-14.28 %
CambridgeDown-483£40,000+14.28 %
NottinghamUp+3581£32,500-
OxfordshireUp+1080£35,000+2.94 %
WarwickshireUp+479£30,000-25.00 %
WalesUp+1174£30,000+2.56 %
LancashireUp+2371£29,000-

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

18335 (99.95 %).NET
25871 (70.40 %)SQL Server
35795 (69.49 %)C#
45737 (68.80 %)ASP.NET
54054 (48.61 %)SQL
62796 (33.53 %)JavaScript
72459 (29.49 %)Microsoft
82260 (27.10 %)HTML
92212 (26.53 %)CSS
102141 (25.67 %)VB
111906 (22.86 %)XML
121830 (21.95 %)SQL Server 2008
131494 (17.92 %)Ajax
141484 (17.80 %)Windows
151416 (16.98 %)T-SQL
161403 (16.82 %)SQL Server 2005
171365 (16.37 %)Visual Studio
181350 (16.19 %)WCF
191298 (15.57 %)Web Services
201280 (15.35 %)Finance
211220 (14.63 %)MS Excel
221204 (14.44 %)Degree
231200 (14.39 %)MVC
241158 (13.89 %)jQuery
251028 (12.33 %).NET Framework
26934 (11.20 %)WPF
27924 (11.08 %)VB6
28862 (10.34 %)SharePoint
29857 (10.28 %)OO
30854 (10.24 %)WinForms

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
18335 (99.95 %).NET
25737 (68.80 %)ASP.NET
32260 (27.10 %)HTML
42212 (26.53 %)CSS
51906 (22.86 %)XML
61494 (17.92 %)Ajax
71350 (16.19 %)WCF
81298 (15.57 %)Web Services
91158 (13.89 %)jQuery
101028 (12.33 %).NET Framework
11934 (11.20 %)WPF
12854 (10.24 %)WinForms
13782 (9.378 %)ASP
14723 (8.670 %)ASP.NET MVC
15683 (8.190 %)LINQ
16541 (6.488 %)NHibernate
17487 (5.840 %)Silverlight
18484 (5.804 %)XSLT
19467 (5.600 %)XHTML
20371 (4.449 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1862 (10.34 %)SharePoint
2626 (7.507 %)IIS
3283 (3.394 %)SharePoint 2010
4250 (2.998 %)SharePoint Server
5213 (2.554 %)CMS
6173 (2.075 %)BizTalk Server
762 (0.743 %)Umbraco
852 (0.624 %)MSMQ
945 (0.540 %)Apache
1042 (0.504 %)DotNetNuke
1139 (0.468 %)MS Exchange
1226 (0.312 %)SAS
1320 (0.240 %)SharePoint Foundation
1416 (0.192 %)Exchange Server 2007
1515 (0.180 %)Confluence
1515 (0.180 %)ColdFusion
1515 (0.180 %)Joomla!
1614 (0.168 %)LiveLink
1614 (0.168 %)Tomcat
1713 (0.156 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11220 (14.63 %)MS Excel
2278 (3.334 %)MS Office
3102 (1.223 %)Photoshop
460 (0.720 %)MS Visio
558 (0.696 %)InfoPath
634 (0.408 %)MS PowerPoint
730 (0.360 %)Spreadsheet
825 (0.300 %)MS Project
923 (0.276 %)Fireworks
1018 (0.216 %)Adobe Illustrator
1114 (0.168 %)MATLAB
124 (0.048 %)InDesign
124 (0.048 %)MicroStation
124 (0.048 %)PowerPivot
133 (0.036 %)Simulink
133 (0.036 %)AutoCAD
133 (0.036 %)SPSS
133 (0.036 %)Acrobat
142 (0.024 %)Paint Shop Pro
151 (0.012 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1170 (2.039 %)Dynamics CRM
227 (0.324 %)Dynamics NAV
324 (0.288 %)Visualfiles
418 (0.216 %)Google Analytics
517 (0.204 %)Line 500
615 (0.180 %)WebTrends
712 (0.144 %)Dynamics AX
89 (0.108 %)SAP R/3
97 (0.084 %)Remedy ITSM
106 (0.072 %)SAP Business One
115 (0.060 %)Oracle Financials
115 (0.060 %)Front Arena
124 (0.048 %)SalesLogix
133 (0.036 %)Summit
133 (0.036 %)Dynamics GP
133 (0.036 %)Agresso
133 (0.036 %)Oracle Payroll
142 (0.024 %)Oracle Applications
142 (0.024 %)SAP SRM
151 (0.012 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1297 (3.562 %)Internet
2246 (2.950 %)Intranet
397 (1.163 %)HTTP
461 (0.732 %)FTP
549 (0.588 %)Extranet
648 (0.576 %)Firewall
730 (0.360 %)TCP/IP
828 (0.336 %)Broadband
828 (0.336 %)DNS
926 (0.312 %)SSL
1022 (0.264 %)WAN
1119 (0.228 %)VPN
1218 (0.216 %)LAN
1314 (0.168 %)Wireless
1413 (0.156 %)SAN
1510 (0.120 %)Network Security
1510 (0.120 %)SMTP
169 (0.108 %)DHCP
178 (0.096 %)SNA
187 (0.084 %)Kerberos
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15871 (70.40 %)SQL Server
21830 (21.95 %)SQL Server 2008
31403 (16.82 %)SQL Server 2005
4757 (9.078 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5606 (7.267 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6385 (4.617 %)SQL Server 2000
7299 (3.586 %)Crystal Reports
8251 (3.010 %)Data Warehouse
9203 (2.434 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10184 (2.206 %)MySQL
11147 (1.763 %)ETL
12139 (1.667 %)RDBMS
13125 (1.499 %)DTS
14108 (1.295 %)MS Access
1580 (0.959 %)Oracle 8/8i
1580 (0.959 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1664 (0.767 %)Oracle Reports
1753 (0.636 %)OLAP
1847 (0.564 %)Oracle 10g
1946 (0.552 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11365 (16.37 %)Visual Studio
2446 (5.348 %)NUnit
3419 (5.025 %)Team Foundation Server
4364 (4.365 %)Rhino Mocks
5278 (3.334 %)Subversion
6147 (1.763 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7120 (1.439 %)Moq
863 (0.755 %)Selenium
954 (0.648 %)JIRA
1038 (0.456 %)Eclipse
1038 (0.456 %)Visual Studio Team System
1137 (0.444 %)Cucumber
1234 (0.408 %)Git (software)
1234 (0.408 %)Ant
1331 (0.372 %)CruiseControl
1331 (0.372 %)MSBuild
1428 (0.336 %)Oracle Forms
1521 (0.252 %)Dreamweaver
1616 (0.192 %)TeamCity
1715 (0.180 %)MSI
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11280 (15.35 %)Finance
2251 (3.010 %)Retail
3205 (2.458 %)Banking
4199 (2.386 %)Telecoms
5145 (1.739 %)Marketing
6130 (1.559 %)Games
7110 (1.319 %)Back Office
8106 (1.271 %)Law
991 (1.091 %)Manufacturing
991 (1.091 %)Advertising
991 (1.091 %)Investment Banking
1088 (1.055 %)Legal
1176 (0.911 %)Billing
1274 (0.887 %)Music
1351 (0.612 %)Publishing
1434 (0.408 %)Pharmaceutical
1528 (0.336 %)Front Office
1626 (0.312 %)Electronics
1724 (0.288 %)Music Industry
1822 (0.264 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16854 (82.19 %)Developer
24118 (49.38 %).NET Developer
31554 (18.64 %)VB.NET Developer
41124 (13.48 %)C# Developer
51049 (12.58 %)ASP.NET Developer
61016 (12.18 %)Web Developer
7994 (11.92 %)Software Developer
8951 (11.40 %)C# .NET Developer
9735 (8.814 %)Senior Developer
10604 (7.243 %)Analyst
11444 (5.324 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12417 (5.001 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
13414 (4.965 %).NET Web Developer
14406 (4.869 %)Programmer
15401 (4.809 %)Senior .NET Developer
16373 (4.473 %)Applications Developer
17359 (4.305 %)Junior
18348 (4.173 %)Junior Developer
19319 (3.825 %)SQL Developer
20308 (3.693 %).NET Software Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1480 (5.756 %)Computer Science
2240 (2.878 %)N-Tier
3173 (2.075 %)Client/Server
4132 (1.583 %)Mathematics
5110 (1.319 %)W3C
6101 (1.211 %)Management Information System
789 (1.067 %)Hedge funds
884 (1.007 %)Tandem
955 (0.660 %)Blackberry
1043 (0.516 %)Physics
1141 (0.492 %)iPhone
1141 (0.492 %)Cloud Computing
1240 (0.480 %)Digital Media
1337 (0.444 %)Derivative
1434 (0.408 %)iPad
1531 (0.372 %)SaaS
1531 (0.372 %)Graphic Design
1627 (0.324 %)Data Extraction
1627 (0.324 %)Open Source
1725 (0.300 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11484 (17.80 %)Windows
2126 (1.511 %)Windows Server 2003
3116 (1.391 %)Windows Server 2008
4111 (1.331 %)Linux
5109 (1.307 %)Android
6104 (1.247 %)UNIX
786 (1.031 %)Windows XP
875 (0.899 %)Apple iOS
959 (0.708 %)Windows Mobile
1049 (0.588 %)Windows 7
1127 (0.324 %)BlackBerry OS
1220 (0.240 %)Windows Vista
1313 (0.156 %)Windows 2000 Server
1411 (0.132 %)Solaris
1411 (0.132 %)Windows Phone 7
158 (0.096 %)Mac OS X
167 (0.084 %)Windows CE
167 (0.084 %)Windows 2000
176 (0.072 %)Mac OS
183 (0.036 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11200 (14.39 %)MVC
2857 (10.28 %)OO
3834 (10.00 %)Web Development
4803 (9.629 %)TDD
5717 (8.598 %)Scrum
6656 (7.867 %)Agile Software Development
7552 (6.619 %)Web Application Development
8419 (5.025 %)E-Commerce
9336 (4.029 %)CRM
10326 (3.909 %)Unit Testing
11325 (3.897 %)Business Intelligence
12307 (3.681 %)Project Management
13242 (2.902 %)BDD
14196 (2.350 %)OOP
14196 (2.350 %)Workflow
15189 (2.266 %)Software Engineering
16187 (2.242 %)UML
17180 (2.159 %)Kanban
18169 (2.027 %)Migration
19143 (1.715 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15795 (69.49 %)C#
24054 (48.61 %)SQL
32796 (33.53 %)JavaScript
42141 (25.67 %)VB
51416 (16.98 %)T-SQL
6924 (11.08 %)VB6
7552 (6.619 %)Java
8522 (6.260 %)C++
9291 (3.490 %)VBA
10267 (3.202 %)VBScript
11237 (2.842 %)C
12219 (2.626 %)PL/SQL
13202 (2.422 %)PHP
1480 (0.959 %)Perl
1575 (0.899 %)Python
1672 (0.863 %)XPath
1768 (0.815 %)Delphi
1853 (0.636 %)XAML
1951 (0.612 %)Ruby
2049 (0.588 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11204 (14.44 %)Degree
2683 (8.190 %)Microsoft Certification
3510 (6.116 %)MCSD
3510 (6.116 %)MCTS
4478 (5.732 %)MCP
5461 (5.528 %)MCAD
671 (0.851 %)Security Cleared
762 (0.743 %)MCPD
848 (0.576 %)PhD
929 (0.348 %)ISEB
1025 (0.300 %)SC Cleared
1117 (0.204 %)MOS
1117 (0.204 %)MCSE
1212 (0.144 %)MCITP
139 (0.108 %)HND
139 (0.108 %)ITIL Certification
148 (0.096 %)Microsoft Certified Master
156 (0.072 %)ISTQB
156 (0.072 %)CISA
156 (0.072 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1249 (2.986 %)QA
258 (0.696 %)SLA
348 (0.576 %)ISO 9001
438 (0.456 %)WCAG
523 (0.276 %)Data Quality
616 (0.192 %)GAMP
79 (0.108 %)ISO/IEC 27001
85 (0.060 %)HL7
93 (0.036 %)PCI DSS
93 (0.036 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1109 (1.307 %)Active Directory
227 (0.324 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (0.108 %)vSphere
47 (0.084 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.048 %)Oracle RAC
62 (0.024 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.024 %)Veritas Volume Manager
71 (0.012 %)OpenSIPS
71 (0.012 %)vCloud
71 (0.012 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.012 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (0.132 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
28 (0.096 %)WMI
35 (0.060 %)HP Quality Center
35 (0.060 %)Cisco CUCM
43 (0.036 %)Data Guard
43 (0.036 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.024 %)BMC PATROL
52 (0.024 %)SCOM
52 (0.024 %)Splunk
61 (0.012 %)Opalis
61 (0.012 %)SCCM
61 (0.012 %)Control-M
61 (0.012 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12459 (29.49 %)Microsoft
2600 (7.195 %)Oracle
361 (0.732 %)SAP
460 (0.720 %)Adobe
558 (0.696 %)Business Objects
657 (0.684 %)Google
751 (0.612 %)DevExpress
843 (0.516 %)Cognos
940 (0.480 %)Salesforce.com
1038 (0.456 %)VMware
1134 (0.408 %)Macromedia
1232 (0.384 %)Telerik
1232 (0.384 %)AccuRev
1330 (0.360 %)IBM
1428 (0.336 %)MicroStrategy
1527 (0.324 %)Remedy
1527 (0.324 %)Ektron
1626 (0.312 %)Sage
1626 (0.312 %)Infragistics
1724 (0.288 %)webMethods