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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3744
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads89098384
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.358 %3.600 %
As % of the category below9.529 %7.701 %
Salaries quoted78637240
Average minimum salary£32,415£32,023
Average salary£35,357£34,847
% change on same period last year+1.46 %
Average maximum salary£38,300£37,671
UK excluding London average salary£33,310£32,456
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93495108871
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.74 %46.75 %
Salaries quoted7845287169
Average minimum salary£37,729£38,879
Average salary£41,436£42,690
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£45,143£46,501
UK excluding London average salary£35,410£35,464
% change on same period last year-0.15 %

VB.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing VB.NET across 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 ads citing VB.NET across the UK.

VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the UK over the past 3 months.

VB.NET Salary Histogram

VB.NET
Top 30 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 UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+88597£35,384+0.86 %
2LondonUp+62196£42,297+1.60 %
3South EastUp+32122£35,707+2.53 %
4South WestUp+21920£32,230+6.00 %
5East of EnglandUp+3849£34,059-1.29 %
6North WestUp+2781£32,095+4.16 %
7West MidlandsNo change0752£31,189+2.74 %
8YorkshireDown-2564£30,232+3.35 %
9SurreyUp+1541£38,010+2.84 %
10City of LondonUp+17504£46,211+2.17 %
11East MidlandsUp+10446£31,684+2.75 %
12HampshireUp+1435£34,706+8.14 %
13West YorkshireUp+10419£30,283-1.34 %
14ManchesterUp+4418£32,468+2.18 %
15BerkshireDown-8356£38,415+6.45 %
16OxfordshireUp+11304£32,884+3.48 %
17LeedsUp+5295£30,285+0.64 %
18BristolUp+19290£33,100+2.96 %
19CambridgeshireUp+1285£33,093+1.23 %
20BuckinghamshireUp+18266£33,224+1.86 %
21BirminghamDown-5229£31,097+2.19 %
22HertfordshireDown-4209£36,547-2.24 %
23EssexUp+10197£33,985-5.58 %
24ScotlandDown-12180£36,255+11.84 %
25NottinghamshireUp+13176£32,796+7.25 %
26WiltshireUp+19169£33,738+8.76 %
27CheshireDown-14167£32,886+8.79 %
28PeterboroughUp+6162£31,098+4.41 %
29NottinghamUp+22154£33,558+9.41 %
30GloucestershireUp+21148£30,924-6.11 %

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing VB.NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.NET.

117158 (99.81 %).NET
210999 (63.98 %)SQL Server
310571 (61.50 %)ASP.NET
48711 (50.67 %)C#
56902 (40.15 %)SQL
66019 (35.01 %)VB
75046 (29.35 %)XML
84165 (24.23 %)Microsoft
93874 (22.54 %)HTML
103763 (21.89 %)JavaScript
113306 (19.23 %)ASP
123185 (18.53 %)SQL Server 2005
133174 (18.46 %)VB6
142882 (16.77 %)Finance
152741 (15.95 %)SQL Server 2000
162352 (13.68 %)CSS
172093 (12.18 %)Windows
181990 (11.58 %)Degree
191917 (11.15 %)WebServices
201880 (10.94 %)Visual Studio
211876 (10.91 %)Oracle
221864 (10.84 %)MS Excel
231746 (10.16 %)Transact-SQL
241689 (9.825 %)OO
251489 (8.662 %)SharePoint
261482 (8.621 %)Web Development
271474 (8.575 %)AJAX
281429 (8.313 %).NET Framework
291374 (7.993 %)Java
301267 (7.371 %)Microsoft Certification

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing VB.NET also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
117158 (99.81 %).NET
210571 (61.50 %)ASP.NET
35046 (29.35 %)XML
43874 (22.54 %)HTML
53306 (19.23 %)ASP
62352 (13.68 %)CSS
71917 (11.15 %)WebServices
81474 (8.575 %)AJAX
91429 (8.313 %).NET Framework
10954 (5.550 %)WinForms
11949 (5.521 %)XSLT
12795 (4.625 %)XHTML
13619 (3.601 %)ADO.NET
14453 (2.635 %)XSL
15403 (2.344 %)ASP.NET 2.0
16338 (1.966 %)COM+
17237 (1.379 %)ADO
18223 (1.297 %)SOAP
19194 (1.129 %)J2EE
20189 (1.099 %)WCF
Application Platforms
11489 (8.662 %)SharePoint
2844 (4.910 %)IIS
3650 (3.781 %)BizTalk Server
4426 (2.478 %)CMS
5385 (2.240 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6163 (0.948 %)MS Exchange
7125 (0.727 %)ColdFusion
895 (0.553 %)SharePoint Portal Server
970 (0.407 %)Apache
970 (0.407 %)Content Management Server
1056 (0.326 %)MTS
1152 (0.303 %)SAS
1250 (0.291 %)Exchange Server 2003
1347 (0.273 %)Documentum
1440 (0.233 %)Exchange Server 2000
1532 (0.186 %)Tomcat
1630 (0.175 %)Commerce Server
1729 (0.169 %)ArcGIS
1828 (0.163 %)WebLogic
1925 (0.145 %)JBoss
Applications
11864 (10.84 %)MS Excel
2493 (2.868 %)MS Office
3148 (0.861 %)Photoshop
4116 (0.675 %)MS Visio
573 (0.425 %)MS Project
668 (0.396 %)Fireworks
755 (0.320 %)InfoPath
827 (0.157 %)MS PowerPoint
919 (0.111 %)MATLAB
1017 (0.099 %)CA Clarity
1112 (0.070 %)AutoCAD
1112 (0.070 %)SPSS
1211 (0.064 %)Adobe Illustrator
138 (0.047 %)Acrobat
147 (0.041 %)S-PLUS
153 (0.017 %)Paint Shop Pro
153 (0.017 %)PrintSoft PReS
153 (0.017 %)ArcView
Business Applications
1114 (0.663 %)Microsoft CRM
288 (0.512 %)Dynamics CRM
378 (0.454 %)Summit
443 (0.250 %)Axapta
520 (0.116 %)Navision
617 (0.099 %)Line 500
715 (0.087 %)Bond Adapt
715 (0.087 %)GoldMine
814 (0.081 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
814 (0.081 %)SalesLogix
99 (0.052 %)Great Plains
99 (0.052 %)Oracle Applications
108 (0.047 %)Dynamics AX
117 (0.041 %)RMDS
117 (0.041 %)LongView
117 (0.041 %)Sage MMS
125 (0.029 %)SAP CRM
125 (0.029 %)Pivotal CRM
125 (0.029 %)Applix TM1
134 (0.023 %)Line 100
Communications & Networking
1965 (5.614 %)Internet
2591 (3.438 %)Intranet
3207 (1.204 %)Extranet
494 (0.547 %)TCP/IP
562 (0.361 %)HTTP
659 (0.343 %)DNS
749 (0.285 %)SSL
846 (0.268 %)SMTP
941 (0.239 %)VoIP
1040 (0.233 %)LAN
1134 (0.198 %)WINS
1232 (0.186 %)HTTPS
1232 (0.186 %)FTP
1329 (0.169 %)CTI
1428 (0.163 %)WAN
1525 (0.145 %)Firewall
1620 (0.116 %)TETRA
1718 (0.105 %)Wireless
1718 (0.105 %)Ethernet
1815 (0.087 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
110999 (63.98 %)SQL Server
23185 (18.53 %)SQL Server 2005
32741 (15.95 %)SQL Server 2000
41032 (6.003 %)Crystal Reports
5634 (3.688 %)SQL Server 7
6555 (3.229 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7447 (2.600 %)MS Access
8446 (2.595 %)DTS
9407 (2.368 %)MySQL
10334 (1.943 %)RDBMS
11260 (1.513 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12204 (1.187 %)Datawarehouse
13185 (1.076 %)Oracle Reports
14172 (1.001 %)OLAP
15128 (0.745 %)Oracle 10g
16126 (0.733 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17124 (0.721 %)GIS
18107 (0.622 %)Oracle 9i
19104 (0.605 %)BusinessObjects
2095 (0.553 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
11880 (10.94 %)Visual Studio
2359 (2.088 %)VSS/SourceSafe
3326 (1.896 %)Flash
4147 (0.855 %)Dreamweaver
5139 (0.809 %)NUnit
666 (0.384 %)Subversion
742 (0.244 %)Oracle Forms
830 (0.175 %)InstallShield
922 (0.128 %)CruiseControl
1020 (0.116 %)PowerBuilder
1117 (0.099 %)TestDirector
1216 (0.093 %)QuickTest Pro
1314 (0.081 %)Rational Rose
1413 (0.076 %)ProC
1413 (0.076 %)WebSpeed
1413 (0.076 %)LabVIEW
1512 (0.070 %)MSI
1611 (0.064 %)Eclipse
179 (0.052 %)LoadRunner
179 (0.052 %)FrontPage
General
12882 (16.77 %)Finance
2975 (5.672 %)Pensions
3860 (5.003 %)Insurance
4652 (3.793 %)Health
5611 (3.554 %)Banking
6528 (3.072 %)Marketing
7514 (2.990 %)Retail
8345 (2.007 %)Front Office
9330 (1.920 %)Law
10326 (1.896 %)Education
11292 (1.699 %)Back Office
12277 (1.611 %)Legal
13228 (1.326 %)Investment Banking
14218 (1.268 %)Telecoms
15199 (1.158 %)Financial Institution
16193 (1.123 %)Manufacturing
17187 (1.088 %)Government
18146 (0.849 %)Games
19144 (0.838 %)Multimedia
20133 (0.774 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
113501 (78.54 %)Developer
27822 (45.50 %).NET Developer
33989 (23.21 %)VB.NET Developer
42123 (12.35 %)Web Developer
52102 (12.23 %)ASP.NET Developer
61764 (10.26 %)Analyst
71684 (9.796 %)C# Developer
81619 (9.418 %)Software Developer
91559 (9.069 %)Programmer
101341 (7.801 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
111309 (7.615 %)Senior Developer
12953 (5.544 %)Analyst Programmer
13830 (4.828 %).NET Web Developer
14807 (4.695 %)VB Developer
15721 (4.194 %)Applications Developer
16707 (4.113 %)Junior
17665 (3.869 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
18664 (3.863 %)SQL Developer
19662 (3.851 %)Senior .NET Developer
20599 (3.485 %).NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1458 (2.664 %)Computer Science
2379 (2.205 %)N-Tier
3328 (1.908 %)Client/Server
4191 (1.111 %)Asset Management
5175 (1.018 %)Mathematics
6157 (0.913 %)Management Information System
7144 (0.838 %)W3C
8127 (0.739 %)Derivative
999 (0.576 %)PDA
1081 (0.471 %)EPoS
1171 (0.413 %)Equities
1265 (0.378 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1360 (0.349 %)French Language
1455 (0.320 %)Equity Derivative
1455 (0.320 %)Replication
1552 (0.303 %)NHS
1647 (0.273 %)Fixed Income
1745 (0.262 %)Tandem
1745 (0.262 %)German Language
1832 (0.186 %)Fund Management
Operating Systems
12093 (12.18 %)Windows
2378 (2.199 %)Unix
3235 (1.367 %)Linux
4177 (1.030 %)Windows 2000
5119 (0.692 %)Windows XP
697 (0.564 %)Windows Server 2003
772 (0.419 %)Windows NT
831 (0.180 %)Windows CE
831 (0.180 %)Windows Mobile
925 (0.145 %)Solaris
1010 (0.058 %)AIX
117 (0.041 %)FreeBSD
125 (0.029 %)zOS
134 (0.023 %)Debian
143 (0.017 %)OS/400
143 (0.017 %)Mac OS X
143 (0.017 %)Windows Vista
152 (0.012 %)SUSE
152 (0.012 %)MVS
161 (0.006 %)VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
11689 (9.825 %)OO
21482 (8.621 %)Web Development
3960 (5.585 %)UML
4738 (4.293 %)E-Commerce
5664 (3.863 %)Project Management
6523 (3.042 %)CRM
7343 (1.995 %)Scrum
7343 (1.995 %)Content Management
8331 (1.926 %)Agile Software Development
9315 (1.832 %)OOP
10304 (1.768 %)Web Design
11298 (1.734 %)Unit Testing
12295 (1.716 %)Business Intelligence
13263 (1.530 %)Migration
14254 (1.478 %)OOD
15233 (1.355 %)Extreme Programming
16197 (1.146 %)Workflow
17195 (1.134 %)Systems Analysis
18194 (1.129 %)Business Analysis
19182 (1.059 %)TDD
Programming Languages
18711 (50.67 %)C#
26902 (40.15 %)SQL
36019 (35.01 %)VB
43763 (21.89 %)JavaScript
53174 (18.46 %)VB6
61746 (10.16 %)Transact-SQL
71374 (7.993 %)Java
81200 (6.981 %)C++
9842 (4.898 %)VBA
10766 (4.456 %)VBScript
11638 (3.711 %)C
12501 (2.914 %)PHP
13353 (2.054 %)DHTML
14338 (1.966 %)PL/SQL
15187 (1.088 %)Perl
16119 (0.692 %)Delphi
17117 (0.681 %)ActionScript
1891 (0.529 %)VC++
1963 (0.366 %)XPath
2047 (0.273 %)Python
Qualifications
11990 (11.58 %)Degree
21267 (7.371 %)Microsoft Certification
3576 (3.351 %)MCSD
4380 (2.211 %)MCAD
5347 (2.019 %)MCP
656 (0.326 %)HND
752 (0.303 %)MCPD
850 (0.291 %)MCSE
947 (0.273 %)ISEB
1040 (0.233 %)MCTS
1126 (0.151 %)MCDBA
1223 (0.134 %)MCITP
1322 (0.128 %)MCSA
1418 (0.105 %)PhD
1515 (0.087 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1611 (0.064 %)PMP
1611 (0.064 %)PMI Certification
1710 (0.058 %)HNC
188 (0.047 %)Cisco Certification
197 (0.041 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1174 (1.012 %)QA
236 (0.209 %)SLA
330 (0.175 %)ISO9001
423 (0.134 %)WAI
59 (0.052 %)GAMP
67 (0.041 %)ISO8583
76 (0.035 %)GxP
76 (0.035 %)GMP
85 (0.029 %)Basel II
94 (0.023 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
94 (0.023 %)ISO9002
94 (0.023 %)MiFID
103 (0.017 %)IAS 39
112 (0.012 %)HL7
112 (0.012 %)ISO9000
112 (0.012 %)TickIT
121 (0.006 %)PCI DSS
121 (0.006 %)COBIT
System Software
1167 (0.971 %)Active Directory
2135 (0.785 %)MSMQ
353 (0.308 %)AquaLogic
413 (0.076 %)Terminal Services
510 (0.058 %)Terminal Server
68 (0.047 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.012 %)NDS
81 (0.006 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.006 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.006 %)Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
129 (0.169 %)SCOM
221 (0.122 %)MIIS
318 (0.105 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
45 (0.029 %)Unicenter
54 (0.023 %)Tivoli
54 (0.023 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
63 (0.017 %)ServiceCenter
72 (0.012 %)MOM
81 (0.006 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.006 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
14165 (24.23 %)Microsoft
21876 (10.91 %)Oracle
3247 (1.437 %)Sybase
4129 (0.750 %)IBM
5116 (0.675 %)Sage
6104 (0.605 %)Business Objects
7101 (0.588 %)Cognos
898 (0.570 %)Citrix
987 (0.506 %)Macromedia
1058 (0.337 %)Adobe
1058 (0.337 %)BEA
1148 (0.279 %)Interwoven
1247 (0.273 %)Reuters
1340 (0.233 %)Progress
1439 (0.227 %)Bloomberg
1537 (0.215 %)Siebel
1537 (0.215 %)SAP
1635 (0.204 %)Plumtree
1635 (0.204 %)Remedy
1635 (0.204 %)ESRI
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