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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) skills within the West Midlands region 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 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2525
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads521528
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.302 %0.227 %
As % of the category below14.37 %14.89 %
Salaries quoted453472
Average minimum salary£29,133£28,274
Average salary£31,546£30,792
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
Average maximum salary£33,960£33,309
UK excluding London average salary£32,925£33,320
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads36253546
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.098 %1.526 %
Salaries quoted30943104
Average minimum salary£30,214£31,154
Average salary£33,054£33,587
% change on same period last year-1.58 %
Average maximum salary£35,895£36,020
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
VB.NET EnglandVB.NET
England

VB.NET
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+8156£31,650+4.80 %
StaffordshireUp+496£30,487-13.48 %
WarwickshireNo change063£29,023+0.47 %
CoventryNo change056£34,482+7.55 %
HerefordshireNo change039£32,379+1.64 %
SolihullUp+1031£33,048+5.16 %
WorcestershireDown-929£30,187-0.60 %
ShropshireDown-1123£28,563+7.92 %
WolverhamptonDown-1114£32,536+21.57 %
DudleyDown-510£27,650-6.27 %
WalsallUp+97£29,714+6.50 %
HalesowenNew entry-6£27,500-
Sutton ColdfieldDown-112£33,750+68.75 %
VB.NET EnglandVB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

11340 (99.85 %).NET
2934 (69.60 %)ASP.NET
3844 (62.89 %)SQL Server
4598 (44.56 %)C#
5472 (35.17 %)SQL
6387 (28.84 %)VB
7365 (27.20 %)XML
8347 (25.86 %)HTML
9337 (25.11 %)JavaScript
10303 (22.58 %)ASP
11244 (18.18 %)Microsoft
12215 (16.02 %)Web Development
13214 (15.95 %)Finance
14203 (15.13 %)SQL Server 2005
15201 (14.98 %)VB6
16195 (14.53 %)Windows
17180 (13.41 %)SQL Server 2000
18172 (12.82 %)Java
19156 (11.62 %)Pensions
20143 (10.66 %)CSS
21142 (10.58 %)Transact-SQL
22139 (10.36 %).NET Framework
23129 (9.613 %)Degree
24126 (9.389 %)Oracle
25111 (8.271 %)MS Excel
26110 (8.197 %)Insurance
27106 (7.899 %)Visual Studio
28105 (7.824 %)SharePoint
29104 (7.750 %)WebServices
30101 (7.526 %)AJAX

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11340 (99.85 %).NET
2934 (69.60 %)ASP.NET
3365 (27.20 %)XML
4347 (25.86 %)HTML
5303 (22.58 %)ASP
6143 (10.66 %)CSS
7139 (10.36 %).NET Framework
8104 (7.750 %)WebServices
9101 (7.526 %)AJAX
1079 (5.887 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1171 (5.291 %)XSLT
1252 (3.875 %)XHTML
1335 (2.608 %)XSL
1434 (2.534 %)WinForms
1523 (1.714 %)NetBeans
1523 (1.714 %)ADO.NET
1617 (1.267 %)COM+
1713 (0.969 %)WPF
1812 (0.894 %)WCF
199 (0.671 %)ADO
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1105 (7.824 %)SharePoint
271 (5.291 %)IIS
354 (4.024 %)CMS
429 (2.161 %)BizTalk Server
519 (1.416 %)Tomcat
611 (0.820 %)SharePoint Server 2007
710 (0.745 %)Oracle Spatial
87 (0.522 %)TeamSite
87 (0.522 %)Apache
95 (0.373 %)DotNetNuke
103 (0.224 %)MTS
111 (0.075 %)SAS
111 (0.075 %)ArcGIS
111 (0.075 %)ArcIMS
111 (0.075 %)ArcSDE
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1111 (8.271 %)MS Excel
222 (1.639 %)MS Office
312 (0.894 %)Photoshop
410 (0.745 %)MS Visio
52 (0.149 %)Fireworks
52 (0.149 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.149 %)InfoPath
52 (0.149 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.075 %)ArcView
61 (0.075 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.745 %)Microsoft CRM
27 (0.522 %)Axapta
27 (0.522 %)Dynamics AX
36 (0.447 %)Pivotal CRM
45 (0.373 %)Navision
53 (0.224 %)Dynamics NAV
62 (0.149 %)Dynamics CRM
71 (0.075 %)Siebel Analytics
71 (0.075 %)Line 500
71 (0.075 %)WebTrends
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (3.428 %)Internet
213 (0.969 %)Intranet
38 (0.596 %)FTP
47 (0.522 %)HTTP
56 (0.447 %)Wireless
61 (0.075 %)IP Telephony
61 (0.075 %)SSL
61 (0.075 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1844 (62.89 %)SQL Server
2203 (15.13 %)SQL Server 2005
3180 (13.41 %)SQL Server 2000
451 (3.800 %)Crystal Reports
533 (2.459 %)MS Access
632 (2.385 %)Oracle 10g
632 (2.385 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
729 (2.161 %)DB2
825 (1.863 %)GIS
923 (1.714 %)MySQL
1022 (1.639 %)Oracle 9i
1022 (1.639 %)OLAP
1121 (1.565 %)Oracle OLAP
1217 (1.267 %)RDBMS
1313 (0.969 %)OLTP
1412 (0.894 %)Datawarehouse
1511 (0.820 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1610 (0.745 %)BusinessObjects
179 (0.671 %)DTS
184 (0.298 %)MSDE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1106 (7.899 %)Visual Studio
229 (2.161 %)Dreamweaver
328 (2.086 %)VSS/SourceSafe
416 (1.192 %)ProC
57 (0.522 %)Flash
64 (0.298 %)OpenDeploy
72 (0.149 %)NUnit
72 (0.149 %)Omnis Studio
81 (0.075 %)Paros
81 (0.075 %)Fiddler
81 (0.075 %)Visual Studio Team System
81 (0.075 %)Rational Rose
81 (0.075 %)PVCS
81 (0.075 %)ERwin
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1214 (15.95 %)Finance
2156 (11.62 %)Pensions
3110 (8.197 %)Insurance
485 (6.334 %)Health
527 (2.012 %)Banking
617 (1.267 %)Pharmaceutical
714 (1.043 %)Back Office
714 (1.043 %)Telecoms
714 (1.043 %)Retail
813 (0.969 %)Billing
912 (0.894 %)Marketing
912 (0.894 %)Education
1011 (0.820 %)Automotive
1110 (0.745 %)Government
128 (0.596 %)Law
137 (0.522 %)Manufacturing
137 (0.522 %)Multimedia
144 (0.298 %)Construction
144 (0.298 %)Advertising
144 (0.298 %)Legal
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11063 (79.21 %)Developer
2671 (50.00 %).NET Developer
3337 (25.11 %)VB.NET Developer
4270 (20.12 %)ASP.NET Developer
5183 (13.64 %)Software Developer
6182 (13.56 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7158 (11.77 %)Web Developer
8114 (8.495 %)C# Developer
997 (7.228 %)Programmer
997 (7.228 %)Senior Developer
1089 (6.632 %)Analyst
1172 (5.365 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1267 (4.993 %)Analyst Programmer
1364 (4.769 %).NET Web Developer
1459 (4.396 %)Consultant
1553 (3.949 %)Senior .NET Developer
1647 (3.502 %)Architect
1746 (3.428 %)Junior
1845 (3.353 %)Applications Developer
1944 (3.279 %)Graduate
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (2.086 %)Client/Server
226 (1.937 %)N-Tier
315 (1.118 %)W3C
315 (1.118 %)Computer Science
413 (0.969 %)Mathematics
59 (0.671 %)Web 2.0
66 (0.447 %)NHS
75 (0.373 %)Physics
75 (0.373 %)Multithreading
84 (0.298 %)Mainframe
84 (0.298 %)Management Information System
84 (0.298 %)EPoS
93 (0.224 %)E-Learning
102 (0.149 %)Wiki
102 (0.149 %)Blog
102 (0.149 %)AS400
102 (0.149 %)Streaming Video
111 (0.075 %)Replication
111 (0.075 %)Chip and PIN
111 (0.075 %)VLE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1195 (14.53 %)Windows
248 (3.577 %)UNIX
337 (2.757 %)Linux
46 (0.447 %)Windows 2000
55 (0.373 %)Windows Mobile
64 (0.298 %)Windows XP
73 (0.224 %)OS/400
73 (0.224 %)zOS
73 (0.224 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.149 %)FreeBSD
91 (0.075 %)Solaris
91 (0.075 %)Windows Server 2003
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1215 (16.02 %)Web Development
291 (6.781 %)OO
366 (4.918 %)E-Commerce
454 (4.024 %)Project Management
541 (3.055 %)CRM
634 (2.534 %)Content Management
634 (2.534 %)OOA/OOD
723 (1.714 %)E-business
821 (1.565 %)UML
920 (1.490 %)OOP
920 (1.490 %)Business Intelligence
1015 (1.118 %)PRINCE2
1015 (1.118 %)Agile Software Development
1015 (1.118 %)Scrum
1114 (1.043 %)ERP
1114 (1.043 %)Unit Testing
1213 (0.969 %)RAD
1312 (0.894 %)SEO
1410 (0.745 %)Technical Architecture
159 (0.671 %)DSDM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1598 (44.56 %)C#
2472 (35.17 %)SQL
3387 (28.84 %)VB
4337 (25.11 %)JavaScript
5201 (14.98 %)VB6
6172 (12.82 %)Java
7142 (10.58 %)Transact-SQL
887 (6.483 %)C++
948 (3.577 %)DHTML
1039 (2.906 %)PL/SQL
1136 (2.683 %)VBScript
1229 (2.161 %)COBOL
1326 (1.937 %)PHP
1425 (1.863 %)VBA
1524 (1.788 %)VC++
1622 (1.639 %)C
1720 (1.490 %)Perl
188 (0.596 %)Delphi
196 (0.447 %)ActionScript
205 (0.373 %)RPG
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1129 (9.613 %)Degree
275 (5.589 %)Microsoft Certification
329 (2.161 %)MCSD
424 (1.788 %)MCAD
518 (1.341 %)MCP
615 (1.118 %)MCSE
713 (0.969 %)MCSA
84 (0.298 %)MCTS
92 (0.149 %)MCPD
92 (0.149 %)CIW
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.745 %)SLA
28 (0.596 %)ISO9000
37 (0.522 %)QA
42 (0.149 %)WCAG
51 (0.075 %)WAI
51 (0.075 %)HL7
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (1.416 %)Active Directory
26 (0.447 %)Intellisync
32 (0.149 %)MSMQ
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1244 (18.18 %)Microsoft
2126 (9.389 %)Oracle
324 (1.788 %)Infragistics
422 (1.639 %)Cognos
520 (1.490 %)Interwoven
619 (1.416 %)Remedy
710 (0.745 %)Business Objects
87 (0.522 %)Sage
96 (0.447 %)IBM
96 (0.447 %)FileNet
105 (0.373 %)Progress
112 (0.149 %)Sun
121 (0.075 %)Metastorm
121 (0.075 %)Brio
121 (0.075 %)Intalio
121 (0.075 %)Google
121 (0.075 %)Lombardi
121 (0.075 %)Savvion
121 (0.075 %)Pega
121 (0.075 %)Adobe