The first table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Rank 97 77 50
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -27
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 20 28 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.334% 1.972% 4.411%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.581% 4.698% 9.639%
Number of salaries quoted 20 25 64
Average salary £36,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.30% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £27,150
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £50,000 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Programming Languages
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
775 596 664
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 51.70% 41.97% 45.76%
Number of salaries quoted 670 502 598
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VB.NET across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Sussex VB.NET Jobs Demand Trend

VB.NET
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB.NET across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crawley -4 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Haywards Heath -4 6 £32,500 -18.75%
Burgess Hill - 3 £23,500 -
Pulborough - 2 £40,000 -
Horsham +3 1 £40,000 +17.64%
Chichester - 1 £16,000 -
VB.NET
South East

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 45 (100.00%) .NET
2 40 (88.89%) C#
3 36 (80.00%) SQL Server
4 33 (73.33%) SQL
4 33 (73.33%) ASP.NET
5 19 (42.22%) HTML
6 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
7 15 (33.33%) T-SQL
8 13 (28.89%) CSS
9 12 (26.67%) JavaScript
9 12 (26.67%) Finance
10 10 (22.22%) MVC
10 10 (22.22%) Java
11 9 (20.00%) XML
11 9 (20.00%) OO
11 9 (20.00%) WinForms
12 8 (17.78%) C++
12 8 (17.78%) SQL Server 2008
13 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
13 7 (15.56%) SQL Server 2005
13 7 (15.56%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (13.33%) RDBMS
14 6 (13.33%) VB
14 6 (13.33%) Supplier Management
14 6 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012
15 5 (11.11%) jQuery
15 5 (11.11%) Time Management
15 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio
15 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2
15 5 (11.11%) MS Excel

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 45 (100.00%) .NET
2 33 (73.33%) ASP.NET
3 19 (42.22%) HTML
4 13 (28.89%) CSS
5 9 (20.00%) XML
5 9 (20.00%) WinForms
6 5 (11.11%) jQuery
7 4 (8.889%) Web Services
7 4 (8.889%) XSLT
7 4 (8.889%) ASP
8 3 (6.667%) Ajax
8 3 (6.667%) WPF
9 2 (4.444%) XHTML
9 2 (4.444%) HTML5
9 2 (4.444%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 2 (4.444%) NHibernate
9 2 (4.444%) .NET Framework
10 1 (2.222%) WCF
10 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (15.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (15.56%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (13.33%) RDBMS
4 6 (13.33%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (6.667%) MySQL
5 3 (6.667%) MS Access
6 2 (4.444%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (4.444%) QlikView
6 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (4.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.444%) Subversion
2 2 (4.444%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (26.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 43 (95.56%) Developer
2 22 (48.89%) .NET Developer
3 12 (26.67%) Software Developer
3 12 (26.67%) VB.NET Developer
4 7 (15.56%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (15.56%) C# Developer
4 7 (15.56%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (13.33%) Junior Developer
5 6 (13.33%) Junior
5 6 (13.33%) Technical Support
5 6 (13.33%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (11.11%) Web Developer
6 5 (11.11%) Analyst
7 4 (8.889%) Applications Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Junior C# Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Junior Software Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Graduate .NET Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Graduate C# Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Junior C# .NET Developer
8 3 (6.667%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.667%) PDA
1 3 (6.667%) Mathematics
1 3 (6.667%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.444%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.444%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.222%) SCADA
3 1 (2.222%) Visualisation
3 1 (2.222%) Physics
3 1 (2.222%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) MVC
2 9 (20.00%) OO
3 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
4 6 (13.33%) Supplier Management
5 5 (11.11%) Time Management
5 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 5 (11.11%) ITIL
5 5 (11.11%) UML
6 3 (6.667%) Project Management
7 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.444%) SEO
7 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
7 2 (4.444%) Product Management
7 2 (4.444%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.222%) System Testing
8 1 (2.222%) Multithreading
8 1 (2.222%) Web Application Development
8 1 (2.222%) CRM
8 1 (2.222%) OOD
8 1 (2.222%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (88.89%) C#
2 33 (73.33%) SQL
3 15 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 12 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 10 (22.22%) Java
6 8 (17.78%) C++
7 6 (13.33%) VB
8 3 (6.667%) PHP
9 2 (4.444%) VB6
9 2 (4.444%) PL/SQL
10 1 (2.222%) VBA
10 1 (2.222%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (8.889%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (4.444%) Infragistics
4 1 (2.222%) Wonderware
4 1 (2.222%) Twitter
Crawley, West Sussex
At least 3 years experience with C#, Visual Basic, .NET and Java. Strong SQL knowledge (SQL-Server and/or Oracle). Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS-Word,...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Horsham, West Sussex
They are currently migrating some older products across to VB.Net from VB6 whilst implementing a whole range of brand new green field products... Your role will be...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Horsham, West Sussex
The Role - You will still be technically hands on, developing applications using VB.Net, SQL Server, Visual Studio and WinForms as well leading a Team of 4 VB...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013