Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB.NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 for the Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank292728
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads203274580
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire5.691 %6.737 %5.529 %
As % of the Programming Languages category10.88 %14.16 %10.88 %
Salaries quoted185258555
Average salary£29,250£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,600£35,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
186519355332
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire52.28 %47.58 %50.82 %
Salaries quoted167917104633
Average salary£32,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire VB.NET Salary Trend

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB.NET across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
West YorkshireDown-4118£30,000-
North YorkshireDown-529£29,250+2.63 %
South YorkshireUp+126£28,250-5.83 %
East YorkshireDown-1220£29,250-2.50 %
VB.NET EnglandVB.NET
England

VB.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1453 (100.00 %).NET
2311 (68.65 %)ASP.NET
3305 (67.33 %)SQL Server
4234 (51.66 %)C#
5173 (38.19 %)VB
6164 (36.20 %)SQL
7155 (34.22 %)XML
8107 (23.62 %)Web Services
9104 (22.96 %).NET Framework
10102 (22.52 %)Microsoft
11101 (22.30 %)AJAX
1290 (19.87 %)JavaScript
1384 (18.54 %)Web Development
1477 (17.00 %)CSS
1571 (15.67 %)HTML
1667 (14.79 %)SOAP
1765 (14.35 %)SQL Server 2005
1863 (13.91 %)SharePoint
1960 (13.25 %)HTTP
2058 (12.80 %)ASP
2156 (12.36 %)MS Excel
2254 (11.92 %)VB6
2353 (11.70 %)OO
2448 (10.60 %)RAD
2542 (9.272 %)Visual Studio
2639 (8.609 %)N-Tier
2738 (8.389 %)Degree
2837 (8.168 %)Spring
2837 (8.168 %)NUnit
2934 (7.506 %)SQL Server 2000

VB.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1453 (100.00 %).NET
2311 (68.65 %)ASP.NET
3155 (34.22 %)XML
4107 (23.62 %)Web Services
5104 (22.96 %).NET Framework
6101 (22.30 %)AJAX
777 (17.00 %)CSS
871 (15.67 %)HTML
967 (14.79 %)SOAP
1058 (12.80 %)ASP
1137 (8.168 %)Spring
1230 (6.623 %)XHTML
1316 (3.532 %)WinForms
1413 (2.870 %)ADO.NET
1512 (2.649 %)XSLT
166 (1.325 %)Windows SharePoint Services
175 (1.104 %)WCF
175 (1.104 %)ASP.NET 2.0
184 (0.883 %)J2EE
193 (0.662 %)Silverlight
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
163 (13.91 %)SharePoint
230 (6.623 %)SharePoint Server 2007
317 (3.753 %)IIS
46 (1.325 %)OpenEdge
46 (1.325 %)BizTalk Server
53 (0.662 %)MS Exchange
53 (0.662 %)SAS
53 (0.662 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (0.442 %)Commerce Server 2007
62 (0.442 %)CMS
62 (0.442 %)Commerce Server
71 (0.221 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (0.221 %)SonicMQ
71 (0.221 %)Apache
71 (0.221 %)ESB
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
156 (12.36 %)MS Excel
217 (3.753 %)InfoPath
310 (2.208 %)MS Office
43 (0.662 %)MATLAB
52 (0.442 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.221 %)Photoshop
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.104 %)Navision
23 (0.662 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.221 %)Axapta
31 (0.221 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.221 %)Dynamics AX
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
160 (13.25 %)HTTP
224 (5.298 %)Intranet
315 (3.311 %)Extranet
411 (2.428 %)Kerberos
52 (0.442 %)VPN
52 (0.442 %)DNS
52 (0.442 %)SSL
52 (0.442 %)DHCP
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1305 (67.33 %)SQL Server
265 (14.35 %)SQL Server 2005
334 (7.506 %)SQL Server 2000
420 (4.415 %)SQL Server 2008
58 (1.766 %)BusinessObjects
58 (1.766 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
58 (1.766 %)Crystal Reports
67 (1.545 %)MS Access
76 (1.325 %)Datawarehouse
76 (1.325 %)SQL Server Integration Services
85 (1.104 %)MySQL
93 (0.662 %)OLAP
93 (0.662 %)Data Mining
93 (0.662 %)RDBMS
102 (0.442 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.221 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.221 %)DB2
111 (0.221 %)DTS
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
142 (9.272 %)Visual Studio
237 (8.168 %)NUnit
319 (4.194 %)Team Foundation Server
49 (1.987 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.442 %)NetAdvantage
61 (0.221 %)MorphX
61 (0.221 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.221 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.221 %)PowerBuilder
61 (0.221 %)WebSpeed
Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (5.960 %)Finance
219 (4.194 %)Health
313 (2.870 %)Pensions
412 (2.649 %)Marketing
510 (2.208 %)Insurance
510 (2.208 %)Manufacturing
69 (1.987 %)Retail
77 (1.545 %)Construction
77 (1.545 %)Education
86 (1.325 %)Publishing
94 (0.883 %)Financial Institution
103 (0.662 %)Back Office
103 (0.662 %)Multimedia
112 (0.442 %)Banking
121 (0.221 %)Games
121 (0.221 %)Legal
121 (0.221 %)Government
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1393 (86.75 %)Developer
2161 (35.54 %).NET Developer
394 (20.75 %)VB.NET Developer
483 (18.32 %)Software Developer
579 (17.44 %)Web Developer
675 (16.56 %)ASP.NET Developer
752 (11.48 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
840 (8.830 %)Programmer
939 (8.609 %)C# Developer
939 (8.609 %)Applications Developer
1030 (6.623 %).NET Web Developer
1129 (6.402 %)Software Engineer
1227 (5.960 %)Analyst
1325 (5.519 %)VB Developer
1421 (4.636 %)Analyst Programmer
1421 (4.636 %)SharePoint Developer
1520 (4.415 %)Senior Developer
1617 (3.753 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1716 (3.532 %)Graduate
1716 (3.532 %)Graduate Developer
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
139 (8.609 %)N-Tier
218 (3.974 %)EPoS
38 (1.766 %)Computer Science
46 (1.325 %)Data Conversion
46 (1.325 %)Client/Server
46 (1.325 %)Pocket PC
54 (0.883 %)Replication
63 (0.662 %)W3C
63 (0.662 %)Blackberry
63 (0.662 %)Management Information System
63 (0.662 %)iPhone
63 (0.662 %)Credit Risk
63 (0.662 %)CCTV
72 (0.442 %)PDA
81 (0.221 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.221 %)Mathematics
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (5.960 %)Windows
26 (1.325 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (0.883 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (0.662 %)Windows XP
52 (0.442 %)Android
61 (0.221 %)OS/400
61 (0.221 %)UNIX
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
184 (18.54 %)Web Development
253 (11.70 %)OO
348 (10.60 %)RAD
428 (6.181 %)CRM
522 (4.857 %)Workflow
522 (4.857 %)User Acceptance Testing
522 (4.857 %)Web Design
621 (4.636 %)E-Commerce
719 (4.194 %)UML
817 (3.753 %)SEO
910 (2.208 %)Business Intelligence
109 (1.987 %)Software Architecture
118 (1.766 %)Project Management
126 (1.325 %)ERP
126 (1.325 %)Asset Management
126 (1.325 %)Unit Testing
135 (1.104 %)Technical Architecture
144 (0.883 %)ITIL
144 (0.883 %)Migration
153 (0.662 %)Data Analysis
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1234 (51.66 %)C#
2173 (38.19 %)VB
3164 (36.20 %)SQL
490 (19.87 %)JavaScript
554 (11.92 %)VB6
631 (6.843 %)T-SQL
716 (3.532 %)VBScript
814 (3.091 %)VBA
910 (2.208 %)C
109 (1.987 %)C++
109 (1.987 %)Progress 4GL
118 (1.766 %)Java
124 (0.883 %)PL/SQL
133 (0.662 %)Delphi
133 (0.662 %)PHP
141 (0.221 %)X++
141 (0.221 %)ActionScript
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (8.389 %)Degree
213 (2.870 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.104 %)MCTS
35 (1.104 %)HND
44 (0.883 %)MCPD
52 (0.442 %)MCSD
52 (0.442 %)MCP
61 (0.221 %)MCAD
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.208 %)WAI
23 (0.662 %)Basel II
32 (0.442 %)SLA
41 (0.221 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.442 %)Active Directory
12 (0.442 %)Terminal Services
21 (0.221 %)Terminal Server
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1102 (22.52 %)Microsoft
218 (3.974 %)Oracle
310 (2.208 %)Progress
48 (1.766 %)Business Objects
56 (1.325 %)DevExpress
62 (0.442 %)Infragistics
62 (0.442 %)Yahoo!
62 (0.442 %)Google
62 (0.442 %)NetSuite
71 (0.221 %)Intershop
71 (0.221 %)JBoss
71 (0.221 %)Remedy