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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB 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 Birmingham region.
| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 45 | 39 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 | -7 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 35 | 64 | 152 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham | 3.299 % | 4.408 % | 4.702 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.726 % | 9.697 % | 12.95 % |
| Salaries quoted | 26 | 61 | 123 |
| Average salary | £32,500 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £25,000 | £23,500 | £25,000 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £42,500 | £37,500 | £42,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £32,500 | £32,000 | £32,000 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 453 | 660 | 1174 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham | 42.70 % | 45.45 % | 36.31 % |
| Salaries quoted | 406 | 602 | 1039 |
| Average salary | £35,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £25,000 | £23,500 | £25,000 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £45,000 | £52,000 | £45,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,000 | £35,000 | £34,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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VB
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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