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The table below looks at the demand for the VB Developer role in IT jobs within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Visual Basic Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank10292
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads217
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.160 %1.109 %
Salaries quoted215
Average minimum salary£35,000£26,800
Average salary£37,500£29,633
% change on same period last year+26.54 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£32,467
UK excluding London average salary£31,085£31,722
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12511533
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.724 %0.660 %
Salaries quoted10591265
Average minimum salary£32,547£31,869
Average salary£35,133£34,350
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,720£36,830
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
VB Developer South EastVB Developer
South East

VB Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB Developer across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent VB Developer Demand Trend

VB Developer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB Developer across the Kent region.

Kent VB Developer Salary Trend

VB Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB Developer within the Kent 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
WhitstableNew entry-1£35,000-
VB Developer South EastVB Developer
South East

VB Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title.

17 (100.00 %)VB
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server
17 (100.00 %).NET
26 (85.71 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (85.71 %)VB6
26 (85.71 %)SQL
35 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
43 (42.86 %)XML
52 (28.57 %)COM+
52 (28.57 %)CSS
52 (28.57 %)IIS
52 (28.57 %)Visual Studio
52 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
52 (28.57 %)VB.NET
52 (28.57 %)C#
52 (28.57 %)HTML
52 (28.57 %)JavaScript
52 (28.57 %)ASP
52 (28.57 %)Music
52 (28.57 %)Music Industry
61 (14.29 %)Marketing
61 (14.29 %).NET Framework
61 (14.29 %)WSUS
61 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (14.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (14.29 %)Blackberry
61 (14.29 %)MySQL
61 (14.29 %)Finance
61 (14.29 %)Migration

VB Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited VB Developer in their job title 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 with VB Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %).NET
23 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
23 (42.86 %)XML
32 (28.57 %)COM+
32 (28.57 %)CSS
32 (28.57 %)HTML
32 (28.57 %)ASP
41 (14.29 %)ADO.NET
41 (14.29 %)WebServices
41 (14.29 %)XSLT
41 (14.29 %)XML Schema
41 (14.29 %).NET Framework
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)IIS
21 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
21 (14.29 %)BizTalk Server
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)VPN
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (100.00 %)SQL Server
26 (85.71 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (71.43 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (14.29 %)MySQL
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)Visual Studio
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Music
12 (28.57 %)Music Industry
21 (14.29 %)Marketing
21 (14.29 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Retail
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)N-Tier
11 (14.29 %)Blackberry
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Linux
11 (14.29 %)Windows 2000
11 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (14.29 %)Fedora
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)OOA/OOD
11 (14.29 %)OO
11 (14.29 %)Migration
11 (14.29 %)Scrum
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)VB
26 (85.71 %)VB6
26 (85.71 %)SQL
32 (28.57 %)Transact-SQL
32 (28.57 %)C#
32 (28.57 %)JavaScript
32 (28.57 %)VB.NET
41 (14.29 %)Delphi
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)MCP
11 (14.29 %)MCAD
11 (14.29 %)MCSD
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)NetBackup
Kent IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (14.29 %)WSUS
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)CheckPoint