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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the Watford 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 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
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29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 28 | 25 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.524 % | 9.960 % |
| Salaries quoted | 27 | 25 |
| Average minimum salary | £30,407 | £24,560 |
| Average salary | £33,815 | £26,140 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.36 % |
| Average maximum salary | £37,222 | £27,720 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £32,784 | £33,561 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 294 | 251 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.161 % | 0.105 % |
| Salaries quoted | 257 | 235 |
| Average minimum salary | £37,790 | £33,395 |
| Average salary | £40,638 | £35,742 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.69 % |
| Average maximum salary | £43,486 | £38,088 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,257 | £35,638 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.07 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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