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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) skills within the West Lothian 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
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20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.059 % | 5.612 % |
| Salaries quoted | 5 | 3 |
| Average minimum salary | £23,000 | £35,000 |
| Average salary | £25,500 | £39,167 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.89 % |
| Average maximum salary | £28,000 | £43,333 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £32,840 | £33,613 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.29 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 85 | 196 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.046 % | 0.082 % |
| Salaries quoted | 54 | 50 |
| Average minimum salary | £32,962 | £31,796 |
| Average salary | £35,867 | £34,685 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.40 % |
| Average maximum salary | £38,771 | £37,574 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,245 | £35,645 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.11 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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