 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 27 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.500 % | 17.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £282 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.40 | £30.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 57 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.062 % | 0.062 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £220 | £235 |
| Average daily rate | £221 | £253 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £222 | £272 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.76 | £29.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.67 | £31.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.58 | £32.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.19 | £32.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.19 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
