 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.64 % | 35.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £525 |
| Average daily rate | - | £525 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £41.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.89 | £29.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.26 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.029 % | 0.031 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £489 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £496 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £504 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.89 | £37.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.89 | £37.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.89 | £37.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
