 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.11 % | 7.519 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £205 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £213 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £275 | £220 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.75 | £30.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 45 | 133 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.060 % | 0.135 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £286 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.33 | £31.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.81 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.28 | £34.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.36 | £33.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.90 % |
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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 Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
