Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to 21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 94 | 103 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 39 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.469 % | 3.311 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £259 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £267 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £276 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.83 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -43.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.67 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £31.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 663 | 1178 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.044 % | 1.262 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 171 | 286 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 158 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.85 | £36.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.89 | £37.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.92 | £39.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.21 | £32.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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.NET across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.