| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 73 | 97 | 95 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +24 |  -2 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 11 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire | 1.364 % | 0.458 % | 0.981 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.041 % | 2.350 % | 3.497 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £340 | £388 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £328 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £395 | £340 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £290 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £10.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 615 | 468 | 1001 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire | 27.06 % | 19.50 % | 28.06 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 193 | 138 | 259 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £270 | £238 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £415 | £450 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 22 | 65 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.25 | £24.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.50 | £15.49 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.75 | £42.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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.
