 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 111 | 99 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.066 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.733 % | 3.799 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £276 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.17 | £38.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.58 | £40.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £41.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.78 | £33.01 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 981 | 1711 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.308 % | 1.731 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 254 | 525 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 85 | 157 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.48 | £35.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.24 | £36.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £38.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 VB6 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
