| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 31 | 27 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 |  +16 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 20 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham | 1.862 % | 4.320 % | 2.468 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.932 % | 14.08 % | 10.80 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £250 | £263 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £17.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.25 | £25.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 118 | 142 | 213 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham | 31.38 % | 30.67 % | 22.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 52 | 61 |
| Average daily rate | £239 | £313 | £310 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £225 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £372 | £400 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 13 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.54 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.00 | £21.50 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £35.00 | £41.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
