 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.84 % | 8.383 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £294 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.33 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.33 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.33 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.21 | £34.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 224 | 334 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.299 % | 0.338 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 69 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £292 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.77 | £32.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.13 | £33.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.48 | £33.91 |
| 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 VB.NET across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
