 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to
28 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.000 % | 2.374 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £220 | £213 |
| Average daily rate | £220 | £227 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £220 | £240 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.25 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.80 | £32.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 225 | 337 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.299 % | 0.336 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 79 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.57 | £27.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.11 | £28.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.65 | £29.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.33 | £32.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.22 % |
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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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
