 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.00 % | 80.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £292 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £31.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.24 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.005 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | - |
| Average daily rate | £110 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £120 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.30 | £19.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.34 | £23.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.38 | £27.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.95 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 Bolton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
