 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 34 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.367 % | 10.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £239 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £278 | £455 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £562 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.33 | £33.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.17 | £39.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.00 | £45.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.84 | £30.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 251 | 316 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.335 % | 0.320 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 75 | 82 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £336 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.92 | £31.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.09 | £35.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.26 | £40.04 |
| 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 across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
