Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 61 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.043 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.32 % | 7.466 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £302 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.17 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.33 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.22 | £30.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 458 | 509 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.588 % | 0.572 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 138 | 117 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £337 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £340 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.48 | £30.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.75 | £31.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.02 | £33.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.36 | £32.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.05 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VB across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.