| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 37 | 46 | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+9 | +21 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 4 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 2.418 % | 0.671 % | 1.265 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 9.605 % | 2.941 % | 4.157 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £324 | £278 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £231 | £313 | £233 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £390 | £324 | £319 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.44 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £18.00 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Programming Languages category | 177 | 136 | 433 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 25.18 % | 22.82 % | 30.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 56 | 36 | 79 |
| Average daily rate | £255 | £324 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £165 | £264 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £450 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 9 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.12 | £15.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.50 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £34.90 | £41.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.