 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.530 % | 4.520 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £34.67 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £37.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.39 | £28.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 217 | 354 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.303 % | 0.356 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 51 | 70 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £276 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £301 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 53 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.07 | £33.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.57 | £35.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.07 | £38.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
