| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 27 | 37 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +10 | +18 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 13 | 20 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 3.846 % | 2.544 % | 1.776 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.400 % | 5.221 % | 3.824 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £223 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £32.50 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 250 | 249 | 523 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 60.10 % | 48.73 % | 46.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 78 | 106 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £400 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 40 | 103 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | £35.00 | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £24.50 | £30.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 VB across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
