| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 51 | 27 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -24 |  +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf | 1.426 % | 2.660 % | 3.110 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.721 % | 5.208 % | 6.667 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | - | £500 |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £209 | - | £475 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £530 | - | £560 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £298 | £301 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 294 | 96 | 195 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf | 52.41 % | 51.06 % | 46.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 157 | 33 | 69 |
| Average daily rate | £550 | £510 | £475 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £375 | £400 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £650 | £650 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.00 | £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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
