 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.653 % | 6.563 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £512 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £524 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £386 | £535 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.26 | £29.59 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 196 | 320 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.261 % | 0.319 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 104 | 168 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £465 | £489 |
| Average daily rate | £483 | £512 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £501 | £534 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £7.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.50 | £8.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +264.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £9.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.93 |
| % 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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
