Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.09 % | 11.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £298 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.33 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.67 | £31.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -56.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.00 | £33.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £28.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 87 | 62 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.123 % | 0.063 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £276 | £245 |
| Average daily rate | £297 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.97 | £29.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.60 | £30.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.22 | £31.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
|
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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.