 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 63 | 39 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 231 | 316 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.305 % | 0.315 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.427 % | 9.661 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 118 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £462 |
| Average daily rate | £394 | £507 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £553 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.79 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.57 | £18.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +67.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.36 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.89 | £29.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.26 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3594 | 3271 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.743 % | 3.258 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2096 | 1484 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £419 | £464 |
| Average daily rate | £460 | £498 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £501 | £532 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 92 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.79 | £25.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.03 | £27.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.28 | £29.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
