 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 102 | 123 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 125 | 74 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.167 % | 0.075 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.519 % | 2.248 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £398 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £426 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.45 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.48 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.21 | £34.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3552 | 3292 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.735 % | 3.331 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2058 | 1558 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £424 | £472 |
| Average daily rate | £464 | £507 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £505 | £543 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 82 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.44 | £25.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.53 | £27.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.63 | £29.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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.NET across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
