| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 159 | 107 | 103 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -52 | -4 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 44 | 114 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 0.754 % | 1.077 % | 1.409 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.706 % | 2.741 % | 3.301 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 22 | 54 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £330 | £463 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £295 | £267 | £283 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £530 | £498 | £625 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £290 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.00 | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 3809 | 1605 | 3454 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 44.16 % | 39.28 % | 42.70 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2547 | 862 | 1741 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £450 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £313 | £290 | £320 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £588 | £625 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 15 | 72 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £28.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £24.50 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £52.00 | £42.50 | £47.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £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.NET across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
