 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.780 % | 8.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £125 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £133 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -66.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £140 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.01 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £24.68 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.34 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.56 | £30.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.41 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 59 | 75 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.094 % | 0.080 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £423 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.58 | £35.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.65 | £39.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.72 | £42.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.03 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
