Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 73 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.073 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.200 % | 7.741 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £399 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £424 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £378 | £448 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.39 | £28.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 375 | 943 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.524 % | 0.947 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 185 | 495 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £416 | £479 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £519 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £454 | £559 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.17 | £34.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £36.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.83 | £37.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.