| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 46 | 34 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -12 |  +12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 13 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London | 1.367 % | 3.385 % | 2.966 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.097 % | 5.778 % | 5.564 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £513 | £263 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £370 | £483 | £253 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £538 | £543 | £480 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £24.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 226 | 225 | 683 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London | 44.14 % | 58.59 % | 53.32 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 101 | 95 | 450 |
| Average daily rate | £463 | £475 | £600 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £325 | £375 | £270 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £650 | £750 | £700 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £65.00 | £26.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
