Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 22 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -34 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 77 | 119 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.100 % | 0.134 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.780 % | 7.732 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £262 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £278 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.26 | £27.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.66 | £29.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.06 | £30.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.18 | £30.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1611 | 1539 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.089 % | 1.729 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 531 | 413 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 178 | 199 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.56 | £29.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.43 | £31.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.30 | £33.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.24 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VB across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.