| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 46 | 39 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 6 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 1.802 % | 1.147 % | 1.726 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.349 % | 4.511 % | 6.667 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £400 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £182 | £400 | £254 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £372 | £400 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £298 | £301 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 252 | 133 | 210 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 28.38 % | 25.43 % | 25.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 87 | 31 | 30 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £167 | £150 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £500 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.38 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.00 | £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 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
