 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1515 | 2738 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.019 % | 2.731 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.525 % | 7.901 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 507 | 890 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £421 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £448 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 135 | 254 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.49 | £27.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.08 | £29.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.68 | £31.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.26 | £29.59 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23217 | 34656 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 30.95 % | 34.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8272 | 10942 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £434 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1639 | 2561 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.78 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.88 | £33.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.98 | £35.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.93 |
| % 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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
