| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 132 | 112 | 80 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -20 | -32 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 582 | 522 | 1466 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 1.290 % | 1.420 % | 1.915 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.281 % | 4.491 % | 5.438 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 244 | 163 | 370 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £400 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £290 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 67 | 117 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.25 | £27.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.19 | £13.00 | £22.30 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £42.50 | £42.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 17737 | 11624 | 26957 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 39.30 % | 31.61 % | 35.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8897 | 4157 | 8887 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £367 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £225 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £525 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 868 | 895 | 1953 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 | £33.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.42 | £14.50 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £41.50 | £42.50 | £44.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £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.NET across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
