 Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 124 | 60 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -64 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 906 | 2176 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.208 % | 2.201 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.862 % | 6.448 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 370 | 895 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £454 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £488 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £523 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 114 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.20 | £22.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.16 | £24.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.13 | £26.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.20 | £28.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23462 | 33746 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 31.27 % | 34.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8101 | 10656 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £407 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £435 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1593 | 2397 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.78 | £31.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.89 | £33.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.01 | £35.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 VBA across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
