 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 214 | 191 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 487 | 787 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.649 % | 0.796 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.076 % | 2.332 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 139 | 246 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 71 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.82 | £26.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.67 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.52 | £30.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £27.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.12 % |
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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 VBScript across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
