 Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 64 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.744 % | 4.622 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £240 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £251 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £28.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -57.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.00 | £28.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.87 | £26.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 172 | 238 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.273 % | 0.253 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.63 | £28.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.72 | £29.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.80 | £30.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.03 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
