| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 40 | 43 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 0.309 % | 0.220 % | 1.940 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.840 % | 0.962 % | 7.353 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Average daily rate | - | £250 | £190 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £298 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £22.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £17.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 119 | 104 | 204 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 36.73 % | 22.91 % | 26.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 41 | 66 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £320 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £163 | £242 | £177 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £373 | £436 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 13 | 30 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.75 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.00 | £35.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 VBScript across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
