Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 55 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.935 % | 1.399 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.26 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 214 | 286 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.282 % | 0.303 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 79 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £412 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £451 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 72 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.88 | £31.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.30 | £31.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.72 | £32.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.