 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.64 % | 5.455 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £242 | - |
| Average daily rate | £281 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £55.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.84 | £30.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 44 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.059 % | 0.056 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £313 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £36.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £39.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £42.29 |
| 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 VB across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
