 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 19 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.14 % | 10.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £31.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.78 | £30.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.047 % | 0.030 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £224 | £259 |
| Average daily rate | £234 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £244 | £301 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.41 | £27.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.73 | £28.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.05 | £29.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.93 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.35 % |
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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 Herefordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
