Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 61 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.050 % | 0.053 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.003 % | 9.659 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.71 | £24.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.29 | £28.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.87 | £31.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.76 | £30.45 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 633 | 528 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.835 % | 0.552 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 272 | 236 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £369 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 45 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.41 | £26.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.84 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.26 | £30.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.21 | £33.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.