 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 70 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.494 % | 4.160 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £433 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £442 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.02 | £27.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 441 | 625 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.582 % | 0.622 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 170 | 252 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.32 | £29.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.22 | £31.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.13 | £33.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
