| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 24 | 27 | 39 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 10 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 4.365 % | 2.841 % | 2.303 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 13.75 % | 12.35 % | 8.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £255 | £363 | £293 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - | £14.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 80 | 81 | 175 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 31.75 % | 23.01 % | 28.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 32 | 37 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £255 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £255 | £150 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £365 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £35.00 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £9.75 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.50 | £37.50 | £34.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
