| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 19 | 23 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire | 1.333 % | 2.602 % | 1.057 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.175 % | 6.796 % | 3.704 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | - | £108 | £250 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £298 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.25 | £18.75 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £17.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 63 | 103 | 135 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire | 42.00 % | 38.29 % | 28.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 20 | 31 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £318 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £177 | £220 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £367 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 27 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £30.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.80 | £18.30 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £39.20 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| 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 VBScript across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
