 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 21.74 % | 4.717 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | - |
| Average daily rate | £326 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £298 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.68 | £28.99 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 106 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.097 % | 0.107 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.25 | £25.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.85 | £26.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.44 | £28.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
