 Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 78 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -38 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 662 | 1681 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.873 % | 1.758 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.466 % | 9.243 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 327 | 712 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £426 | £469 |
| Average daily rate | £459 | £507 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £492 | £544 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £285 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 65 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.27 | £19.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £20.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.73 | £22.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.48 | £25.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.45 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 12111 | 18186 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 15.97 % | 19.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5447 | 7283 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £443 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £505 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 357 | 647 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.01 | £32.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.02 | £34.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.03 | £36.88 |
| 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 VBA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
