 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.692 % | 2.439 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £512 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £528 |
| % change on same period last year | -52.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £545 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.69 | £33.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 123 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.051 % | 0.123 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £276 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £31.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £35.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.50 | £38.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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.NET across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
