| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 34 | 27 | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +8 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 37 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 3.499 % | 4.540 % | 3.175 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 11.07 % | 12.25 % | 9.794 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £220 | £400 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £206 | £311 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £340 | £415 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £290 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 280 | 302 | 388 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 31.60 % | 37.06 % | 32.41 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 103 | 75 | 66 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £375 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £200 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £380 | £475 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 38 | 47 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £26.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.93 | £11.54 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £34.77 | £39.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £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.NET across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
