| Visual Basic Developer |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.254 % | 0.469 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | - |
| Average daily rate | £249 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £267 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £255 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.12 % |
| 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 | £28.22 | £31.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 355 | 426 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.480 % | 0.420 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 113 | 134 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £327 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.98 | £19.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.07 | £21.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.15 | £22.97 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Developer across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
