| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 27 | 29 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 | +19 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 1.215 % | 1.795 % | 1.260 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.797 % | 8.046 % | 4.735 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | - | £250 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.35 | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 79 | 87 | 359 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 31.98 % | 22.31 % | 26.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 10 | 52 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £250 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £249 | £254 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £375 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.70 | £27.00 | £36.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £25.00 | £22.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £33.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
