 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.71 % | 10.26 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £322 |
| Average daily rate | - | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £18.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £21.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.79 | £31.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 196 | 429 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.318 % | 0.468 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.29 | £27.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.65 | £29.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.00 | £30.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.06 | £32.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.94 % |
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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 across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
