 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
14 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 21 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.00 % | 11.69 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.75 | £31.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.63 | £32.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.50 | £32.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.69 | £32.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 50 | 77 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.072 % | 0.078 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £243 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £253 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £264 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.18 | £33.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.32 | £34.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.45 | £35.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.09 | £32.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
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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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
