| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | - | 16 | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle | - | 1.961 % | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 8.696 % | - |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £18.00 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Programming Languages category | 5 | 23 | 76 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle | 20.83 % | 22.55 % | 36.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £250 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £168 | £250 | £284 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £310 | £324 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £20.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £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 VBScript across the Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.