| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 73 | 57 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -16 | -2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 45 | 80 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 1.399 % | 1.962 % | 2.035 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.438 % | 6.173 % | 6.689 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £250 | £305 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | £30.00 | £18.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £23.55 | £15.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £28.50 | £34.23 | £30.00 |
| 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 | 721 | 729 | 1196 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 31.51 % | 31.78 % | 30.42 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 299 | 171 | 232 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £325 | £315 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £200 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £385 | £450 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 92 | 121 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £30.00 | £28.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.25 | £16.00 | £15.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £35.00 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
