| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 56 | 39 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -17 |  +19 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 54 | 73 | 89 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 2.381 % | 3.205 % | 2.250 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.627 % | 10.08 % | 7.313 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Average daily rate | £220 | £288 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £195 | £240 | £246 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £290 | £400 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £295 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £26.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 708 | 724 | 1217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 31.22 % | 31.78 % | 30.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 293 | 169 | 236 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £325 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £200 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £450 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 56 | 91 | 124 |
| 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 | £11.00 | £16.05 | £15.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £35.00 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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.NET across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
