 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 80 | 121 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +41 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 47 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.066 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.849 % | 1.891 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £262 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £273 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.33 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.67 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.62 | £31.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1221 | 1375 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.719 % | 1.390 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 226 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £287 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 160 | 157 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.79 | £26.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.87 | £27.59 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.95 | £29.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 VB6 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
