 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 101 | 94 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 52 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.042 % | 0.053 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.471 % | 3.768 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £228 | £182 |
| Average daily rate | £242 | £193 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £256 | £205 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £284 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.55 | £22.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.95 | £22.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.36 | £22.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.01 | £28.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1214 | 1380 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.717 % | 1.397 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 235 | 224 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £287 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 161 | 158 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.96 | £26.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.03 | £27.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.09 | £29.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 VBScript across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
