 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.00 % | 4.032 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +55.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.84 | £30.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 140 | 124 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.187 % | 0.125 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £297 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £382 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.50 | £31.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.40 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.29 | £34.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 VB across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
