 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.70 % | 8.611 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £214 | £378 |
| Average daily rate | £239 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £264 | £432 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.75 | £34.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.88 | £35.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.00 | £36.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.58 | £28.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 265 | 360 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.377 % | 0.364 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 72 | 137 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.17 | £32.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.40 | £34.43 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.64 | £35.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £32.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
