| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 39 | 42 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 2.030 % | 1.597 % | 2.267 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.634 % | 7.051 % | 6.835 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £353 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £18.00 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 213 | 156 | 278 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 36.04 % | 22.64 % | 33.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 54 | 84 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £330 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £275 | £238 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.34 | £50.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £42.00 | £18.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.25 | £58.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £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 VBScript across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
