| Visual Basic Developer |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 90 | 99 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.555 % | 0.692 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £278 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £262 | £277 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.61 | £30.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2344 | 3468 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.124 % | 3.460 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 538 | 682 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 156 | 207 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.32 | £19.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.36 | £20.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.41 | £21.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
