| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 87 | 74 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -13 |  +25 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 0.103 % | 0.607 % | 0.247 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.303 % | 2.022 % | 0.828 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | - | £150 | £323 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £303 | £300 | £298 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £10.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £17.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 660 | 445 | 845 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 33.93 % | 30.01 % | 29.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 260 | 110 | 199 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £190 | £175 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £450 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 32 | 21 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £22.50 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £15.00 | £18.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.50 | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
