Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to 5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.125 % | 6.452 % |
| 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 | £283 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £41.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.00 | £41.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.00 | £42.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.85 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 96 | 124 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.130 % | 0.122 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £282 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.33 | £39.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.98 | £40.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.64 | £40.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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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 VB6 across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.