 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 58 | 53 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 302 | 471 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.398 % | 0.500 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.291 % | 7.871 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 73 | 142 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £276 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 51 | 72 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.33 | £31.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.02 | £33.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.71 | £35.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £30.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4142 | 5984 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.462 % | 6.347 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 997 | 1357 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 500 | 725 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.00 | £33.64 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.92 | £35.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.85 | £37.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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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 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
