 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 48 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.029 % | 0.050 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.47 % | 30.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £31.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £33.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.69 | £32.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.55 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 191 | 159 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.272 % | 0.164 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £276 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.76 | £28.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.44 | £29.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.12 | £30.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.07 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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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.NET across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
