 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 47 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 37.60 % | 30.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.84 | £30.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 125 | 70 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.167 % | 0.071 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £301 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.67 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.56 | £21.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.44 | £22.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
