| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 40 | 29 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -11 |  +31 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 32 | 41 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey | 2.844 % | 3.497 % | 1.814 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.175 % | 9.938 % | 4.887 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 11 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £265 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £170 | £250 | £293 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £480 | £450 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | - | £35.00 |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £23.40 | - | £33.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | - | £37.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 446 | 322 | 839 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey | 39.64 % | 35.19 % | 37.12 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 198 | 127 | 274 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £280 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £235 | £212 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £400 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 30 | 112 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £23.00 | £12.50 | £25.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £50.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 VB across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
