 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 34 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.942 % | 8.247 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £350 |
| Average daily rate | - | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £273 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £31.13 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £31.88 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.62 | £31.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 103 | 194 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.145 % | 0.196 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.52 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.83 | £32.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.13 | £33.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
