Note that 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.
| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 123 | 104 | 96 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -19 | -8 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 883 | 1062 | 960 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.511 % | 1.765 % | 1.739 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.381 % | 4.719 % | 4.649 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 447 | 534 | 519 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £400 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £227 | £260 | £211 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £575 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £280 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 47 | 78 | 65 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.28 | £30.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.10 | £17.35 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.70 | £43.43 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.14 | £30.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20155 | 22503 | 20649 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 34.48 % | 37.41 % | 37.41 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11956 | 13037 | 10849 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £258 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £570 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 702 | 914 | 769 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.00 | £19.50 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
