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 .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 147 | 164 | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +17 |  -24 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 750 | 701 | 723 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.283 % | 1.165 % | 1.310 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.721 % | 3.115 % | 3.501 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 372 | 408 | 332 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 33 | 44 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.00 | £32.50 | £28.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £20.00 | £18.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £43.70 | £42.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £33.75 | £27.50 |
| % 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 | |
