 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 76 | 65 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1514 | 1897 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.902 % | 2.132 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.551 % | 5.981 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 333 | 338 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £329 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 153 | 183 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.55 | £31.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.87 | £33.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.19 | £36.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.34 | £34.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 27276 | 31715 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 34.27 % | 35.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8854 | 9345 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1827 | 2065 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.52 | £30.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.09 | £32.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.67 | £34.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.12 % |
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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VB.NET across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
