 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 218 | 208 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 538 | 718 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.709 % | 0.762 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.148 % | 2.127 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 157 | 221 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 70 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.13 | £26.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.96 | £28.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.78 | £31.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.26 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25047 | 33763 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 33.03 % | 35.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8266 | 10202 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £405 |
| Average daily rate | £403 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1675 | 2372 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.52 | £31.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.71 | £33.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.90 | £35.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
