 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.226 % | 7.407 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £465 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £465 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.35 | £29.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 54 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.053 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £297 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | £307 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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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 VB across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
