| Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 50 | 44 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +3 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 46 | 89 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 1.873 % | 2.684 % | 2.702 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.222 % | 9.705 % | 9.498 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £225 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £196 | £182 | £188 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £362 | £263 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £13.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.70 | £13.00 | £17.15 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.30 | £20.60 | £30.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £24.75 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 450 | 474 | 937 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 30.10 % | 27.65 % | 28.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 176 | 145 | 206 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £280 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £200 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £385 | £375 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 54 | 93 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.28 | £15.50 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.34 | £13.00 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
