 Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.000 % | 4.167 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £28.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.90 | £31.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.026 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £231 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £331 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.91 | £27.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.36 | £29.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.82 | £30.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.95 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
