 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 98 | 115 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.341 % | 1.267 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £150 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £175 |
| % change on same period last year | +63.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £298 | £200 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.97 | £28.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.97 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1025 | 1105 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.364 % | 1.120 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 186 | 139 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 97 | 81 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.13 | £25.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.65 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.16 | £28.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.36 | £33.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.90 % |
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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 VBScript across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
