 COBOL |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 127 | 161 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +34 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.409 % | 0.416 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £300 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.59 | £34.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 977 | 1682 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.289 % | 1.675 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 249 | 506 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 79 | 167 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.59 | £34.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.10 | £35.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.61 | £37.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 COBOL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
