| Embedded C |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 108 | 128 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.070 % | 1.379 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £210 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £220 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.67 | £35.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.50 | £38.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.33 | £41.64 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.87 | £36.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 654 | 1233 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.037 % | 1.312 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 160 | 298 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 166 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.68 | £36.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.81 | £37.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.94 | £39.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.03 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 Embedded C across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
