 Java |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 211 | 361 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.281 % | 0.365 % |
| As % of the category below | 21.51 % | 21.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 142 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £392 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.57 | £26.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £29.45 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.44 | £32.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.97 | £36.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 981 | 1711 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.308 % | 1.731 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 254 | 525 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 85 | 157 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.48 | £35.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.24 | £36.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £38.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Java across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
