| COBOL Programmer |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.246 % |
| 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 | £270 | £214 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.67 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.38 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 445 | 814 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.892 % | 1.018 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 144 | 189 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £347 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £378 | £403 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 166 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.18 | £17.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.47 | £18.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.75 | £19.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
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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 Programmer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
