 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 65 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 47 | 32 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.032 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.95 % | 4.984 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.54 % |
| 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 | £31.44 | £32.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 363 | 642 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.484 % | 0.650 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 137 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 73 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.18 | £31.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.73 | £33.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.28 | £34.54 |
| 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 COBOL across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
