Java |
| 3 months to 6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 15 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 67 | 137 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.094 % | 0.138 % |
| As % of the category below | 22.56 % | 21.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £410 | £233 |
| Average daily rate | £433 | £242 |
| % change on same period last year | +78.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £455 | £252 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £366 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.00 | £30.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.50 | £31.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £44.00 | £32.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.38 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 297 | 627 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.415 % | 0.630 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 94 | 141 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £262 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £277 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.69 | £31.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.74 | £32.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.79 | £34.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.