 Ruby |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 85 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.347 % | 1.786 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £217 |
| Average daily rate | - | £233 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £463 | £235 |
| % change on same period last year | +96.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £17.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.42 | £28.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 288 | 616 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.409 % | 0.622 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £298 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 86 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.76 | £31.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.88 | £32.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.00 | £34.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £32.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
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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 Ruby across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
