 C |
| 3 months to
8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 127 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.087 % | 0.130 % |
| As % of the category below | 28.31 % | 35.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £248 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £281 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.33 | £32.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.33 | £35.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.33 | £39.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.88 | £34.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.65 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 219 | 357 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.307 % | 0.366 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.07 | £33.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.57 | £36.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.07 | £38.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.27 | £32.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 C across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
