| C# |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -5 |  +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 45 | 101 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 14.18 % | 14.56 % | 16.92 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 20.22 % | 26.32 % | 30.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 13 | 29 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £285 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £228 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £325 | £387 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.10 | £28.75 | £30.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £28.30 | £35.00 | £44.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 183 | 171 | 330 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 70.11 % | 55.34 % | 55.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 47 | 58 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £110 | £225 | £236 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £378 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 32 | 76 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | £34.00 | £36.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £22.50 | £26.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £45.00 | £42.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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.
