| PHP |
| 3 months to
17 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 32 | 8 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -24 |  +32 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 34 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 2.308 % | 10.79 % | 1.490 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.333 % | 19.43 % | 2.711 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £325 | £263 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £265 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 180 | 175 | 332 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 69.23 % | 55.56 % | 54.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 46 | 59 |
| 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 | £249 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £391 | £377 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 35 | 75 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £20.00 | £26.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £45.00 | £42.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.00 | £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 PHP across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
