Java |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 87 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.087 % | 0.087 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.31 % | 17.30 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £296 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £45.00 | £37.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £38.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £40.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.67 | £35.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 355 | 503 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.473 % | 0.502 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 89 | 74 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £324 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 77 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.15 | £29.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.32 | £31.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.49 | £33.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.93 |
| % 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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.