 C# |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 659 | 774 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.069 % | 0.845 % |
| As % of the category below | 28.03 % | 26.63 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 365 | 374 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £430 | £494 |
| Average daily rate | £468 | £524 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £506 | £554 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £296 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.67 | £31.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.86 | £33.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.05 | £34.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.92 | £32.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.77 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2351 | 2906 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.815 % | 3.172 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1243 | 1321 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £396 | £465 |
| Average daily rate | £430 | £492 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £464 | £518 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 65 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.66 | £28.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.60 | £30.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.53 | £32.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.06 | £32.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.94 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
