| Python |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 142 | 124 | 160 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -18 |  +36 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 76 | 26 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 0.886 % | 0.643 % | 0.583 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.998 % | 1.649 % | 1.367 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 11 | 10 |
| Average daily rate | £525 | £425 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £333 | £350 | £316 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £635 | £501 | £675 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £270 | £300 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.50 | £34.50 | £38.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 3803 | 1577 | 3437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 44.34 % | 39.00 % | 42.66 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2533 | 843 | 1732 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £450 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £315 | £290 | £318 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £575 | £625 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 15 | 70 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £28.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £24.50 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £52.00 | £42.50 | £47.50 |
| 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 Python across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
