| C++ Software Engineer |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 130 | 129 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.261 % | 0.522 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £245 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £266 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £40.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.25 | £40.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £40.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.09 | £33.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3451 | 4596 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.600 % | 4.585 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1085 | 1406 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 454 | 636 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.18 | £25.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.66 | £26.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.15 | £27.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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++ Software Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
