| Embedded C |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | 92 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 52 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.882 % | 3.316 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | - |
| Average daily rate | £364 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.71 | £37.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.36 | £38.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.59 | £36.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1541 | 1568 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.032 % | 1.663 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 487 | 430 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 144 | 209 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.36 | £30.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.22 | £32.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.08 | £34.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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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 Embedded C across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.