 Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 93 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 60 | 67 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.081 % | 0.066 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.164 % | 3.484 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £352 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.75 | £39.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.13 | £40.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.14 | £32.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1162 | 1923 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.571 % | 1.896 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 352 | 477 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 124 | 295 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.11 | £30.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.41 | £32.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.70 | £33.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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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 Perl across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
