 COBOL |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 100.00 % | 20.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £320 |
| Average daily rate | - | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.05 | £34.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 39 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £364 |
| Average daily rate | - | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £24.83 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.93 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.35 % |
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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 COBOL across the Eastleigh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
