 COBOL |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 45 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.059 % | 0.040 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.74 % | 12.06 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £264 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £273 | £294 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.99 % |
| 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 | £33.65 | £32.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.12 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 228 | 315 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.301 % | 0.334 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 56 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £100.00 | £28.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £103.75 | £29.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +252.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £107.50 | £30.47 |
| 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 COBOL across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
