 Java |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.093 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 28.23 % | 30.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £42.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.97 | £36.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 248 | 370 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.331 % | 0.374 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 53 | 66 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £100.00 | £29.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £103.75 | £30.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +240.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £107.50 | £31.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Java across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
