| C++ Programmer |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 496 | 535 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +39 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 87 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.095 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.033 % | 0.111 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £471 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £495 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £519 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £41.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £48.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £41.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 50933 | 78171 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 82.24 % | 85.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16364 | 24078 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £414 | £436 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4987 | 7076 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.93 | £23.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.38 | £24.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.82 | £26.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.40 % |
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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 C++ Programmer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
