 PHP 4 |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 473 | 573 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +100 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 75 | 58 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.107 % | 0.059 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.346 % | 0.168 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £218 | £209 |
| Average daily rate | £254 | £223 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £291 | £236 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £233 | £224 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £45.00 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +95.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £80.00 | £24.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +229.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 21680 | 34523 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 30.81 % | 34.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7576 | 10929 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £395 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £455 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1567 | 2577 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.08 | £30.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.16 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.23 | £34.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £32.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
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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 PHP4 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
