 VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 495 | 416 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -79 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 237 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.092 % | 0.236 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.464 % | 1.161 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £425 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £438 |
| % change on same period last year | -42.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £275 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 105 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.75 | £37.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.52 | £39.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.29 | £40.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.44 | £39.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15102 | 20418 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.93 % | 20.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5968 | 7420 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £445 | £468 |
| Average daily rate | £479 | £502 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £513 | £536 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £351 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1230 | 1533 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.02 | £26.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.02 | £28.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.02 | £29.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.25 | £28.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.97 % |
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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 VHDL across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
