 C++ |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.17 % | 4.886 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.43 | £27.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.07 | £31.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.71 | £34.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.49 | £35.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 179 | 307 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.239 % | 0.306 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 75 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.36 | £32.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.05 | £33.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.74 | £34.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.99 % |
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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++ across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
