| System Programmer |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 66 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.294 % | 0.125 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £34.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 680 | 799 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.969 % | 0.826 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 237 | 251 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £252 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £313 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 106 | 172 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.60 | £27.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.83 | £28.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.06 | £28.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.64 | £25.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.56 % |
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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 Systems Programmer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
