 COBOL |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.882 % | 3.175 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £257 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.20 % |
| 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 | £36.89 | £36.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.66 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 221 | 441 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.315 % | 0.456 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 69 | 184 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £327 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.14 | £27.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £27.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.86 | £28.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.07 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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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 COBOL across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
