 PHP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 64 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.030 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.596 % | 5.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £232 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £260 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £265 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.75 | £22.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.63 | £26.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.50 | £29.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.10 | £28.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 584 | 600 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.778 % | 0.607 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 247 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.05 | £28.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.54 | £30.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.03 | £32.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 PHP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
