C |
| 3 months to 2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.716 % | 12.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | £379 |
| Average daily rate | £244 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £258 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.43 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.83 | £12.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +100.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.23 | £12.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.32 | £34.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 134 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.215 % | 0.219 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 56 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £255 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £291 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.75 | £22.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.10 | £23.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.44 | £24.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.93 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.35 % |
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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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.