 COBOL |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.490 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £240 |
| Average daily rate | - | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £240 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.49 % |
| 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 | £36.05 | £34.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.85 % |
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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 COBOL across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
