 Java |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.970 % | 10.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.13 | £33.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.57 % |
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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 Java across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
