 Java |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 21 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 23 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.029 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.931 % | 13.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.60 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.30 | £36.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.00 | £36.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.96 | £34.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 101 | 165 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.202 % | 0.206 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £274 |
| Average daily rate | £301 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £316 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.05 | £24.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.64 | £27.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.24 | £29.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.94 | £32.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.75 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
