 COBOL |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.439 % | 7.937 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £270 | £185 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £189 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £270 | £193 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £364 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.78 % |
| 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 | £34.89 | £34.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 41 | 63 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.067 % | 0.069 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.19 | £28.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.98 | £29.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.78 | £31.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.06 | £32.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.94 % |
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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 Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
