 COBOL |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 32 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.960 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.63 % |
| 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 | £34.43 | £34.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.20 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 101 | 114 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.137 % | 0.112 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £289 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £298 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.48 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.28 | £24.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.09 | £26.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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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 Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
