 IBM RPG (Report Program Generator) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 343 | 411 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +68 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 52 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.046 % | 0.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.298 % | 0.296 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £475 |
| Average daily rate | £395 | £483 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £417 | £492 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £33.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £34.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.71 | £39.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9718 | 17573 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 15.41 % | 18.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4275 | 7156 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £432 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £461 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £436 | £489 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 349 | 591 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.03 | £30.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.92 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.81 | £35.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.03 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 RPG across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
