 PHP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.049 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.157 % | 8.333 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £202 | - |
| Average daily rate | £210 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £219 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £279 | £265 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £20.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £24.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.10 | £28.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 517 | 336 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.689 % | 0.340 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 85 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.06 | £22.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.60 | £24.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.14 | £25.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 PHP across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
