 C# |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.036 % |
| As % of the category below | 21.43 % | 22.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £262 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £279 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.14 | £42.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.71 | £45.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.29 | £47.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.02 | £33.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 182 | 159 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.257 % | 0.161 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £328 | £307 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.04 | £24.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.41 | £26.01 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.78 | £27.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 C# across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
