| PHP |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 20 | 29 | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 | +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside | 1.657 % | 1.660 % | 0.281 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.357 % | 5.000 % | 0.806 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £273 | £264 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 56 | 80 | 124 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside | 30.94 % | 33.20 % | 34.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 21 | 23 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £130 | £235 | £270 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £323 | £450 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £18.00 | £31.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.01 | £13.00 | £22.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
