 COBOL |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.167 % | 0.606 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £255 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £265 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £265 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £37.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | £37.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.43 | £34.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 329 | 495 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.445 % | 0.488 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 55 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.19 | £27.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.08 | £28.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.97 | £29.04 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
