 C# |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 71 | 95 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.095 % | 0.096 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.27 % | 19.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -65.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.61 | £33.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 411 | 479 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.548 % | 0.485 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.54 | £28.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.45 | £29.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.37 | £29.70 |
| 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 C# across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
