| Embedded C |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 70 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.670 % | 1.147 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £321 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £33.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.92 | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 218 | 436 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.343 % | 0.467 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.50 | £28.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.19 | £29.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.88 | £30.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.21 | £32.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 Embedded C across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
