 Java |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 79 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.080 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.67 % | 18.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £22.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £22.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.48 | £33.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 259 | 435 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.365 % | 0.440 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 56 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.06 | £23.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.00 | £24.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +36.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.94 | £25.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 Java across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
