| COBOL Developer |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 64 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.276 % | 0.384 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | - |
| Average daily rate | £318 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.75 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 784 | 781 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.035 % | 0.778 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 246 | 180 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 104 | 92 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.11 | £19.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.21 | £20.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.32 | £21.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Developer across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
