 COBOL |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 114 | 134 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.065 % | 0.945 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.30 | £36.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1221 | 1375 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.719 % | 1.390 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 226 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £287 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 160 | 157 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.79 | £26.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.87 | £27.59 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.95 | £29.09 |
| 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 COBOL across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
