 Java |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 99 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.083 % | 0.100 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.02 % | 25.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.97 | £36.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 326 | 384 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.435 % | 0.388 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 89 | 139 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.98 | £31.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.23 | £32.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.48 | £32.63 |
| 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 Java across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
