 C++ |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 73 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 100 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.101 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.745 % | 8.518 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.63 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.55 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.47 | £29.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.95 | £35.43 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 721 | 1174 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.961 % | 1.188 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 147 | 249 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.18 | £26.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.07 | £29.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.97 | £31.23 |
| 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 C++ across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
