| COBOL Developer |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 90 | 118 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.158 % | 0.192 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.95 % |
| 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 | - | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1897 | 3133 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.048 % | 3.365 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 429 | 610 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 166 | 273 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.72 | £18.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.91 | £19.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.10 | £20.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
