 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 78 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +32 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 56 | 50 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.075 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.767 % | 4.259 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £271 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £273 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £273 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.54 % |
| 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 | £31.44 | £32.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 COBOL across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
