| Java |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 166 | 129 | 202 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 8.522 % | 8.734 % | 7.128 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 25.23 % | 28.86 % | 23.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 27 | 69 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £370 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £274 | £226 | £316 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £408 | £470 | £555 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £325 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | £32.50 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 658 | 447 | 845 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 33.78 % | 30.26 % | 29.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 257 | 109 | 199 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £190 | £175 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £450 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 31 | 21 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £22.50 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £15.00 | £18.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.50 | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
