| PHP |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 68 | 43 | 63 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -25 |  +20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 37 | 40 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 1.249 % | 2.497 % | 1.394 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.593 % | 8.685 % | 4.695 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £208 | £250 | £135 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £273 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £19.00 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £23.25 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 668 | 426 | 852 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 34.77 % | 28.74 % | 29.70 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 266 | 103 | 202 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £175 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £450 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 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 | £14.55 | £18.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.70 | £40.05 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £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 PHP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
