| Embedded C |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 176 | 152 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 55 | 154 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.089 % | 0.168 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.735 % | 2.936 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £255 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £285 | £326 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.84 | £34.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.38 | £36.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.92 | £39.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.61 | £37.01 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3170 | 5245 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.144 % | 5.725 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 796 | 1247 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 339 | 634 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.11 | £32.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.29 | £34.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.46 | £36.96 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.06 | £32.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.94 % |
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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 Embedded C across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
