PHP 5 |
| 3 months to 5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 175 | 269 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +94 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.093 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.814 % | 0.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | £207 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £227 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £282 | £247 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £261 | £245 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £17.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +100.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.88 | £20.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3142 | 5254 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.127 % | 5.756 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 788 | 1253 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 341 | 617 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.11 | £32.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.28 | £34.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.45 | £36.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.08 | £32.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
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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 PHP5 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.