 Shell Script |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 114 | 99 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 167 | 273 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.220 % | 0.272 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.122 % | 4.429 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 86 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £379 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.75 | £29.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £43.58 | £31.45 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £47.40 | £33.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.54 | £31.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4051 | 6164 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.346 % | 6.139 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1049 | 1566 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 458 | 736 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.55 | £33.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.45 | £35.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.34 | £37.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 Shell Script across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
