 Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 76 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 60 | 92 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.095 % | 0.099 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.428 % | 5.041 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £249 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £336 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.29 | £35.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.93 | £38.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.57 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.49 | £36.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1355 | 1825 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.134 % | 1.956 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 290 | 375 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 279 | 276 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.95 | £32.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.74 | £35.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.54 | £37.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.21 | £32.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 Perl across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
