| PHP |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 16 | 23 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +7 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire | 6.044 % | 2.602 % | 1.648 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 12.64 % | 8.140 % | 6.870 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £148 | £193 | £188 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £273 | £264 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | £13.50 | £24.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 87 | 86 | 131 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire | 47.80 % | 31.97 % | 23.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 37 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £300 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £138 | £200 | £188 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 7 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £15.00 | £29.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £12.00 | £22.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.97 | £27.24 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £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 South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
