 COBOL |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.23 | £34.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.058 % | 0.045 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £237 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | +42.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.46 | £35.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.71 | £36.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.96 | £36.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.87 | £32.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.96 % |
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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 COBOL across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
