 Java |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 47.62 % | 34.15 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £350 |
| Average daily rate | - | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.73 | £37.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.10 | £38.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.48 | £38.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.83 | £33.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.044 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.46 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.96 | £36.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.46 | £36.70 |
| 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 Java across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
