 Java |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 141 | 283 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.186 % | 0.282 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.96 % | 35.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £361 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £369 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.00 | £33.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.13 | £36.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.25 | £38.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.45 | £35.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 785 | 808 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.036 % | 0.805 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 253 | 278 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £316 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 71 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.62 | £31.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.22 | £33.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.82 | £35.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
