| COBOL Developer |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.340 % | 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 | £295 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.83 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.11 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 294 | 492 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.398 % | 0.487 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 63 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.20 | £23.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.54 | £24.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.87 | £26.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.78 | £25.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.28 % |
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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 Developer across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
