 C# |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6578 | 7521 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.265 % | 8.452 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.12 % | 23.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2214 | 2545 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £396 | £416 |
| Average daily rate | £424 | £446 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £452 | £476 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 393 | 412 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.96 | £30.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.97 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.98 | £34.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.86 | £32.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.21 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 27276 | 31715 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 34.27 % | 35.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8854 | 9345 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1827 | 2065 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.52 | £30.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.09 | £32.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.67 | £34.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.12 % |
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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing C# across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
