 Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 255 | 355 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +100 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 403 | 365 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.563 % | 0.367 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.039 % | 0.732 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 173 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.76 | £32.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.52 | £34.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.29 | £36.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.61 | £34.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38775 | 49867 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 54.17 % | 50.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13699 | 16405 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £434 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2570 | 3299 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.55 | £28.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.31 | £30.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.07 | £31.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £30.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.20 % |
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OOP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
