| PHP Developer |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 198 | 289 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +91 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 522 | 521 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.735 % | 0.527 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.829 % | 0.576 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 138 | 91 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £236 | £209 |
| Average daily rate | £258 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £242 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £242 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 67 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.61 | £24.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.34 | £27.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.06 | £30.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.20 | £28.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 62938 | 90413 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 88.61 % | 91.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20390 | 27188 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £388 |
| Average daily rate | £397 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £437 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5734 | 7929 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.77 | £23.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.29 | £25.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.81 | £26.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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 PHP Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.