 PHP 4 |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 482 | 598 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +116 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 97 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.131 % | 0.054 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.400 % | 0.149 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £223 | £225 |
| Average daily rate | £258 | £243 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £261 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £222 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £48.75 | £25.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £51.25 | £26.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +91.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £53.75 | £28.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £53.33 | £28.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +87.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24274 | 36992 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 32.81 % | 36.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8517 | 11446 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £398 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1686 | 2695 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.82 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.98 | £33.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.14 | £35.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.30 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
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 PHP4 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
