 Python |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 353 | 359 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 249 | 343 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.337 % | 0.338 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.026 % | 0.927 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 96 | 103 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £379 | £381 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.64 | £31.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.05 | £33.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.45 | £36.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.35 | £34.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.76 % |
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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 Python within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
