 Shell Script |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 108 | 105 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1104 | 1533 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.472 % | 1.551 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.453 % | 4.315 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 431 | 510 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £437 | £424 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £463 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 50 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.35 | £38.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.26 | £39.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.18 | £41.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £41.43 | £30.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24795 | 35527 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 33.05 % | 35.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8392 | 10964 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1658 | 2479 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.62 | £31.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.77 | £33.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.91 | £35.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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 Shell Script within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
