 Smalltalk |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 569 | 660 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +91 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.009 % | 0.033 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £550 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23508 | 36454 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 32.84 % | 36.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7985 | 11326 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £394 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £420 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1671 | 2710 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.25 | £30.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.37 | £32.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.48 | £34.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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 Smalltalk within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
