 C |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.105 % | 0.114 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.745 % | 10.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.50 | £8.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £10.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +212.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.00 | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.75 | £34.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1020 | 1096 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.358 % | 1.111 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 208 | 206 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £289 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £319 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 64 | 104 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.15 | £25.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.51 | £27.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.87 | £29.22 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.36 | £33.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.90 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
