| COBOL Developer |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 106 | 119 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.245 % | 0.257 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £275 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £244 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.76 % |
| 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 | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2857 | 3503 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.991 % | 3.519 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 747 | 804 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 322 | 515 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.96 | £20.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.29 | £21.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.62 | £23.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 COBOL Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
