| Embedded C |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 111 | 119 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.212 % | 0.726 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.51 | £36.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.11 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 944 | 1239 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.319 % | 1.245 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 213 | 266 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £284 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £331 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 70 | 135 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.86 | £25.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.95 | £27.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.05 | £29.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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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 Embedded C across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
