Java |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 15 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 157 | 229 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.209 % | 0.232 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.45 % | 20.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £49.33 | £13.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £52.17 | £15.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +236.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £55.00 | £17.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.97 | £36.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1016 | 1099 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.354 % | 1.112 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 205 | 207 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 64 | 104 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.98 | £25.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.28 | £27.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.59 | £29.22 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Java across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.