 Shell Script |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 128 | 107 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.193 % | 2.181 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £358 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £32.36 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £34.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.54 | £31.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1036 | 1192 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.367 % | 1.187 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 223 | 229 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £284 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 64 | 152 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.84 | £25.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.12 | £27.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.41 | £29.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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 Shell Script across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
