 COBOL |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 103 | 131 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.530 % | 1.017 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £219 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £219 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £219 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £41.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.05 | £34.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 755 | 1278 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.197 % | 1.360 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 131 | 255 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 91 | 98 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.97 | £25.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.75 | £26.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.53 | £28.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.03 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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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 across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
