 C# |
| 3 months to
6 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3279 | 6410 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.690 % | 7.882 % |
| As % of the category below | 21.42 % | 22.67 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1236 | 2113 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £423 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £298 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 154 | 365 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.71 | £30.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.85 | £32.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.98 | £34.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.17 | £32.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15307 | 28281 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 31.23 % | 34.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5068 | 8890 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £390 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £442 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1264 | 1979 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.83 | £30.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.80 | £32.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.78 | £35.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.85 | £32.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.82 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
