%pl = % of programming language jobs permanent contract language %pl avg sal %pl avg daily C# 33.32 40000 24.73 375 Java 26.39 47500 23.45 425 C 6.598 40375 6.834 375 Perl 5.103 45000 3.949 400 Python 5.275 45000 3.414 425 COBOL 0.244 47500 0.337 356 Currency=GBP. Based on http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/cobol.do etc etc etc.