 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.882 % | 4.942 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| 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 | £313 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.74 | £35.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 187 | 344 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.266 % | 0.347 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £385 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.41 | £35.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.43 | £38.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.46 | £41.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.32 | £30.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.39 % |
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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 Software Engineering across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
