 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 27 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.046 % | 5.000 % |
| 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 | 5 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.00 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.79 | £35.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 346 | 540 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.487 % | 0.546 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 115 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 69 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.13 | £34.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.19 | £36.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.24 | £39.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
