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The table below looks at the demand for Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SWT over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStandard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£360-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.83-
% change on same period last year-
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads210366
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.341 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted3994
Average minimum daily rate£261£299
Average daily rate£290£315
% change on same period last year-7.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted2824
Average minimum hourly rate£37.88£29.34
Average hourly rate£39.80£32.07
% change on same period last year+24.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.71£34.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
SWT East of EnglandSWT
East of England

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.

SWT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SWT across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridgeshire SWT Demand Trend

SWT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SWT across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SWT Hourly Rate Trend