 Component Object Model (COM) |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 210 | 194 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.612 % | 0.298 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £600 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £600 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £408 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.50 | £40.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -46.41 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2125 | 1679 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.822 % | 1.723 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1233 | 741 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £399 | £455 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £491 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £473 | £526 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.51 | £25.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.70 | £29.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.88 | £32.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.60 | £33.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.56 % |
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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 COM across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
