| Software Engineer |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.044 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.680 % | 10.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £290 |
| Average daily rate | - | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.45 | £34.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.45 | £37.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.45 | £40.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.87 | £35.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 406 | 422 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.567 % | 0.424 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 114 | 169 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 95 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.05 | £25.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.81 | £27.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.56 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Engineer across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
