 Component Object Model (COM) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 131 | 157 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.341 % | 0.214 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £343 |
| Average daily rate | - | £388 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.81 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 879 | 1400 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.188 % | 1.381 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 305 | 396 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 180 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.81 | £30.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.85 | £31.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.90 | £32.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.38 | £32.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
