Edinburgh Software Packaging Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Packaging
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire City of London Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East Sussex Edinburgh England Kent London Manchester Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading South East Tyne and Wear UK	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£369	£323
% change on same period last year	+14.31 %
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	£23.44	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Application Development Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads	193	329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.270 %	0.331 %
Daily rates quoted	42	47
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£296
Average daily rate	£404	£305
% change on same period last year	+32.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£434	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.20	£37.67
Average hourly rate	£28.40	£38.08
% change on same period last year	-25.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.60	£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
Software Packaging Scotland

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.

Software Packaging
Demand Trend

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

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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