| Application Packager |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 474 | 581 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +107 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.098 % | 0.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.119 % | 0.064 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £296 | £267 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.75 | £27.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.00 | £29.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.25 | £30.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.00 | £29.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.71 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 58006 | 82591 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 82.67 % | 85.41 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19245 | 25437 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £390 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5389 | 7422 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.62 | £23.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.12 | £25.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.62 | £26.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.64 | £25.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.56 % |
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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 Applications Packager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
