| Middleware |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 121 | 149 | 187 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +28 | +38 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 624 | 375 | 621 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 1.402 % | 1.023 % | 0.809 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 5.147 % | 4.580 % | 3.298 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 304 | 114 | 186 |
| Average daily rate | £485 | £450 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £262 | £300 | £338 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £550 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £375 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | £49.00 | £38.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.25 | £30.00 | £25.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £84.25 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.75 | £30.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 12124 | 8187 | 18828 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 27.24 % | 22.33 % | 24.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6293 | 2902 | 6221 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £350 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £500 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 406 | 462 | 1223 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.00 | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £42.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £30.00 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Middleware across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
