 Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 530 | 620 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +90 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.129 % | 0.091 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £428 | £525 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £530 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £443 | £535 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £36.25 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.25 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15548 | 22977 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.72 % | 23.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5272 | 7160 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £362 |
| Average daily rate | £376 | £386 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 937 | 1429 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.52 | £30.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.65 | £32.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.78 | £34.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.32 | £32.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.87 % |
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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 SWT across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
