 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 73 | 77 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.898 % | 1.675 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.83 | £38.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.67 | £40.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.88 | £35.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 891 | 955 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.176 % | 0.951 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 326 | 396 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £377 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 96 | 90 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.89 | £26.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.48 | £28.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.07 | £30.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.34 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
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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 Software Engineering across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
