 Swing (Java) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 93 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.820 % | 0.385 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £175 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £188 |
| % change on same period last year | +76.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £200 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.10 % |
| 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 | £42.50 | £35.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 244 | 519 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.392 % | 0.557 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 92 | 208 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £274 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £305 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 39 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.87 | £31.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.93 | £32.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | £34.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.57 | £31.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.61 % |
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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 Swing across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
