 Component Object Model (COM) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 47 | 49 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.909 % | 2.239 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -50.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £225 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.60 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -41.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 110 | 134 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.177 % | 0.144 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 36 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £304 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.73 | £22.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.89 | £23.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.05 | £24.31 |
| 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 COM across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
