| Application Specialist |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 364 | 442 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +78 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 43 | 49 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.058 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.146 % | 0.111 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £525 | £362 |
| Average daily rate | £538 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £550 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £265 | £446 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.50 | £29.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £30.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.50 | £30.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £31.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -44.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 29525 | 44224 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 39.91 % | 43.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12617 | 16632 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £425 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £453 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £464 | £482 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1628 | 2304 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.77 | £23.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.42 | £25.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.07 | £27.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Applications Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
