 Java Messaging Service (JMS) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 240 | 230 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 171 | 304 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.226 % | 0.303 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.993 % | 2.522 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 71 | 127 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £439 | £469 |
| Average daily rate | £469 | £492 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £499 | £514 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £396 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8578 | 12054 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.32 % | 12.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3880 | 4721 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £397 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 268 | 372 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.64 | £30.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.61 | £33.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.59 | £36.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.72 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
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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 JMS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
