 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 293 | 360 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +67 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 108 | 108 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.144 % | 0.109 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.587 % | 0.450 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £434 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £447 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £456 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £19.20 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.95 | £34.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18407 | 24000 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.54 % | 24.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8300 | 9424 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £412 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £474 | £479 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 597 | 831 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.66 | £29.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.45 | £31.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.24 | £33.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
