| Software Packaging |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 398 | 452 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +54 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.036 % | 0.136 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | £16.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8423 | 11752 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.23 % | 11.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3758 | 4669 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 235 | 387 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £31.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.18 | £33.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.37 | £36.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 Packaging across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
