 Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 395 | 468 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +73 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.105 % | 0.083 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £425 | £483 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £508 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £475 | £533 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 SWT across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
