 Apache Velocity |
| 3 months to
4 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 401 | 427 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.055 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.248 % | 0.451 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £403 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £235 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.46 % |
| 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 | £44.50 | £54.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8473 | 12188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.42 % | 12.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3846 | 4751 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £396 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 266 | 354 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.02 | £29.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.19 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.36 | £35.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.45 | £33.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.82 % |
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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 Velocity across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
