 IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 23 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.239 % | 14.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £373 | £402 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £39.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.86 | £34.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 134 | 163 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.189 % | 0.165 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.71 | £17.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.99 | £18.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.26 | £20.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.77 | £24.01 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.15 % |
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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 WebSphere Application Server across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
