 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 80 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.143 % | 0.613 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.34 % |
| 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 | £34.95 | £34.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 697 | 816 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.929 % | 0.826 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 164 | 157 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £374 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £28.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.35 | £29.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.69 | £30.25 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
