| Software Engineer |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.845 % | 1.567 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £225 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £302 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £31.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -67.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £10.00 | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.81 | £35.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 592 | 766 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.833 % | 0.774 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 119 | 175 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 88 | 77 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.41 | £23.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.70 | £24.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.99 | £25.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Engineer across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
